How to enter the UK Landscape Photographer of the Year competition

By Maria Hodson

Published: Thursday, 28 April 2022 at 12:00 am

Keen photographers are invited to submit their work to the 15th Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards 2002, before submissions close at midday on Thursday 5 May.

Open to all entrants, the photography competition celebrates the great British landscape and has a prize fund of £20,000, with £10,000 for the overall winner. Photographs taken since 5 May 2017 are eligible. There is a special youth competition for those under 18 years old.

Last year’s overall winner was ‘Morning at Countryside’ by Mara Leite – an idyllic scene of a wooded path in West Sussex, with several other entries winning or receiving commendations in categories such as Historic Britain or Landscapes at Night. ‘Joining the Queue’ by Evie Easterbrook scooped the Youth Winner prize.

"Golden
Morning at Countryside, the overall winner of Landscape Photographer of the Year 2021 / Credit: Mara Leite
Mara Leite
"Windmill
Philip George won the Classic View category with his stunning windmill image / Credit: Philip George
"Sheep
‘Counting Sheep’, winner of the Young Landscape Photographer of the Year / Credit: Joshua Elphick
"trees
Winner of the 2021 Black and White category, by Miles Middlebrook / Credit: Miles Middlebrook
"Pool
‘Shoalstone Pool’ by Adam Furneaux, youth winner of Your View category, 2020 / Credit: Adam Furneaux
"Castle
‘Out of the Darkness’ by Mark Amphlett won the Historic Britain category in the LPOTY Awards 2021 with his photograph of misty Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe / Credit: Mark Amphlett
"steam
‘Glenfinnan Viaduct’ by Malcolm Blenkey won the Lines in the Landscape category in the 2021 LPOTY awards
"Wallace
‘Wallace Monument from the banks of the Forth’ by Graham Mackay won the Historic Britain category in the LPOTY awards 2020 / Credit: Graham Mackay
"Snowy
‘Ice Spikes in Glencoe’ by Pete Rowbottom was the overall winning image in the Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards 2018 / Credit: Pete Rowbottom
"woodland"
‘Woolland Woods’ by Chris Frost, overall winner of Landscape Photographer of the Year 2020
"Fallen
‘Beauty in Decay’ by Nicky Goodfellow, 2018
"Lighthouse
Entitled ‘Once in a Lifetime’, this extraordinary shot by Ian Asprey of Anglesey Lighthouse won the Landscapes at Night category in the LPOTY Awards 2021 / Credit: Ian Asprey
"Mick
Mick Blakey captured this powerful image of a fisherman standing on rocks in strong westerly winds at Porth Nanven, Cornwall, winning the ‘Living the View’ cateogry in 2018
"Evie
Evie Easterbrook became the overall winner of the Young Landscape Photographer of the Year 2021 with this photo of seagulls above a fish n chips shop / Credit: Evie Easterbrook
The awards will be announced on 23 October 2022 and all winning and commended images will feature in print in a coffee-table book, Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 15, published in October 2022.

In partnership with Network Rail, an exhibition of the winning images will tour the UK from November 2022, celebrating the spirit of Britain.

This year’s entries will be split into four main categories: Classic View, Urban Life, Black and White and Your View, as well as a further four special awards. Entry fees apply.

Fro more information on how to enter and the full list of award categories, as well as to see images from previous winners, visit www.lpoty.co.uk