NEW YORK / SANTIAGO / BOGOTA (January 15, 2025) – Audubon today announced that the 2025 Audubon Photography Awards is expanding to include submissions from Chile and Colombia in addition to the United States and Canada. The contest’s expanded scope and set of new prizes will amplify Audubon’s unified hemispheric approach to bird conservation and highlight how birds bring people together across geographies and ecosystems. Now in its sixteenth year, the contest is open to photography and video submissions until March 5, 2025 at 12 p.m. (noon) U.S. Eastern Time (12 p.m. in Colombia and 2 p.m. in Chile).
Chile and Colombia have some of the world’s most biodiverse landscapes and seascapes, and many vulnerable birds migrate between Canada and the U.S. and these vibrant countries. Audubon protects these birds from the dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss by working on coordinated efforts across multiple countries and regions that ensure their survival year-round. This year’s Audubon Photography Awards promises to help tell this story with more prizes focusing on migratory species, habitats, and conservation—all while continuing to showcase the stunning imagery that bird-lovers have come to expect.
Judges will award nine prizes to residents of Chile and Colombia and eight prizes to residents of the U.S. and Canada. This includes the new Birds without Borders Prize, depicting birds with migratory paths that cross international boundaries, and Conservation Prize, illustrating conservation challenges that birds face—for example, how climate change is affecting their resources and habitat—or how taking action to address those challenges can improve conditions and help them thrive. Other prizes include the Grand Prize, Birds in Landscapes Prize, Youth Prize, Plants for Birds Prize, Female Bird Prize, and Video Prize.
Winners will be featured in the Fall 2025 issue of Audubon magazine. Select photos and videos will also be featured in digital galleries promoted on Audubon’s website and social channels throughout the year. For inspiration, check out the 2024 Audubon Photography Awards winners.
The contest is open to all legal residents of Colombia, Chile, the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 13 years of age or older as of the date of the submission. Audubon encourages ethical bird photography and videography. Photos and videos that do not adhere to Audubon’s Guide to Ethical Bird Photography and Videography will be disqualified.
Entry is free for residents of Chile and Colombia and $15 per image or video for individuals in the U.S. and Canada. No payment is required for submissions to the Youth division for entrants who are 13 to 17 years of age.
Visit the Chile and Colombia and U.S. and Canada contest pages for official rules, details on prizes and judges, and frequently asked questions.
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The National Audubon Society is a nonprofit conservation organization that protects birds and the places they need today and tomorrow. We work throughout the Americas towards a future where birds thrive because Audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. Audubon has more than 700 staff working across the hemisphere and more than 1.5 million active supporters. North America has lost three billion birds since 1970, and more than 500 bird species are at risk of extinction across Latin America and the Caribbean. Birds act as early warning systems about the health of our environment, and they tell us that birds – and our planet – are in crisis. Together as one Audubon, we are working to alter the course of climate change and habitat loss, leading to healthier bird populations and reversing current trends in biodiversity loss. We do this by implementing on-the-ground conservation, partnering with local communities, influencing public and corporate policy, and building community. Learn more at www.audubon.org and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @audubonsociety.
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