NEW YORK – Audubon invites photographers and videographers to enter the 2024 Audubon Photography Awards, now open from January 10, 2024, until February 28, 2024, at 12 p.m. (noon) ET. Judges will award nine prizes, including the brand new Birds in Landscapes Prize, which is able to go to the highest image depicting the connection between birds and the places they need.
The contest’s recent Birds in Landscapes Prize goals to focus on how birds connect with their broader surroundings. Birds don’t have to be close up for the photograph to achieve success. The setting might be wild, urban, or suburban, and the connection might be symbiotic or can reflect a selected challenge birds face. Other prizes include the Grand Prize, Professional Prize, Amateur Prize, Youth Prize, Plants for Birds Prize, Fisher Prize, Female Bird Prize, and Video Prize.
Winners and honorable mentions shall be featured in the Summer 2024 issue of Audubon magazine. Select photos and videos may also be featured in digital galleries promoted on Audubon’s website and social channels all year long. For inspiration, try the 2023 Audubon Photography Awards winners!
Prizes include:
Grand Prize: $5,000 USD
Professional Prize: $2,500 USD
Amateur Prize: $2,500 USD
Plants for Birds Prize: $2,500 USD
Video Prize: $2,500 USD
Female Bird Prize: $1,000 USD
Birds in Landscapes Prize: $1,000 USD
Fisher Prize: $1,000 USD
Youth Prize: Six days at Audubon’s Hog Island Audubon Camp for Teens through the 2025 season
The judging panel for the 2024 contest includes:
- Sabine Meyer, photography director, National Audubon Society
- Lucas Bustamante, environmental photojournalist and biologist
- Preeti Desai, senior director of social media & storytelling, National Audubon Society
- Daniel Dietrich, wildlife photographer, filmmaker, and cinematographer
- Morgan Heim, conservation photographer, filmmaker and adventurer
- Noppadol Paothong, nature/conservation photographer
- Marlene Pantin, Plants for Birds partnerships manager, National Audubon Society
- Mike Fernandez, video producer, National Audubon Society
- Rina Miele, wildlife photographer and videographer
- Mick Thompson, wildlife photographer and videographer
- Alyssa Bueno, wildlife photographer, Feminist Bird Club
- Founders of the Galbatross Project: Brooke Bateman, Stephanie Beilke, Martha Harbison, Joanna Wu
Additional Details & Rules:
The contest is open to all legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and Canada (excluding Quebec), who’re 13 years of age or older as of the date of the submission. Audubon encourages ethical bird photography and videography. Photos and videos that don’t adhere to Audubon’s Guide to Ethical Bird Photography and Videography shall be disqualified.
Entry fees are $15 per image or video. No payment is required for submissions to the Youth division or to the Plants for Birds or Video divisions for entrants who’re 13 to 17 years of age.
Visit the web site for official contest rules and steadily asked questions.
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