NEW YORK – Audubon invitations photographers and videographers to undergo the 2023 Audubon Pictures Awards, open for entries from January 11, 2023, till March 1, 2023, at 12 p.m. (midday) ET. Judges will award eight prizes to photographers and videographers: the Grand Prize, Skilled Prize, Newbie Prize, Youth Prize, Vegetation for Birds Prize, Fisher Prize, Feminine Fowl Prize, and Video Prize.
For the third yr, Audubon will award the Feminine Fowl Prize and the Video Prize. The Feminine Fowl Prize continues to showcase the fantastic thing about feminine birds, which are sometimes underappreciated and under-researched in each birding and science. The Video Prize as soon as once more might be awarded to the highest video demonstrating distinctive fowl behaviors or highlighting birdlife in its habitat.
Successful pictures and movies might be featured in a future problem of Audubon Journal. High pictures and honorable mentions may even be showcased in a touring exhibition hosted by Audubon facilities and chapters throughout the nation. For inspiration, take a look at the 2022 Audubon Pictures Awards winners!
Prizes embody:
Grand Prize: $5,000 USD
Skilled Prize: $2,500 USD
Newbie Prize: $2,500 USD
Vegetation for Birds Prize: $2,500 USD
Video Prize: $2,500 USD
Feminine Fowl Prize: $1,000 USD
Fisher Prize: $1,000 USD
Youth Prize: Six days at Audubon’s Hog Island Audubon Camp for Teenagers throughout the 2024 season
The judging panel for the 2023 contest consists of:
- Sabine Meyer, images director, Nationwide Audubon Society
- Preeti Desai, senior director of social media & storytelling, Nationwide Audubon Society
- Melissa Hafting, conservation photographer and youth nature educator
- Morgan Heim, conservation photographer, filmmaker and adventurer
- Noppadol Paothong, nature/conservation photographer
- Marlene Pantin, partnerships supervisor, Vegetation for Birds, Nationwide Audubon Society
- Mike Fernandez, video producer, Nationwide Audubon Society
- Rina Miele, wildlife photographer and videographer
- Mick Thompson, wildlife photographer and videographer
- Karine Aigner, conservation photographer
- Founders of the Galbatross Undertaking: Brooke Bateman, Stephanie Beilke, Martha Harbison, Purbita Saha, Joanna Wu
Extra Particulars & Guidelines:
The competition is open to all authorized residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and Canada (excluding Quebec), who’re 13 years of age or older as of the date of the submission. Audubon encourages moral fowl images and videography. Images that don’t adhere to Audubon’s Information to Moral Fowl Pictures and Videography might be disqualified.
Entry charges are $15 per picture or video. No cost is required for submissions to the Youth Division or to the Vegetation for Birds or Video Divisions for entrants who’re 13 to 17 years of age.
Go to the web site for official contest guidelines and regularly requested questions.
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