Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year

The world’s most prestigious weather and climate photography competition

Submissions are invited across three categories:

Weather Photographer of the Year
Young Weather Photographer of the Year
Weather Photographer of the Year – Smartphone category

Entries must have been taken between 18 June 2019 and 18 June 2024.

Prizes

Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year

The Weather Photographer of the Year category offers a £5,000 cash prize to the best overall photograph showcasing the beauty and power of weather, open to photographers worldwide.

Standard Chartered Smartphone Weather Photographer of the Year

Smartphone Weather Photographer of the Year offers a cash prize of £2,500 to the winner, and is for photographs taken on mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

Standard Chartered Young Weather Photographer of the Year

Young Weather Photographer of the Year offers a cash prize of £750 and is open to anyone under the age of 18 years old to submit their weather and climate-related photographs.

Standard Chartered Climate Award

The Climate Award offers a prize of £1,000 to the photograph that best tells a compelling story about climate change and its impacts. The winning photo will be selected from the three main categories of the competition and must contain a visual representation of weather and climate change.

Rules

1.The competition is free to enter and open to individuals of all abilities.

2.Photographs submitted for the competition must have been taken between the 18 June 2019 and 18 June 2024.

3.The Standard Chartered Young Weather Photographer category is open to anyone under the age of 18 on 18 June 2024. Please note that if you are under the age of 13, entries must be submitted by an adult on your behalf.

4.If eligible, photographers are allowed to submit a maximum of five images per category.

5.When submitting a photograph, please provide the highest possible resolution available and provide further detail to tell us more about you and your photograph. We cannot accept entries by email or post.

6.The Climate Award does not have a separate category, but will be selected from the Main, Smartphone and Young categories. Please enter the category that best suits your age or type of camera. Your photograph will be considered for both the category you’ve entered and the Climate Award.

7.Full terms and conditions for the competition can be found on the Zealous submissions platform, and in the Competition Checklist section below.

The competition is free to enter.

Deadline: 18 June 2024

Website link: https://www.rmets.org/weather-photographer-of-the-year/competition