The New Scientist Photography Awards 2021 are now open for entries
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Are you a budding photographer? Then you should consider entering our exciting new photography competition.
The New Scientist Photography Awards 2021 will celebrate images that illustrate how science technology impact our lives the world around us, with a £1000 prize for the overall winner. Anyone over the age of 18 can enter the competition entry is free.
The competition has three categories: The Natural World, Modern Life Our Changing Environment. For each category, the judges will shortlist four images from those pick a winner a runner-up. The category winners will then go to a public vote to determine the overall winner of the New Scientist Photography Awards 2021.
The judging panel consists of naturalist television presenter Chris Packham, award-winning photographer Sue Flood three members of the New Scientist team: Helen Benians, Timothy Revell Penny Sarchet.
Flood says: “I’m thrilled to be judging this prestigious competition can’t wait to see people’s work. What’s going to catch my eye? It could simply be an extraordinary capture of a very ordinary event. Or, on the other hand, it could be an incredible event captured at just the right fraction of a second. Either way, it will be a shot that has something that stops me in my tracks stands out from the crowd. That’s the wonderful thing – you never know what you’re going to find when you’re judging, but you’ll know the shot when you see it!”
Entries will be accepted until 31 July 2021. The shortlist, runners-up category winners will be announced by 2 September 2021. The category winners will then be put to a public vote in September 2021, with the overall winner announced in October 2021. See our terms conditions for full details.
To enter for the full terms conditions, please visit: newscientist.com/photography-awards/2021
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