Help celebrate the beauty and diversity of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in this unique special award.

It's time to explore, discover and share the wonders of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew with the return of the popular Captured at Kew special award. Winners will form part of an exclusive exhibition at the IGPOTY launch event at Kew and will be published in the latest annual hardback book. Special prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd will be awarded by Kew.

Prizes

First prize:

1 x prize copy of IGPOTY Book 11
Published in IGPOTY Book 11
Signed individual certificate
Your image goes on display at IGPOTY launch exhibition at Kew
Special prize awarded by Kew

Second prize:

1 x prize copy of IGPOTY Book 11
Published in IGPOTY Book 11
Signed individual certificate
Your image goes on display at IGPOTY launch exhibition at Kew
Special prize awarded by Kew

Third prize:

1 x prize copy of IGPOTY Book 11
Published in IGPOTY Book 11
Signed individual certificate
Your image goes on display at IGPOTY launch exhibition at Kew
Special prize awarded by Kew

General rules:

• You may not submit watermarked images with your name or website visible on the photo. Please do not frame your images with borders.
• Entrants may submit a maximum of 4 images per single entry token and a maximum of 6 images per portfolio entry token.
• For free-to-enter competitions you should enter 1 image per token given, up to a maximum of 8 images (8 tokens).
• Entrants' images must be .jpg or .jpeg format and of high enough quality.
• We recommend all images are output to 1920px on their longest side at 72 ppi (ideally with an sRGB colour profile). Any larger than this and you are supplying images bigger than they will be seen or used by IGPOTY judges; your files will take longer to upload and/or download to judges and viewers’ screens.
• The absolute maximum for each image must not be more than 7MB in file size and no more than 3000px on their longest side.
• All entrants must be able to supply a high-res image (300 ppi) suitable for printing/exhibiting should the image be shortlisted. You may be asked for this when the time comes.

N.B.

• High-res source file/s need to be at least 3780 pixels (longest side) @ 300 ppi, ideally larger (and ideally with an Adobe RGB (1998) colour profile).

Full competition rules:

Please see the IGPOTY competition rules, which always prevail:
https://igpoty.com/igpoty-rules/

Category rules:

Only images taken at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Employees of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and their family members cannot enter this special award

Please purchase Single/Portfolio slots using the cart buttons above.

For help please visit our Frequently-Asked-Questions page:
https://igpoty.com/igpoty-faqs/

For help please visit our Frequently-Asked-Questions page.