Photography Competition 2022

Welcome to Suffolk Wildlife Trust Photography Competition 2022. Entry is free with up to £200 cash prize for the overall winner!

We ask you to make a donation here to help support local wildlife. Thank you.

To give your images the best chance to win – please read the information below and the competition Terms and Conditions.

Our judges panel will choose one winner and runner up from each category. Meet our judges here.

A maximum of three entries may be entered per applicant and you may distribute these amongst the categories however you wish. No single image may be entered in to more than one category:

Under 11’s

UK Wildlife

11-16’s

UK Wildlife

16-18 ‘s

UK Wildlife

My Mobile Moments

Wildlife photos captured using a mobile phone or tablet only. Mobiles are particularly useful when it comes to taking landscapes and macro wildlife moments.

Wilder Perspectives

Wildlife structure and forms, patterns and textures from an abstract or illustrative viewpoint, or wildlife from an artistic angle that inspire new ways of seeing or challenging familiar views.

Birds and Mammals

Wildlife in action. Particular attention will be given to portraits or other images framed to suit a front cover or full-page main feature of a wildlife supplement.

Invertebrates

Wildlife in action. Particular attention will be given to portraits or other images framed to suit a front cover or full-page main feature of a wildlife supplement.

Plants, Fungi, Reptiles, Amphibians, Marine

Wildlife in action. Particular attention will be given to portraits or other images framed to suit a front cover or full-page main feature of a wildlife supplement.

Things to know

We encourage digital entries from all forms of camera including mobile devices. Jpeg file preferred.

Get tips on taking better photographs of wildlife here:

We can't accept photos with watermarks/signatures.

Domestic pets and farm animals are not eligible, nor are native or exotic wildlife photographed in zoos, sanctuary’s, shows and fairs or similar locations.

Domesticated animals used on nature reserves for the purposes of wildlife conservation are eligible only. Please state which nature reserve the image was taken at on your submission form.

All plants must be non-cultivated.

Entrants under the age of 16 years need to have parent or guardian consent to enter.

Some dates for your calendar

Midnight 2 January 2023 – Closing date for submissions.
End of January 2023 date TBC – Prize giving event and overall winners announced.

Competition enquiries:

Contact Shaun Norris