Nature Photographer of the Year 2025
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Key dates
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Results
Entry fees
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Prizes
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Which category to enter
This is a general contest. Underwater work belongs in this category:
Underwater (C6)
OpenLife below the surface in salt or fresh water. 2025 winner Luis Arpa Toribio (crinoid shrimp in a feather star, Tulamben, Bali); runner-up Alex Varani (jellyfish, Misool, Raja Ampat).
Other categories (6)
Birds · Mammals · Landscapes · Human and Nature · Youth · Fred Hazelhoff Portfolio Award
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Rules at a glance
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Research notes
Deadline taken from the Nature Talks NPOTY 2025 invitation page. Winners were presented on 15 November 2025 at the start of the Nature Talks Photo Festival; the overall title went to Åsmund Keilen (Norway). The organiser reported 24,781 entries from 96 countries. The results link is press coverage (PetaPixel) because no official results URL could be confirmed; underwater winners were cross-checked against DivePhotoGuide coverage. Fees, opening date and full category list for 2025 were not verified. Direct page fetches were blocked in this research session, so pages were read through search-engine extracts.
Provenance
Verified · 3 sources
- Invitation – NPOTY 2025 Photo Contest (Nature Talks) (opens in a new tab) · accessed 2026-10-15
- Every winning photo from NPOTY 2025 (PetaPixel) (opens in a new tab) · accessed 2026-10-15
- NPOTY 2025 results announced (DivePhotoGuide) (opens in a new tab) · accessed 2026-10-15
All editions
- Nature Photographer of the Year 2027≈ early Jun 2027Expected
- Nature Photographer of the Year 2026closed Mon 8 Jun 2026Judging
- Nature Photographer of the Year 2025closed Sun 18 May 2025Results out Results (opens in a new tab)