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Asferico 2026

by AFNI – Associazione Fotografi Naturalisti Italiani

Entries closed

Results are out

  • Closed 07 DEC
  • Fee from €35
  • UW cat. 1 of 8
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Key dates

  1. Early-bird ends

  2. Final deadline

  3. Results

Entry fees

Entry options and prices
Adult entry (until 30 November)EARLY BIRD€30
Adult entry (1–7 December)€35

Free for: Young photographers aged 17 or under on the competition opening date

Prizes

  • cash

The 2026 call advertises a prize pool worth more than €15,000; the per-place breakdown for 2026 was not confirmed.

Which category to enter

This is a general contest. Underwater work belongs in this category:

  • B – Underwater Worlds

    Open

    Marine and freshwater underwater subjects.

Other categories (7)

A – Landscape · C – Mammals · D – Birds · E – Other animals · F – Plants and fungi · G – Composition and forms · H – Man and nature

Who can enter

Open to
Open to all

Rules at a glance

Captive subjects (aquaria)
Not allowed

Subjects must be photographed in their natural environment; pets, captive-bred animals, birds at the nest, cultivated plants and landscapes with human elements are excluded (wording from earlier editions' rules).

Your image rights

Standard licence

Entrants must own all rights to their images. Winning and selected images may be used free of charge in the association's magazine, the competition catalogue, websites, brochures and calendars, always credited to the author.

Licence
Contest promotion only
Duration
Not specified
Credit promised
Yes
How "Standard licence" is decided
  • Read carefully: the entrant grants an exclusive licence or transfers rights, or the organiser may use entries commercially (sell, license, use in paid products).
  • Photographer-friendly: use is limited to promoting the contest, there is no commercial use by the organiser, and credit is promised.
  • Standard: everything in between — typically a broad non-exclusive licence for marketing without commercial resale.

This is our plain-language summary, not legal advice. Read the official terms before entering: official rules & terms (opens in a new tab).

Research notes

The 20th edition. Entry was online only; the closing date is the end of the 1–7 December late-fee window in the official call, and 8 February 2026 is the date the call gives for notifying winners. Two of the ten categories were not visible in the extract and are omitted. The rights summary comes from the usage clause in the 2026 call and earlier rules; whether calendars are sold was not established. Opening date not found. Direct page fetches were blocked in this research session, so pages were read through search-engine extracts.

Provenance

Verified · 3 sources

  1. Asferico 2026 call for entries (English) (opens in a new tab) · accessed 2026-10-15
  2. Asferico competition rules (opens in a new tab) · accessed 2026-10-15
  3. Asferico 2026 gallery (opens in a new tab) · accessed 2026-10-15

All editions

  1. Asferico 2027≈ early Dec 2026Expected
  2. Asferico 2026closed Sun 7 Dec 2025Results out Results (opens in a new tab)