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Student photo competition.
Show us your best wildlife or nature photo! School students from Kindergarten to Year 12 are invited to enter the Wild Snaps photo competition, to encourage students to be wild explorers.
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Competition details
The prize
Round 1 winners
Competition details
There is always wildlife around us, even at home. With the many healing properties nature has to offer, we are challenging students to a photo competition to capture the natural beauty around their homes.
The Wild Snaps photo competition has now reopened! In April 2020, we ran Round 1, and students can now continue to enter the competition with fortnightly changing themes, proudly supported by QBE Insurance.
QBE
Entry details and themes
Simply take a photo(s) with a mobile phone, camera or other photo device of something wild around your home based around each fortnightly theme!
You must
Make sure none of your images contain any people - only wildlife and nature
NOT edit or manipulate your photos (e.g. via Photoshop)
Submit your entry only via the online form. No entries will be accepted via email or any other method
Provide a title and brief description of your photo(s) upon submission (a maximum of 5 photos per student can be submitted)
Name your photo(s) something that makes it clear it is yours and which school are attend - e.g. 'First Name Surname - School Name - Taronga Wild Snaps Photo 1 of 5'
Only submit photos within the theme while the dates of each theme are open. E.g. photos for 'Feathery Friends' will no longer be picked as winners after Friday 22 May 2020, and so on
Theme Key dates
Feathery Friends
Amongst the treetops, hiding between branches, our native feathered friends can be found anywhere, all you have to do is look up! Share your best photo(s) of the birds you find around your home.
Competition open: Monday 11 May at 9am - Friday 22 May at 5pm
Winners announced: Monday 25 May
To be announced
Competition open: Monday 25 May at 9am - Friday 5 June at 5pm
Winners announced: Monday 8 June
To be announced
Competition open: Monday 8 June at 9am - Friday 19 June at 5pm
Winners announced: Monday 22 June
To be announced
Competition open: Monday 22 June at 9am - Friday 3 July at 5pm
Winners announced: Monday 6 July
Competition details
There is always wildlife around us, even at home. With the many healing properties nature has to offer, we are challenging students to a photo competition to capture the natural beauty around their homes.
The Wild Snaps photo competition has now reopened! In April 2020, we ran Round 1, and students can now continue to enter the competition with fortnightly changing themes, proudly supported by QBE Insurance.
QBE
Entry details and themes
Simply take a photo(s) with a mobile phone, camera or other photo device of something wild around your home based around each fortnightly theme!
You must
Make sure none of your images contain any people - only wildlife and nature
NOT edit or manipulate your photos (e.g. via Photoshop)
Submit your entry only via the online form. No entries will be accepted via email or any other method
Provide a title and brief description of your photo(s) upon submission (a maximum of 5 photos per student can be submitted)
Name your photo(s) something that makes it clear it is yours and which school are attend - e.g. 'First Name Surname - School Name - Taronga Wild Snaps Photo 1 of 5'
Only submit photos within the theme while the dates of each theme are open. E.g. photos for 'Feathery Friends' will no longer be picked as winners after Friday 22 May 2020, and so on
Theme Key dates
Feathery Friends
Amongst the treetops, hiding between branches, our native feathered friends can be found anywhere, all you have to do is look up! Share your best photo(s) of the birds you find around your home.
Competition open: Monday 11 May at 9am - Friday 22 May at 5pm
Winners announced: Monday 25 May
To be announced
Competition open: Monday 25 May at 9am - Friday 5 June at 5pm
Winners announced: Monday 8 June
To be announced
Competition open: Monday 8 June at 9am - Friday 19 June at 5pm
Winners announced: Monday 22 June
To be announced
Competition open: Monday 22 June at 9am - Friday 3 July at 5pm
Winners announced: Monday 6 July
Example
Spiny Leaf Insect
Title: Spiny Leaf Insect
Description: This stick insect was found in a gum tree eating leaves in my garden.
NOTE: your safety, well-being and health is our top priority. If you cannot safely venture into the outdoors, we ask that you please respect current self-isolation guidelines. You would be surprised how much you can discover from some in-home exploring. There is so much to see from a balcony or even lurking around the house!
The prize
Each fortnight's theme will have two winners. One from each category:
Category one: Early Stage 1 - Stage 3 (Kindergarten to Year 6)
Category two: Stage 4 - Stage 6 (Year 7 to Year 12)
Each fortnightly winner's winning photos will be shared on Taronga Education's Facebook page. Plus, each winner will receive a family pass to visit Taronga Zoo Sydney or Taronga Western Plains Zoo Dubbo*.
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Only valid from when Taronga Zoo reopens to the public for 12 months after reopening date (yet to be announced).