2025 Nature’s Best Photography International Awards

Close on March 26, 2025

Host: Nature's Best Photography Magazine

Territory: Worldwide

Theme: Nature. Several categories

Eligibility: Open to all

Entry Fees: $30 Adult / Free Youth entry

Prize: Cash Prize

You are invited to enter your best photos and videos in the 2025 Nature's Best Photography International Awards! Cash prizes and awards totaling $20,000!

Submissions are reviewed by our Judging Panel of experts in photography, wildlife, conservation, and film. Winners are selected for overall appeal, originality, conformity to rules, and technical quality.

We are seeking dramatic portraits, animal behavior, humorous displays, intimate interactions, young animals at play, macro closeups, sweeping landscapes, and other creative approaches to the art of nature photography to convey the beauty and diversity of nature in the following categories: Wildlife • Animal Antics • Art In Nature • Birds • Conservation Story • Conservation Single Image • Landscapes • Ocean Views • Outdoor Adventure • Polar Passion • Nature In Motion/Video.

$20,000 USD IN CASH PRIZES & awards

GRAND PRIZE: $5,000 USD Best overall single image. Cash prize, Awards Plaque, publication in the Awards Edition of Nature’s Best Photography magazine, online presentations, and portfolio feature.
YOUTH PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR: $1,000 USD Best single image by a photographer 18 years of age or younger as of March 26, 2025. Cash prize or the equivalent in equipment, Awards Plaque, publication in the Awards Edition, online presentations, and portfolio feature.
CATEGORY WINNERS: $1,000 USD each Best in each category. Cash prize, Awards Plaque, publication in the Awards Edition, online galleries.
CATEGORY HIGHLY HONORED: Finalists in each category. Awards Certificate, publication in the Awards Edition, and online presentations.

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