$25,000 Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards opens for entries

Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022 unseen images
(Image credit: Josh Cooper / Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022)

Looking for some landscape photography inspiration? We have you covered. Entries have now opened for the 2023 edition of the prestigious Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards, and you have until May 31 to get your best landscape images together and be in with the chance to win. 

Landscape photography can actually be a pretty broad category, often focusing on the vast lands of the wider world and its natural elements. But landscape photos can also feature buildings and manmade structures, human subjects, as well as even close-up nature shots and images taken at night. Basically, it's subjective. 

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Now in its fifteenth edition, the Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards was created in 2006 to "inspire profound engagement with the British landscape through photography", as the website states. 

Founded by one of the world's leaders in landscape photography, Charlie Waite, the competition is open to anyone from any country to showcase their talent while appreciating the beauty and art that goes into the medium. 

New for 2023 are categories that reflect changing photographic trends. These include Birds Eye View (drone photography), Coastal Landscapes, My Railway Adventure, Impressions of the Landscape (artistic), and Change in the Landscape (reflective of Britain’s changing environment). 

(Image credit: Stephen Ball / Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022)

While entering the competition is not free, the benefits of having your images viewed and critiqued on a global scale by a panel of experts in their fields is something that you can't really put a price on. 

If you are fond of numbers, though, then at least know that by entering the awards you'll be in with the chance of receiving a cut from the prize fund that totals over £20,000 ($25,200 / AU$37,300 approximately).

And if you're under the age of 18 then you can enter the Youth competition for free. Landscape images captured using camera phones will also be accepted, so there's really no excuse not to put yourself to the challenge and enter the 2023 awards. 

Take a look at the selection of unseen images below from the 2022 edition of Landscape Photographer of the Year to get truly inspired.

For more information about the competition and how you can enter this year, head to the official website and get your entries in before May 31. 

(Image credit: Callum White / Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022)

(Image credit: Marcus King / Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022)

(Image credit: Jethro Stebbings / Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022)

(Image credit: Dave Hudspeth / Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022)

(Image credit: Rob Scamp / Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022)

(Image credit: Ady Kerry / Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022)

(Image credit: Amar Sood / Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022)

(Image credit: Linda Wride / Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022)

(Image credit: Chris Gorman / Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022)

(Image credit: Peter North / Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022)

You might also be interested in the best lenses for landscape photography, as well as the best ND grad filters, and not forgetting the best travel tripods to keep your shots steady!

Beth Nicholls
Freelance contributor

Beth kicked off her journalistic career as a staff writer here at Digital Camera World, but has since moved over to our sister site Creative Bloq, where she covers all things tech, gaming, photography, and 3D printing. With a degree in Music Journalism and a Master's degree in Photography, Beth knows a thing or two about cameras – and you'll most likely find her photographing local gigs under the alias Bethshootsbands. She also dabbles in cosplay photography, bringing comic book fantasies to life, and uses a Canon 5DS and Sony A7III as her go-to setup.

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