World Nature Photography Awards (WNPA) 2021

World Nature Photography Awards (WNPA) 2021 now is over!
World Nature Photography Awards (WNPA) 2021, now is calling for entries inviting both amateur and professional photographers from any country in the world to share their vision of the natural world.
About Competition
World Nature Photography Awards (WNPA) 2021, a global nature photography contest for planet Earth is calling for entries inviting all nature photographers from all around the world to participate with the best shoots.
The mission of the World Nature Photography Awards is to celebrate the world’s best nature photographers, whilst showcasing nature’s beauty to a wider audience, to drive us all to secure a better future for our planet.
Files must be submitted as JPEGs, saved at a high-quality setting of at least 8 in Photoshop, Adobe RGB (1998), and at least 1000 pixels along the longest dimension (72dpi). Images should not have borders. EXIF details should be kept intact.
Limited digital manipulations are permitted, providing they do not compromise the authenticity of the image. However, composites and the addition or removal of objects, people, animals or parts of animals is strictly forbidden.
Categories
➜ Animals in their habitat
➜ Animal portraits
➜ Behaviour – Amphibians and reptiles
➜ Behaviour – Birds
➜ Behaviour – Invertebrates
➜ Behaviour – Mammals
➜ Plants and fungi
➜ Urban wildlife
➜ Planet Earth’s landscapes and environments
➜ Black and white
➜ Nature art
➜ Nature photojournalism
➜ People and nature
Evaluation Criteria
Entries will be judged by a judging panel on their artistic merit, originality, subject and style.
Winners will be announced in February 2023.
Eligibility
Entries are eligible from any country worldwide from both amateur and professional photographers who are over 18 years of age.
Prize
The jury awards gold, silver and bronze titles in 13 categories and one photographer takes home the overall title of World Nature Photographer 2021 and prize money of $1,000.
Entry fees
The Early Bird entry fee before 31 March 2021 is £25 per entry + UK VAT andallows you to enter up to 6 images.