PRIZE DETAILS: The total photo safari prize fund for 2020 is $50,000!

The winner of each category will win a Pangolin Photo Safari worth up to $20,000. There are additional prizes of safari vouchers for the runner up and the images that are highly commended! Not eligible to enter? - Find contest where you are.

COPYRIGHT: mage Submission
The Image submitted to the Pangolin Wildlife Photographer of the Year must adhere to the following conditions:

The submitted image must have been taken in 2019. The metadata of the file will be inspected to ensure qualification.

All images should be a faithful representation of the original scene in the natural world. Composite images will not be allowed. Post-production adjustments can be used but excessive use will count against the image’s overall standing with the judges.

The judges may request the original image file for review when the shortlist has been completed. This will precede their judgement and declaration of the Amateur and Professional Pangolin Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020.

Please note. An image that has previously won a national or international nature photography competition prior to The Pangolin Wildlife Photographer of the Year will NOT be considered.

If chosen as a winning image and later found to be in contravention of this rule it will be disqualified.

The judges reserve the right to refuse photos that they deem unsuitable for whatever reason they see fit. The image must be the sole property of the submitter and have no third-party publishing rights/restriction attached to them.

The image must have been taken by the submitter. All images must be submitted as jpeg, png or tiff files without a watermark.

The judging process is conducted blindly so all watermarked images will be rejected. Once the winners have been selected competition organisers will delete all the submitted images from their servers or cloud-based storage. USAGE RIGHTS: The owners of the winning images give permission for their image to be used for the purposes of promoting the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. All entrants give permission to Pangolin Photo Safaris to display their image on the Pangolin Photo Safaris website.

The winners also agree to allow Pangolin to display their credited image in the gallery of The Pangolin Chobe Hotel.