Tarkine Fungus - By Craig Burns, Australian Capital Territory

Call for entries: The Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition 2022

Competition overview

All photographs must be of natural fauna, flora or natural land/sky formations and must have been taken in the ANZANG bioregion.

ANZANG bioregion means Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and the New Guinea region. The region of New Guinea is limited to the west by the Wallace Line (the bio-geographical line extending between Bali and Lombok northward through the Makassar Strait between Borneo and Sulawesi). To the east the New Guinea region includes the Bismarck and Solomon Archipelagos and islands of the South West Pacific, with its eastern boundary formed by the International Date Line. Note that for the purposes of this competition, our definition of the Wallace Line does not include Huxley’s modification, and therefore the islands of the Philippines are not included in our definition of the ANZANG bioregion. Antarctica includes the Sub-Antarctic Islands, which for the purposes of this competition are those south of the Antarctic Convergence or Antarctic Polar Front.

Entries in all sections are invited from photographers who use either digital or film cameras. Judges will consider the photographic technique plus the aesthetic, artistic and unique quality of all images when making their selections.

Black and white and monochrome images may only be entered in the Monochrome or Junior categories.

There are nine categories in the Competition. Up to four images may be entered in each category.

Competition prizes

Prize winners will be announced at the South Australian Museum on Thursday 25 August 2022.

• Overall winner wins A$10,000 cash and a holiday prize generously provided by Coral Expeditions.

Other prizes:

• each of the open category winners receives A$1,000 and the runner-up of each category receives A$500;

• there is a A$1,000 prize for the best portfolio submitted

• the Junior category winner receives A$300 and the runner up receives A$100; and

• the People’s Choice winner receives A$500. (People’s Choice is voted by visitors to the exhibition at the South Australian Museum, announcement date TBC).

  Cost of entry

  For the 2022 Competition, the cost of entry remains A$38.00 (includes GST) for the first image and A$22.00 (includes GST) for each subsequent image, or for Junior Photography, A$10.00 (includes GST) for the first image and A$5.00 (includes GST) for each subsequent image.

  
  Online entry:

  Entries can only be submitted online via the entry portal at www.naturephotographeroftheyear.com.au, which is available only during the competition period.