Galapagos Photography Competition 2025

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Our 2025 Galapagos Photography Competition is now open!

If you’ve visited the Galapagos Islands, we would love to see your favourite photos of the amazing wildlife, landscapes and people that make this place so special.

We’ve shaken up the categories again for 2025, and have four new, fantastic judges.

This year’s winner will have their image included in GCT’s 2026 calendar and will receive a year’s free membership of Galapagos Conservation Trust.

You may submit a maximum of ten images. You can enter all ten into a single category, or into different categories, but please do not enter the same image into more than one category. We would encourage you to submit images that cover a range of subjects, rather than six of a single species.

All photographs should accurately reflect the subject matter and the scene as it appeared. Photos that have been digitally altered beyond standard optimisation will not be considered for the final round. Acceptable are adjustments to colour, contrast, brightness and sharpness; removal of dust and scratches; cropping; black and white conversions. Not acceptable are photo composites (combination of two or more photos, not of the same scene); the addition, duplication, deletion or moving of objects in the photos; or the use of artistic digital filters and effects. The competition organisers and the judges reserve the right to exclude any image they believe may have been excessively treated so as to alter its authenticity. Photographs should also be free of any credits/watermarks.

Prizes:

The overall winner of the competition will receive:

- A year’s free membership of GCT
- A copy of GCT’s 2026 calendar
- Their winning image included in the 2026 calendar (if landscape format)
- Their winning image featured online and in the competition display at Galapagos Day
- The winner of each category will receive a copy of GCT’s 2026 calendar.

If you don’t win, don’t worry! Your image may still make it into our 2026 calendar!

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Eligibility:

The competition is open to anyone except GCT employees and competition judges. Amateur and professional photographers of any nationality are eligible.

Copyrights & Usage Rights:

Photographers retain the copyright of any entered photos. Your entry into this photography competition constitutes your agreement to grant Galapagos Conservation Trust (a) a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free license to reproduce, distribute, and publicly display the photographs you submit to Galapagos Conservation Trust, for use in any Galapagos Conservation Trust publication or webpage related to the Photographic Competition, and to be used in Galapagos Conservation Trust promotions, including, but not limited to, advertising future photographic competitions, publications from GCT or other organisations, exhibitions, future marketing materials and campaigns, webpages, email bulletins and to raise funds for GCT (i.e. your image may appear on materials we sell e.g., cards, calendars, books, prints etc.); and (b) the right to use your name, occupation, city, state and country of residence in any publication. We will endeavour to ensure that your images are always duly credited but are unable to take responsibility should your name be omitted.

Theme:

Landscape Nature