Submissions open for Global Photo Contest 2023

The 2023 Global Photo Contest is a chance for you to give voice to nature by sharing how you see it with others around the world.

Categories

• A single category must be selected when submitting an entry to the Photo Contest. Entries will be considered from the following categories:
  • People and Nature: Portrayals of individuals connecting and interacting with the environment. Images can be a person or people in an outdoor setting or feature the impact of people in nature, such as a building or other human-made construction. Images can also display interactions between people while in nature or interactions with animals or plants.
  • Plants and Fungi: Portrayals of any plant or fungus in its natural environment. Images should highlight their ecological roles and importance, unique features, or incredible beauty. Includes flowers, trees, shrubs, and vegetation in general, as well as lichen, and fungi such as mushrooms.
  • Mammals: Portrayals of mammals in their natural environments that capture their behaviors, habitats, or relationships with each other or other species. Images of domestic animals and captive animals photographed in zoos and commercial game farms are not permitted.
  • Birds: Portrayals of birds in their natural environments that capture their behaviors, habitats, or relationships with each other or other species. Images of domestic animals and captive animals photographed in zoos and commercial game farms are not permitted.
  • Reptiles and Amphibians: Portrayals of reptiles and amphibians in their natural environments that capture their behaviors, habitats, or relationships with each other or other species. Includes, but not limited to, snakes, lizards, turtles and tortoises, and crocodilians, as well as frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts. Images of domestic animals and captive animals photographed in zoos and commercial game farms are not permitted.
  • Insects and Arachnids: Portrayals of insects and arachnids in their natural environments that capture their behaviors, habitats, or relationships with each other or other species. Includes, but not limited to, bees, butterflies, beetles, grasshoppers, spiders, and scorpions.
  • Underwater Life: Portrayals of aquatic life in their natural environments that capture their behaviors, habitats, or relationships with each other or other species and highlight the ecological importance of aquatic ecosystems. Images can include aquatic animals or plants, as well as interactions in larger ecosystems such as coastal mangroves and coral reefs.
  • Lands: Images capturing mountains, hills, deserts, or forests. Images could include people or wildlife, but the primary focus should be the land.
  • Oceans: Images capturing the greater ocean. Includes images above the ocean’s surface, such as waves, or below, capturing a larger view of ocean life. Images could include people or wildlife, but the primary focus should be the ocean.
  • Freshwater: Images capturing freshwater bodies and systems. Images should feature lakes, rivers, ponds, waterfalls, or the lives they support. Could be landscapes or portray wildlife such as freshwater plants, animals, or their interactions within their environment.
  • Climate: Images capturing the changing world and highlighting the causes and effects of climate change. Could display visual impacts of climate change, extreme weather events, and interactions between changing climate and nature, or humanity’s place in the current climate. While demonstrating the consequences of climate change, images can also depict efforts toward climate resilience and mitigation.
  • Aerials: Images capturing the world from a birds-eye view while highlighting patterns of land or water. Images can be taken with drones or aircraft. Photographer must abide by local laws and regulations governing drone and aircraft use.

Prize Information

• The Conservancy, and where applicable the corporate award provider(s), will award the following prizes:
  • One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive:
    • $5,000 USD Camera kit or camera kit gift card, as determined by The Conservancy in its sole discretion.
  • Twelve (12) Category First Place winners (one (1) per category) will receive:
    • $1,000 USD Amazon, Mercado Libre or Alibaba gift card as determined by The Conservancy in its sole discretion.
  • Twelve (12) Category Second Place winners (one (1) per category) will receive:
    • $500 USD Amazon, Mercado Libre or Alibaba gift card as determined by The Conservancy in its sole discretion.
  • Twelve (12) Category Third Place winners (one (1) per category) will receive:
    • $250 USD Amazon, Mercado Libre or Alibaba gift card as determined by The Conservancy in its sole discretion.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Nature Conservancy’s 2023 Photo Contest (“Photo Contest”) is open to all professional and amateur photographers who have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry.
• Trustees, Board Members, Employees, interns, or partners of The Nature Conservancy, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of those individuals, are not eligible to enter.
• By submitting an entry to the Photo Contest, entrants certify that their participation in this Photo Contest is not illegal or in violation of any law, regulation, treaty or administrative act, and that the laws of their governing jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry do not prohibit or restrict the receipt of any prize under this Photo Contest.

Ineligible

• The following submissions are ineligible:
  • Images of captive animals photographed in zoos and commercial game farms.
  • Photos that violate or infringe upon another person’s rights, including but not limited to copyright and photographs of persons without the necessary consent required by law in your jurisdiction.
  • Photos that contain sexually explicit, nude, obscene, violent, or other objectionable or inappropriate content.
  • Images created by or with the assistance of generative artificial intelligence tools.
  • Images that involve the willful harassment of wildlife.
  • Images taken that cause or caused damage to the environment by the photographer; this includes taking photos from areas where human presence is restricted by authorities or relevant property managers.
  • Images that involve putting any individual or animal in danger.

For more information, visit The Nature Conservancy.