Categories and Prizes
$14,500 in cash, $2,185 in tripods, and $735 in NPN subscriptions.
Every winning photographer (15 in total) and 100+ stand-out photographers will also receive a free copy of our annual fine art book, totalling $8,000 in value.
Natural Landscape Photographer of the Year
First Place: Cash Prize of US $5,000 and first choice from our FLM tripod pool.
Runner-up: Cash Prize of US $1,000.
Natural Landscape Photograph of the Year
First Place: Cash Prize of US $1,000, and third choice from our FLM tripod pool.
Project of the Year
Please note – This award is totally separate from the other categories and judged in isolation. For a good primer on project-based submissions, we recommend reading Theo Bosboom’s article.
First Place: Cash Prize of US $2,000, and second choice from our FLM tripod pool.
Runner-Up: Cash Prize of US $1,000.
Project Example
We’ve included an example from the 1st year of the competition – a wonderful entry from Theo Bosboom.
European Canyons by Theo Bosboom
My project aims to highlight the beauty, diversity, and importance of European canyons and gorges. Shaped by the powerful forces of water from many thousands or even millions of years, canyons are very interesting from a geological point of view. Because they are usually hard to negotiate and only partly accessible – in the right conditions – they are among the wildest places in Europe and often have a wonderful, untouched and diverse vegetation. Last but not least, canyons and gorges have always instilled fear in people and in many places they were thought to be inhabited by ghosts or the devil. You can still see this in the names of the canyons, bridges, tracks, or points within.
This seleection contains images taken in some of Europe’s most intesting canyons and gorges, in different seaons and conditions, including Sicily (Italy), Germany, Sweden, Iceland, and Norway.
Grand Scenic
Scenes showing the wider landscape. These images will generally be made at relatively wide angles, include the sky, immerse the viewer in the scene, offer perspective, and might include a foreground.
Grand Scenic Award:
Cash Prize of US $1,000. and an f-Stop Gear Loka UL Backpack donated by B&H Photo.
See inspiration and examples for our categories.
Grand Scenic Photo by Matt Jackisch
Intimate Landscapes
Intimate Landscapes Award:
Cash Prize of US $1,000.
See inspiration and examples for our categories.
Intimate Landscape Photograph by Stuart McGlennon
Abstracts or Details
A detail is a subject(s) that is generally smaller than one meter/yard.
Abstracts or Details Award:
Cash Prize of US $1,000.
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Abstracts or Detail by Cesar Llaneza Rodriguez
Special Awards
Creative Icon
(New in 2024)
Creative Icon Award: $500.
Creative Icon by Ivan Pedretti
Environmental Wildlife
(New in 2024)
Environmental Wildlife Award: $500.
Environmental Wildlife by Xavier Lequarre
Common Places
Under-represented scenes close to home. These are scenes that should be fairly common to find in a lots of countries given climatic variation, with an emphasis on a creative take on common subjects.
Common Places Award: $500.
Common Places by Mieke Boynton
Mountains
Mountain Award: $500.
Mountains by David Tolcher
Water Worlds
Water Worlds Award: $500.
Waterworlds by Ilan Shacham
Black and White
Black and White Award: $500.
Black and White by Benjamin Maze
Nightscape
Nightscape Award: $500.
Nightscape by Willa Wei
Environmental
Environmental Award: $500.
Environmental by Idan Livni
Aerial
Aerial Award: $500.
Aerial by Lukas Moesch
FLM Tripod Prize Pool
The Photographer of the Year will have first choice, the winner of the Project of the Year will have second choice, and then the winner of the Photograph of the Year will receive the remaining tripod. The prize pool is comprised of these three great tripods:
FLM began in 1994 as a small family business focused on metrology and supplying ball heads for industrial and scientific applications. The original owners gradually developed what are today’s FLM ball heads, and early versions of FLM tripods.
Throughout its history, FLM has always been about quality and precision, using the best materials and offering unparalled value. None of that has changed, as FLM’s new Series II tripods are being recognized as among the best in the world.