Natural Landscape Photography Awards

Welcome to the fourth Natural Landscape Photography Awards (NLPA), a competition created to find the very best landscape and nature photography on Earth. NLPA is a competition for digital and film photographers who value realism in their images and edit with this in mind. As a result we have a few more rules than other competitions but we hope the result will be a fantastic showcase of not only photographer’s talents, but also the true wonder of the landscape. Entries opened on April 15th, 2024 and close on May 31, 2024.

We have a range of categories to suit the huge variety of modern approaches to landscape photography from grand scenics, to intimate abstracts. There is a top prize of US $5000 and many other prizes for category winners and runners-up.

We received over 10,000 entries from around the world last year. This made our competition one of the biggest landscape photography competitions in the world. The standard of winning images is exceptional and fine-art books of the best images are now available.

The Natural Landscape Photographer of the Year is awarded to the photographer with the best collection of 6 images. In contrast to the Project Award below, these images do not need to relate to one another and might display a variety of content, techniques and approaches. You will automatically be considered for the award if you enter 6 or more images in any category except Project Award entries, which are excluded (but you may enter your Project images separately for consideration). At least 50% of the winning photographer’s entries must have been made within the past five years to qualify for the award. Judges will be instructed to evaluate the best overall portfolio of images with an emphasis on a diversity of subject matter and technique (wide angle, telephoto, macro, aerial). While a photographer may be eligible to win as a “specialist,” i.e. macro/aerial, a strong preference will be given to those with wide representation in their portfolio of submissions. The winner and runner up will be excluded from winning other prizes. Lastly, this coveted top prize may only be won once in a photographer’s lifetime.

First Place: Cash Prize of US $5,000 and first choice from our FLM tripod pool.

Runner-up: Cash Prize of US $1,000.

Awarded to the single best image entered into the competition, in any category. Winning this award precludes winning any of the category prizes.

First Place: Cash Prize of US $1,000, and third choice from our FLM tripod pool.

Project of the Year

A collection of 6-10 images that relate to one another in a way that is entirely up to the photographer. For example the images might show a particular geographic region, or show abstract textures, or tell a story, or illuminate a concept, or any combination! Accompanying the photographs will be the photographer’s explanation of the theme which will be read by the judges when considering the project. Please note – This award is totally separate from the other categories and judged in isolation. For a good primer on project-based submissions, we recommend reading Theo Bosboom’s article.

First Place: Cash Prize of US $2,000, and second choice from our FLM tripod pool.

Runner-Up: Cash Prize of US $1,000.