Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025

Wildlife Photographer of the Year tells the story of a planet under pressure. Help us harness the power of photography to advance scientific knowledge, spread awareness of important issues and nurture a global love for nature.

We appoint a panel of judges and a chair to evaluate all entries. Each submission is reviewed anonymously. Judging comprises two rounds. During the final round, images will undergo an authenticity check to ensure the entry complies with our rules and ethics.

The panel will be looking for originality, narrative and ethical practice and will strongly favour images that have not already been awarded (winner, runner-up, commended, honourable mention etc) in other similar international competitions. We strongly request you not to enter photographs that have already been awarded in other similar international competitions (e.g. winner, runner-up, commended, honourable mention).

All Category Winners are considered for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year grand title.

The Jury will also include for consideration one (1) image selected by them from the Category Winner of each of the following multiple image categories:

- Photojournalist Story Award
- Rising Star Award (ages 18 to 26)
- Portfolio Award (ages 27 and over)

Photographs must have been shot within the past five years. The capture date must be after October 2020 and evidenced on request.

All entries must be the result of photographic process using a camera.