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THE ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD  

Application Deadline: 2nd November 2025

LOCATION: Monaco

The Award aims to celebrate the incredible beauty of our planet and illustrate the different relationships that human beings have with nature—whether destructive or regenerative—through 5 categories: Polar Regions, Forests, Ocean, Humanity versus Nature, and Changemakers.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Award is global and open to photographers of all nationalities who will be aged 18 or over on 2nd November 2025.

It is the responsibility of each entrant to ensure that they have read and will abide by these rules and Photocrowd’s Terms and Conditions. By submitting an entry, each entrant agrees to these rules, that their entry complies with these rules, and that they will be liable to the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and Photocrowd and their licensees in respect of any damages or losses incurred as a breach of the rules.

Employees or agents of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Photocrowd, their families or other persons connected with this promotion (excluding the sponsors) are not eligible to enter.

Proof of eligibility must be provided upon request. Use of a false name or other false details will result in disqualification.

Entrants are required to create a Photocrowd account in order to facilitate entry to the Award and provide their contact details, but participation in and engagement with the wider Photocrowdcommunity is not a requirement of entry to the Award.

All entries must be submitted via the Photocrowd online platform before the closing date of 23:59 (CET)/22:59 (UTC) on 2nd November 2025. 

Entry is free of charge. Photographers can enter up to 5 images in each of the 5 categories, allowing therefore for a maximum of 25 images in total. If any photographer is found to have entered more than 5 images into a category, all their entries will be invalidated and removed from judging.

There is a required minimum image size of 3000 pixels on the shortest side of the image. Images should be saved as jpegs at the highest quality available, at 300 dpi resolution, with a colour profile attached—preferably Adobe RGB (1998).

BENEFIT:

Grand Prize Winner (Environmental Photographer 2026): (chosen by the jury among the 5 category winners)

5,000 € grant

Invitation (including travel and accommodation) to the opening ceremony of the exhibition in Monaco

Category Winners: 1,000 € grant for each of the 5 category winners

Public Award & Students’ Choice: (to be chosen for each across all categories)

500 € grant for the Public Award-winning image and invitation (including travel and accommodation) to visit the Amazon Research Station of the International University SEK in Ecuador

500 € grant for the Student’s Choice winning image

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WEGE PRIZE 2026 DESIGN BRIEF FOR GLOBAL COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Application Deadline: October 5, 2025

LOCATION: USA

The Wege Prize is an annual competition that ignites game-changing solutions for the future by inspiring college/university students around the world to collaborate across institutional, disciplinary, and cultural boundaries to redesign the way economies work. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Team Requirements:

To be eligible to join a Wege Prize team, individuals must:

Have exactly five (5) members No more, no less

Represent at least three (3) different academic disciplines (in terms of each participant’s current program of study). Previously completed degree programs are not considered.

Represent at least two (2) different institutions of higher education (colleges, universities, or separate colleges/schools within a larger university). For instance, a team member from Example University’s School of Engineering and a team member from Example University’s School of Earth Sciences would be considered as representing two different institutions.

Individual Requirements:

To be eligible to participate in the Wege Prize, teams must:

Be currently enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or postgraduate degree program at a college, university, or equivalent institution of higher education anywhere in the world. Teams can be composed of a mix of undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students if they so choose.

Be enrolled as a full-time (or equivalent) student for the duration of the competition. If you are graduating before May of 2026, you must be enrolled as a student through at least December 15, 2025.

Read the 2026 Design Brief: Downloadable PDF Version

BENEFIT:

Participants contend for $65,000 (USD) in total cash prizes with innovative solutions that are powered by human-centered design, underpinned by a shift to renewable energy, and built on the three core principles of the circular economy. 

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