NPOTY 2025 will close 18th of May 23:59 CET (Amsterdam)
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Entrance fee of € 31,-. (€ 34,- after the early bird period)
Upload maximum 20 Images in all categories from C1 to C11
Entrance fee of € 16,-. (€ 17,50 after the early bird period)
Upload max 10 photos in Category C13, for the Fred Hazelhoff Portfolio Award
Entrance fee of € 45,-.
(€ 49,50 after the early bird period). Upload max 20 Images in Categories C1 to C11 + Upload max 10 images to Category C13
No entrance fee.
Max 5 images can be uploaded to Category C12. Young photographers between 10-17 years can enter this contest
NPOTY 2025 is open
For the tenth time in a row, we’d like to welcome you to join the Nature Photographer of the Year competition, powered by Nature Talks Photo Festival in the Netherlands. Starting December 20th, you’ll be able to create an account on our website and begin sharing your stunning images. We kindly invite all professional and non-professional photographers, of all ages, from all over the world, to join our contest again this year. Send in your best pictures from this year, last year or years back. We believe that we can show the beauty of nature worldwide by sharing the most amazing images you all make. If we learn to love nature, we’ll also protect her.
Why should you join?
When you enter this nature photography contest you have the chance to become the Nature Photographer of the Year 2025. This year the total prize will amount to €25,000, of which many large cash prizes. For example the overall winner gets € 3.000,- and category winners € 500,-
But that’s not all, you’ll also support nature conservation. We have founded the Nature Talks Foundation (Stichting Nature Talks) to work with and support nature conservation organizations like Photographer Against Wildlife Crime. Starting December 20th, join the contest, showcase your stunning images, become the Nature Photographer of the Year 2025, and help us take care of nature.
How to participate
You can participate in the photo contest by choosing from the categories ‘standard’, ‘portfolio’, ‘standard + portfolio’, and ‘youth’. Click on the green button to sign up. After registration, you need to pay the entry fee before you can upload your photos. Once the payment (via creditcard or PayPal) is completed, you will receive an email with instructions on how and where to upload your photos.
See the winners of 2024 here.
NPOTY congratulates all the winners of the 2024 edition. We received 22,851 fantastic pictures from 96 countries. Wow!
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