European Garden Photography Award

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The black & white competition has been extended until the 1st April Midday

European Garden Photography Award

Entry process


Dates for this category

Check and Edit: See Competition Category page.

Rules

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. 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.
  • Rule 9.3 "The mounting of any International Garden Photographer of the Year exhibition is planned each year but is executed at the discretion of Mirror Plate Media Ltd. The mounting of the exhibition is subject to prevailing circumstances at the time which may be affected by the weather or pandemic, therefore dates may change at short notice."
  • Rule 9.4 "The publication of a book associated with the International Garden Photographer of the Year is planned each year but is executed at the discretion of Mirror Plate Media Ltd. Obviously if the book is not printed then no book prizes/cash alternatives will issued."

    • Full competition rules:

    Please see the IGPOTY competition rules, which always prevail.

    Category rules:

    All prize monies are awarded in Euro (EUR) only by Schlosspark Dennenlohe, inclusion in any exhibition is subject to the COVID situation at the time, at the discretion of the competition organisers.

    IGPOTY is a juried competition based on skill.

    Images entered into this Special Award are not eligible for any overall IGPOTY main competition prizes.

    Allowed photos; any photograph taken in any private or public garden in Europe, excluding the United Kingdom. Any time of year, in any year.

    You can use the IGPOTY main competition categories as a guide for subject matter, but garden photography is preferred over macro plant photography.