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2025 BANFF MOUNTAIN PHOTO ESSAY COMPETITION 

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Application Opens January 9th; Deadline: May 5, 2025

LOCATION: Canada

The competition’s goal is to showcase the best in mountain-themed photo essays—to recognize the best stories told through a series of still images. They invite photographers to submit photos to illustrate their mountain-related stories, whether culture, adventure, wildlife, sport, environment or natural history. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Entry is free.

Submissions will be accepted in the form of photographic essays
only.

Images can depict any mountain story consisting of culture,
adventure, wildlife, sport, environment, or natural history.

The competition is open to amateur and professional
photographers.

Only digital image files will be accepted

Important: Each digital image file name must follow this
format: YOUR LAST NAME underscores YOUR FIRST NAME
underscore ESSAY NAME underscore IMAGE NUMBER

Submit three (3) to five (5) images which tell a story.

Please include a short description of the photo essay.

2025 Rules and Regulations 

BENEFIT:

$3000 CAD Grand prize 

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NIKON SMALL WORLD PHOTOMICROGRAPHY COMPETITION 

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Application Deadline: 30 April 2025

LOCATION: USA

The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition is open to anyone with an interest in microscopy and photography through the microscope. The video competition, entitled Small World In Motion encompasses any movie or digital time-lapse photography taken through the microscope.

ELIGIBILITY:

The contest is open to anyone over the age of 18 years who is not an employee of Nikon, their agencies, affiliates or any competing microscope or camera manufacturers.

Nikon Small World is open for all STILL images taken using a light microscope (sorry, Electron microscope and Macro images are not eligible). Nikon Small World in Motion is open to all movies, time-lapse micrographs taken through a light microscope.

Entry is free

BENEFIT:

The top prize is $3,000 for each top winner in Nikon Small World AND Nikon Small World in Motion. Additional prizes are awarded to the top 20, Honorable Mention and Images of Distinction for Small World, and the top 5 and Honorable Mentions for Small World in Motion.

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