Categories
The competition has 10 categories:
• three (3) 'Portfolio' categories:
- Mankind
- Land, Sea, Sky
- Journeys & Adventures
• three (3) ‘One Shot’ single image categories:
- Wildlife & Nature
- Cities - Architecture & Spaces
- Shaped by Light
• ‘Smart Shot’ category for images taken on a mobile phone or tablet
• ‘New Talent’ category
• HD Video category,
• Young Travel Photographer of the Year award (with two different age groups)
Eligibility
The contest is open to anyone.
Prizes
The TPOTY 2016 sponsors - Fujifilm, Genesis Imaging, Hurtigruten, Páramo Directional Clothing, Photo Iconic, Plastic Sandwich and StaaG – have provided a prize package worth around £30,000, and the winning photographers will see their work displayed at TPOTY exhibitions, including one at the University of Greenwich in London’s magnificent Maritime Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The overall winner – the Travel Photographer of the Year 2016 – will be chosen from all entrants who submit at least two portfolios. In addition to the significant international exposure that comes with winning TPOTY, the Travel Photographer of the Year 2016 receives £4,000, a selection of StaaG luxury leather travel goods and sterling silver accessories (worth over £1250), £500 to spend on the Páramo clothing of their choice, and a Plastic Sandwich personalized leather portfolio case.
Fujifilm is sponsoring all three portfolio categories: Journeys & Adventures; Land, Sea, Sky, and Mankind, and the top entrant in each of these categories receives a Fujifilm X-Series camera and lens of their choice. Entrants submitting two or more portfolios will also automatically be eligible for overall top prize and the title of Travel Photographer of the Year 2016. The winner of the Best Single Image award in each portfolio category receives a giclée exhibition print from Genesis Imaging.
Entry fees
The entry fee for each portfolio category, New Talent and the HD Video categories is £15. The entry fee for One Shot and Smart Shot is £8 per entry, and Young TPOTY is free to enter.
How to Apply
- Choose your categories:
The TPOTY 2016 awards have:
- Three Portfolio categories
- Three One Shot categories
- Smart Shot category
- New Talent category
- HD Video category, Travel Shorts
- Young Travel Photographer of the Year award (with two different age groups)
- Award for the overall winner - the Travel Photographer of the Year 2016
Choose the category/categories you wish to enter and are eligible for. You can enter any category more than once except for New Talent. New Talent can be entered only once, but you may also enter any other categories for which you are eligible.
By submitting two or more ‘Portfolio’ entries you will automatically be eligible for the top award and title ‘Travel Photographer of the Year’.
The rules contain vital information on eligibility. It's your responsibility to ensure that your images are eligible.
Photographers don't always choose their best images. You'll find lots of useful information to help you with Selecting Your Images. This will also guide you on what the judges look for.
Online submission of images using the online registration acts as your entry form. For postal submission of prints there is a downloadable entry form.
Entry fees can be paid by PayPal (PayPal Account/ Credit/ Debit Card accepted) by bank transfer or by cheque in GB £ only. Payment in other currencies cannot be accepted. Only entry to Young TPOTY is free of charge. Please see our Entry Fees page.
ONLINE ENTRIES - You can upload your images, complete an entry form and make your payment by clicking the 'Online Entries' button.
PLEASE NOTE:
The final round of judging requires entrants to submit prints. All notified, shortlisted entrants are asked to provide prints by 20th November 2016. You can organise your own printing or use the service set up by TPOTY with Genesis Imaging.
PRINT ENTRIES - If you would like to submit your images as prints only, please click the 'Print Entries' button. Here you will find details of how to present and submit prints and a link to the downloadable entry form. Please print this entry form and send with your printed images and entry fee.
Submit your entry online or by post by the closing date of 1st October, 2016.
We advise you not to leave online entry until close to the deadline. At that time lots of people are trying to enter and the TPOTY server gets very busy. We will only accept late entries where there is an unavoidable problem which we are made aware of before the deadline.
TPOTY is open for entry for over four months. There will not be a deadline extension!
Want your images considered for TPOTY books or exhibitions? If yes, include a CD, DVD or USB Drive of print-resolution versions of your entered images. See Online Entries and Print Entries pages for instructions on how to do this.
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http://www.tpoty.com/awards/how-to-enter