There are so many wildlife photography competitions out there, how do you know which ones are worth your time and effort to enter? Sophie Stafford has compiled a list of some competitions worth considering, from the most prestigious to little-known gems.

UK

Amateur Photographer of the Year www.amateurphotographer.co.uk

BBC Countryfile Photographic competition www.countryfile.com/subject/photographic-competition

Bird Photograph of the Year www.birdpoty.co.uk

British Photography Awards www.britishphotographyawards.org

British Wildlife Photography Awards www.bwpawards.org

International Garden Photographer of the Year “Wildlife in the Garden” category www.igpoty.com

Landscape Photographer of the Year http://www.take-a-view.co.uk

Luminar Bug Photography Awards www.photocrowd.com/photo-competitions/photography-awards/bpa-2020

(Every two years) National Insect Week photo competition, Royal Entomological Society www.nationalinsectweek.co.uk/competitions

Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition (celebrates the power of photography to communicate science) https://royalsociety.org/journals/photo-competition/

RSPB Photography Contest? “Wildpix” (for children up to age 18) www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/families/children/join_in/competitions/wildpix/index.aspx

RSPCA Young Photographer Awards https://young.rspca.org.uk/ypa/home

Royal Society of Biology photography competition www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved/rsb-competitions/photography-competition

Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year https://www.slpoty.co.uk/

The Wildlife Trusts offer a range of local competitions www.wildlifetrusts.org/WildlifePhotography

Travel Photographer of the Year http://www.tpoty.com/

Underwater Photographer of the Year https://underwaterphotographeroftheyear.com/

Wildlife Photo Contest (Will Burrard Lucas) www.wildlifephoto.com/wildlife-photography-competition

Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Natural History Museum of London www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/

WWT Waterlife Photography Contest https://www.wwt.org.uk/discover-wetlands/waterlife-magazine/waterlife-photography-competition/

Zoological Society London Animal Photography Prize https://www.zsl.org/about-us/zsl-animal-photography-prize

EUROPE

Asferico Photo Contest, Italy https://lnx.asferico.com/concorso/en/home_english/

GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Germany www.gdtfoto.de

Glanzlichter Projekt Natur + Fotografie, Germany http://www.glanzlichter.com

MontPhoto, Spain http://montphoto.com

Montier Photo Festival, France www.photo-montier.org

Nature Photographer of the Year, The Netherlands www.naturephotographeroftheyear.com

Oasis Photo Contest, Italy www.oasisphotocontest.com/

Siena International Photo Awards (SIPA), Siena, Italy https://sipacontest.com

World Press Photo Award, Amsterdam, the Netherlands www.worldpressphoto.org

REST OF WORLD

Audubon Photography Awards www.audubon.org/photoawards-entry

Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year http://naturephotographeroftheyear.com.au

Big Picture Natural World Photography Competition, California, USA www.bigpicturecompetition.org

Global Arctic Awards International Photography Competition, Russia https://arcticawards.ru/en

Golden Turtle international wildlife contest, Moscow http://wncontest.ru/en/about/

Hamdan Bin Mohammed Rashid AlMaktoum International Photography award, wildlife category (HIPA) www.hipa.ae

International Ocean Art Photo Competition www.uwphotographyguide.com/ocean-art-underwater-photo-competition

International Photography Awards www.photoawards.com

International Landscape Photographer of the Year, Australia https://www.internationallandscapephotographer.com/

Kuwait Grand Photography Contest, Middle East www.kwtphotography.com

Mangrove Action Project World Mangrove Day Photography Awards https://mangroveactionproject.org/mangrovephotographyawards

National Geographic Travel Photo Competition, USA www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel/2019/11/national-geographic-traveller-photography-competition-2020

National Wildlife Federation Photo Contest www.nwf.org/photocontest.aspx

Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards, USA www.naturesbestphotography.com

Nikon Photo Contest, Japan www.nikon-photocontest.com/en

Ocean Geographic Pictures of the Year Awards http://ogpicoty.ogsociety.org

Picture of the Year International https://www.poy.org

Sony World Photography Awards www.worldphoto.org

Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest https://photocontest.smithsonianmag.com/photocontest/

Wilderness Photo Competition https://wilderness-safaris.com/photo-competition