The Julian Gardner awards photographic competition

The winners of the first annual GWCT/Julian Gardner Photographic Competition have now been announced. Ian Boyd of Whittington Lodge Farm, near Cheltenham won in the adult category for his picture Partridges in the Snow, while Craig McCann from Cleveland took the under 16 prize with his study of Muirburn. For the full story, please visit our news page.

The competition was launched this year in memory of Julian Gardner, a Sussex farmer and lifelong supporter of the Trust, who was tragically killed while defending his property in October 2010.

A very kind donation from Julian’s family and friends enabled us to buy two trophies that were to be awarded at the CLA Game Fair. When the Fair was unfortunately cancelled due to wet weather, the winners were presented with their trophies by GWCT advisors Peter Thompson and Henrietta Appleton.

The GWCT is now looking for entries for next year's awards. The competition is open to all amateur photographers, not just our members, and is related to our research and advisory work – taking in all aspects of the UK countryside, including the people who live and work there, game, wildlife, all the various habitats and of course landscape.

There are two categories:

1. Adult section – the winner will be awarded the GWCT Julian Gardner trophy - a sculpture of a hare
2. 16 and under section - the winner will be awarded the GWCT Julian Gardner junior trophy - a sculpture of a leveret

The top three winning photos from each section will be printed in our membership magazine Gamewise and featured on our website.  The images will be judged by world renowned professional photographer Laurie Campbell, Peter Thompson (GWCT Biodiversity Advisor) and Louise Shervington (GWCT Publications Editor). 

How to enter

Simply email your images to photocompetition@gwct.org.uk by midnight 31 May 2013.

So don’t delay, get out in the countryside and capture the winning shot!

Click here to see our press release 

Competition rules

The competition is only open to amateur photographers. Entries must not have been offered for sale or have won other competitions and they must have been taken in the UK. NB IMAGES of ZOO ANIMALS AND CAPTIVE ANIMALS will not be considered. You can enter a maximum of two photographs in colour or black and white. Only digital entries supplied as high-quality JPEG’s (a minimum size of 1mb, maximum 6mb) by email will be considered. Please make sure that you supply your name, address and phone number to accompany any photo emailed in, and state which section you are entering. Please also add your age if entering the 16 and under category. By submitting your images, you agree that the GWCT may use them in the future, free of charge, only in connection with this competition (not for general use).

Unsuccessful entrants will not be contacted and no feedback on any entry will be provided. All photographs will be judged on the following criteria: A) Composition B) Originality C) Technical ability