Overview
- Organizers named a 2025 shortlist of 40 photos, three portfolios and 10 videos selected from just under 10,000 entries across 108 countries.
- Judges will reveal the overall, category and highly commended winners on December 9 at an awards night in London.
- The finalists will be shown in a free public exhibition at London’s Gallery@Oxo from December 10–14.
- People’s Choice voting runs December 10 through March 1, 2026, with the winner announced March 12, 2026.
- All entries must be real photographs with no AI or digital manipulation, and prizes include a Masai Mara safari, Nikon gear and ThinkTANK rucksacks, with 10% of net revenue donated to the Whitley Fund for Nature.