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Key dates
Early-bird ends
Final deadline
Results
Ceremony
Entry fees
| General entry (until 28 February)EARLY BIRD | €25 |
|---|---|
| General entry (during March) | €30 |
Free for: Under-18s; MontPhoto members
One fee covers up to 25 images spread across the general categories, plus one portfolio and one storytelling set of 10–15 images.
Prizes
€2,000 Honour Prize (includes the winner's category first prize)
- cash
Each category pays €500 plus a diploma for first place and €300 plus a diploma for second.
Which category to enter
This is a general contest. Underwater work belongs in this category:
C – Underwater World (Mundo subacuático)
OpenUnderwater photographs of plants, animals and habitats in fresh or salt water.
Other categories (9)
B1 – Mammals · B2 – Birds · B3 – Other animals · B4 – Plant world · B5 – Landscape · D – Ecological denunciation · E – Art in nature · F1 – Portfolio · F2 – Storytelling
Who can enter
- Open to
- Open to all
- Entry limit
- 25 per person
Rules at a glance
- RAW files
- Required from finalists
Your image rights
Photographer-friendlyYou keep copyright and grant MontPhoto non-exclusive reproduction rights, always with your name, to show awarded and runner-up images in books, exhibitions, catalogues, posters and press promoting MontPhoto. Images may not be used for profit; other commercial uses need your prior permission, and reproduced authors receive a copy of the book.
- Licence
- Contest promotion only
- Duration
- Not specified (The non-exclusive grant is stated to extend to future editions of the contest.)
- Commercial use by organiser
- No
- Credit promised
- Yes
How "Photographer-friendly" 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 30th edition. Finalists were told the main awards would be revealed live at the gala on Friday 2 October 2026 (19:00) during MontPhoto Fest, 2–4 October 2026 in Lloret de Mar. No published winners list was found yet, so no results link. Prize figures come from the official bases and a Spanish listing site. The rights summary is based on a third-party listing of the 2026 rules, which matches the official 2025 English rules. Category A's name was not confirmed and is omitted; the jury list was not confirmed for 2026. Opening date not found. Direct page fetches were blocked in this research session, so pages were read through search-engine extracts.
Provenance
Verified · 6 sources
- MontPhoto bases (official rules) (opens in a new tab) · accessed 2026-10-15
- Arranca la 30ª edición del concurso MontPhoto (AEFONA) (opens in a new tab) · accessed 2026-10-15
- Concurso de fotografía de naturaleza MontPhoto 2026 (Recursos Culturales) (opens in a new tab) · accessed 2026-10-15
- MontPhoto Contest 2026 finalists announced (MontPhoto FEST) (opens in a new tab) · accessed 2026-10-15
- MontPhoto Contest 2026 listing (Photo Contest Insider) (opens in a new tab) · accessed 2026-10-15
- MontPhoto 2025 rules (English) (opens in a new tab) · accessed 2026-10-15
All editions
- MontPhoto 2027≈ late Mar 2027Expected
- MontPhoto 2026closed Mon 23 Mar 2026Results out