Wiltshire Wildlife Photography Prize

These terms and conditions govern the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust (WWT) Photography Prize 2025. By submitting an entry, you agree to these terms and enter into an agreement with the organisers, WWT.

1 Competition entry

The competition opens on 1 August 2025 and closes on 22 August 2025 at 17:00. Submissions must be received by the closing date.

2 Eligibility

The competition is open to all UK residents, excluding employees of WWT, their families or anyone else associated with this competition.

Entrants under 18 must get consent from their parent or guardian to enter.

In entering the competition, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim any prize you may win. WWT may require you to provide proof of eligibility.

3 How to enter

Entries must be submitted through our website using the online form, within the competition time period.

Each entrant may submit only one image for consideration.

Please include your full name, contact telephone number, and a brief description of the photograph, including where and when it was taken in Wiltshire.

4 Entry Requirements

All photographs must have been taken within the county of Wiltshire within the last year (1 August 2024 – 1 August 2025).

Images submitted must be in JPEG format. Each image file must be a minimum of 2MB to ensure sufficient quality for judging and potential printing. Entrants may be asked to supply a higher resolution file if shortlisted.

All images must be the original work of the entrant, and the entrant must be the sole owner of the copyright.

The welfare of the wildlife subject is paramount. Entries must not be taken in a way that causes distress, harm, or disturbance to the subject or its habitat.

Minor digital adjustments including cropping, and adjustments to brightness, contrast, and colour balance are permitted. Significant manipulation, such as adding or removing key elements of the image, is not allowed.

WWT reserves the right to disqualify any entry which, in its opinion, does not comply with these terms and conditions or is deemed inappropriate.

5 Judging process

Following the competition closing date, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust staff will review all valid entries and select a shortlist based on technical skill, composition, originality, and overall impact.

The shortlisted entries will be passed to a panel of three independent judges. The final judging will take place between 26 August 2025 and 2 September 2025. Winners will be contacted after September 2. Due to the large number of entries we receive we cannot notify those who are not successful.

The decision of the organisers is final, and no correspondence will be entered into concerning the competition’s judging and organisation.

6 Prizes

The prizes for this year's competition have been generously sponsored by Wild View Cameras, and include vouchers for our Winners and Highly Commended entries, and the winning images featuring in WWT publications.

Prizes are subject to availability and are non-exchangeable, non-transferable, and no cash alternative is offered. WWT reserves the right to substitute the prize with another prize of equivalent value.

7 Copyright and usage rights

Entrants will retain full copyright of their submitted images.

By entering the competition, all entrants grant Wiltshire Wildlife Trust a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use, reproduce, and publish their submitted images in all media, in perpetuity, for any purpose connected with the promotion of the competition and the Trust's charitable work. This may include, but is not limited to: WWT's website, social media channels, publications (e.g. membership magazine, annual reports), press releases, and in exhibitions.

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust will endeavour to credit the photographer by name wherever the image is used.

8 Data Protection

Any personal data provided by you with your competition entry will be held and processed in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

We will only use your personal data for the administration of the competition and for no other purpose unless we have your consent. For further details, please see our Privacy Policy.

9 General

WWT reserves the right to hold, void, cancel, suspend, or amend the promotion where it becomes necessary to do so.