The competition is organised by the German Society for Nature Photography. The competition aims to illustrate the high quality and specific style of European wildlife photography through excellent pictures from Europe and all over the world. It also seeks to promote awareness for nature conservation through the means of photography.
There are ten categories:
1/ Birds
2/ Mammals
3/ Other Animals
4/ Plants & Fungi
5/ Landscape
6/ The Underwater World
7/ Man and Nature
8/ Nature‘s Studio
9/ Young Photographers (14-17 years)
10/ Fritz Pölking Prize and Fritz Pölking Junior Prize (26 years and under) – story and portfolio
Awards:-
• European Wildlife Photographer of the Year – 3,000 €
• Fritz Pölking Prize – 2,000 €
• Fritz Pölking Junior Prize – 1,500 € and merchandise voucher worth 500 €
• Winners of categories 1-8: 1st place – 800 €; 2nd place – 500 €
• Youth category: 1st place – 200 €; 2nd place – 100 €
Deadline:- 01-03-2021
