Give Us Your Best Shot!
Get outside with your camera and enter your best California wildlife photographs in WildCare’s 16th annual Living with Wildlife Photography Contest!
The entry deadline is Friday, September 27, 2024.
Entry Categories
1. California Wild Birds in Their Natural Settings
2. California Wild Animals (Other) (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects etc.) in Their Natural Settings
3. California General Nature (plants, landscapes, geology, natural phenomena)
4. Living with Wildlife Animal Interaction Shots (California wild animals (birds, mammals, reptiles etc.) in human contexts and environments)
Click here for the Official Contest Rules and more details about the entry categories.
Learn about WildCare's Living with Wildlife Photography Contest
Click for the Official Photography Contest Rules
The Prize for the Best in Show photograph will be $500 and your photograph featured in WildCare’s Newsletter.
Prizes will also be given for the best photograph in each category and for a People’s Choice Award to be determined by an online vote. Cash prizes made possible by a generous donor.
Entry fees are $20 per photograph, and all entries must include a digital file of the image. The deadline to enter the 2023 WildCare Photo Contest is Friday, September 27, 2024.
Entry fees support WildCare’s programs including our Wildlife Hospital and our Nature Education programs. Your photos also help us advocate for and educate about the wild animals with which we share our environment.
Entered photos will grace our website and printed materials, and may also be used to raise much-needed funds for our organization. Click for our Photography Contest Rules for more information.
Questions? Please contact Alison Hermance, Photography Contest Coordinator at alison@discoverwildcare.org or 415-453-1000 x240.
Click to see winners of previous Living with Wildlife Photography Contests!
Note that most links will open as PDFs of that year's WildCare print Newsletter.