Young Photography Competition 2023 - Landscape Photographer of the Year

Young Landscape Photographer Of The Year is open to everyone aged 18 or under.

It’s free to enter and the top prize is £1,000! The winner will also be invited to join the judging panel for the 2024 YLPOTY!

This year we are delighted to announce that 3Legged Thing, the British based tripod manufacturer are sponsoring the Youth competition.

Stuart Boston, Chief Operations Officer, 3LT.

“3 Legged Thing are excited to sponsor the Young Landscape Photographer of the Year category, to encourage and support the next generation of landscape photographers. We hope that young people starting out with photography will be able to grow that enthusiasm for creativity into a lifelong passion.”

Running alongside the adult competition, this annual award showcases some of the most talented upcoming landscape photographers.

There are four categories to enter, with prizes for each category:

Classic View
Cityscapes
Expressions/Impressions of the Landscape
Coast
Intimate View (Macro or Details)

The overall Young Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022 is chosen by our judges as having the best image out of all the youth entries.

They will be awarded £1,000, a place in the touring exhibition and their image printed as part of the Collection 16 book.

Image: 'The Beast Within the Beauty' by Henri Abbot, Youth Winner, Classic View 2021. Take a look at more YLPOTY winning and commended photographs.

HOW TO ENTER

Entries are open from 14 February - 31 May 2023.
All entries must be submitted through our submission portal.
You must be 18 or under on the 31 May 2023 to be eligible.
Make sure to read the Competition Rules before entering!

KEY DATES 2023

Open for entries: 14 February - 31 May
Judging begins: 10 June
Shortlisted entries contacted: 10 July
Final rounds of judging: 10 - 20 August 2023
Winners notified: September
Winners announced: October

In Classic View, we are looking for an image that captures the beauty and variety of the UK landscape.

An iconic view; a view along a cliff-side path or of a historic village; a view down a valley; an urban skyline or snow-capped peaks; maybe showing the drama of our seasons. Recognisable and memorable; a true classic.

The Youth Winner of this category will win a place in the touring exhibition and in the Collection 15 book, and will be sent a complimentary copy.

It’s hard to pin down an exact figure, but statistics suggest that up to 80% of the UK population lives in towns or cities. This category highlights the surroundings that many of us live in every day.

Anything urban and outdoors is eligible (so no underground car parks, tube stations or other indoor photographs). Suburban areas or country towns are also eligible.

The Youth Winner of this category will win a place in the touring exhibition and in the Collection 15 book, and will be sent a complimentary copy.

Coast is a Special Award for 2023, in association with award partners Epson.

This award celebrates the marvellous British coastline, a popular subject for photographers that has proved so popular over the years with entrants. Shots of the British coastline, beautiful seascapes, piers and other structures found on our shoreline are all welcome.

The winner of this award will win a printer supplied by Epson, they will also win a place in the touring exhibition and Collection 16 book.

In this category we encourage creativity and digital manipulation. Use your imagination, as you have the scope for a very conceptual and personal approach.

It’s the opportunity for you to show us what the UK landscape means to you.

ICM, multiple exposures, layering of images, multimedia literally anything goes as long as the base image is a photograph.

The winner of this category will take home £1,000, a place in the touring exhibition and Collection 16 book

Not all landscapes are sweeping vistas, some of the minute details overlooked by many but that compel the viewer with delicate beauty all of their own.

We are looking for macro and close up images as well as larger details abstracted from a bigger landscape such as pebbles or rock structures, puddles, funghi, bark details or floral intimacy. It is also acceptable to submit detail images from an urban landscape.

Digital adjustments: In this category the integrity of the subject must be maintained, so the making of physical changes to the landscape is not permitted. However focus stacking is allowed. Read full guidance on adjustments in our Competition Rules.