Nature's Best Photography Competitions discover, celebrate, and display the creative and documentary works of dedicated nature photographers and visual storytellers from around the world. NBP initiatives engage global audiences, enhance artistic expression, promote outdoor education and personal well-being, and inspire public participation in the conservation of the natural world. SUPPORT US and learn more on the HOMEPAGE.
CALL FOR ENTRIES!
The 2024 National Parks and Best Backyards Photo Contests are open now!
See below to learn all the details, dates, prizes, photo subjects, and ethical photography rules in the guidelines for each contest.
ENTER YOUR BEST PHOTOS & VIDEOS IN THE 2024 NATURE'S BEST NATIONAL PARKS CONTEST!
VISITING A NATIONAL PARK IN THE USA? Help us build a photo collection of federally-designated national parks to celebrate our natural heritage. Enter your best shots and you may win cash prizes, awards, and be published.
The National Parks contest is run in partnership with the Parks Channel. Click here to learn more about the Parks Channel commitment to their mission of protecting and enhancing the park experience with content which covers critical issues facing our parks, including efforts to reach younger and more diverse demographics, mitigate the challenges of climate change and address the problem of overcrowding, as well as protecting our natural and historic spaces.
See the gallery (below) to see the finalists of the last National Parks photo contest:
ENTER THE 2024 NATURE'S BEST BACKYARDS PHOTO CONTEST!
YOU WORK ON YOUR YARD ALL YEAR AND IT HAS COME TO LIFE! See the guidelines to learn how to share your best photos & videos to win cash prizes, awards, and be published. See the last Best Backyards gallery of finalists for inspiration:
GET UPDATES ON NBP COMPETITIONS! ADD YOUR EMAIL TO OUR LIST (NO SPAM): awards@naturesbestphotography.org
JUDGING IS IN PROGRESS FOR THE 2024 NATURE'S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY INTERNATIONAL AWARDS!
Judging will continue through July. We are now requesting (via email) hi-res and raw images and complete captions. Alert us if you will be traveling. After our careful study of image quality and research on photo topics, the Judging Panel will select winners by the end of the summer.
See the complete collection of the 2023 NBP International Awards finalists on this link:
The 2023 Winners and Highly Honored finalists appear in the current edition of Nature's Best Photography magazine. where you will all get the stories behind the shots! You may order single and back issues for $18 plus shipping or save and Renew, Subscribe, or Give a Gift to get two big, award-winning issues for the best price $30 in the USA.
The Benjamin Mkapa African Wildlife Photography Awards Traveling Exhibition.
Learn more about the Mkapa Awards
The Benjamin Mkapa African Wildlife Photography Awards traveling exhibition is open June 12 through Friday, August 30, 2024, at the Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre, 219 Main Street, Hurleyville, New York 12747, in the heart of the Catskill mountains, two hours north of New York City. The opening reception on Wednesday, June 5th, 2024 included music, films, and a panel discussion on the importance of AWF's solutions to wildlife conservation.
The U.S. exhibition was previously shown in Palm Beach, Florida, in Los Angeles, California, and then at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming (see the virtual tour here and above).
The Mkapa Awards was a wonderful two-year global photographic competition run in alliance with the African Wildlife Foundation to help celebrate their 60 years of conservation leadership and to raise awareness and support for AWF programs protecting the unique wildlife and wild lands of Africa: "Bringing the World to Africa, and Africa to the World."
Photos of Africa should now be entered in the NBP Awards competitions. See the past Mkapa winners:
Join us on this virtual journey into the wild. Your participation in and support of NBP Awards competitions is key to our future success in program development and fulfillment.
With your support, together we can make a difference in the lives of many.