Traveler Photo Contest: Enter + Win!
April 16, 2012
2 min readThe 24th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo ContestNational Geographic Traveler Photo Contest is underway, and we’re off to a great start so far. The magazine is giving away seriously spectacular prizes this year, so you won’t want to miss your chance to win.
The prizes: The grand-prize winner will earn a spot on a 10-day National Geographic Galápagos Photography Expedition to experience — and document — some of the most spectacular wildlife on Earth. Other prizes include an intensive two-and-a-half day Santa Fe photography workshop, a Traveler seminarTraveler seminar, and $200 gift certificates to B&H Photo. All prize-winning photos (10 total) will appear in the yearend issue of Traveler (and on the website) and all winners will receive a one-year subscription to the magazine.
The categories: You can submit your digital photos in 4 different categories —
Travel Portraits
Outdoor Scenes
Sense of Place
Spontaneous Moments
The deadline: It’s July 11th, but the entry fee ($15) goes up $10 in the last two weeks of the contest, so don’t wait until the last minute. Read the rules and fine print, check out last year’s winners for inspiration,then enter your best travel photos today for a chance to show off your talents and win prizes that will help you become an even better photographer.
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