https://australiazoo.com.au/photography-competition/Entries are now open for the 2025 Crikey! Magazine Photography Competition!
Grab your camera and shine a light on the wonders and wild beauty of our natural world for a chance to win some picture-perfect prizes.
Showcase the wild, powerful and beautiful moments captured through your lens. This year features six categories, including brand-new ones just for kids, giving photographers of all ages the chance to share their view of the wonders of nature.
Show us your wildest shots and help inspire others to protect our natural world for generations to come. Get snapping - entries close on 31st August 2025!
How to Enter:
Step 1: Take your most creative wildlife photo that matches the theme/requirements of the category you are entering.
Step 2: Read the Terms and Conditions and the downloadable guide for the full overview of the Crikey! Magazine Photography Competition.
Step 3: The photograph must be in portrait format for the Crikey! Magazine Cover category, and consideration needs to be taken to allow for the ‘Crikey!’ masthead to be positioned over the top quarter of the winning photo.
Step 4: Successful photographs will be high resolution, JPG or TIF format and a minimum of 300DPI.
No borders, signatures or watermarks are allowed. Submissions not meeting these requirements, or without successful payment of the entry fee, will not proceed to judging.
Step 5: Each photograph must be labelled with your name category, subject of the photo and, if required, a number for multiple images of the same subject.
Step 6: A panel of judges, consisting of expert, award-winning photographers, will choose the winners for all categories except People’s Choice.
Step 7: Wait until 10th October 2025 to find out if you are one of our competition winners!
A $10 AUD entry fee applies for each category excluding Crikey! Kids. The entry fees cover competition administration to allow proceeds from Crikey! Magazine to continue to provide essential support to Wildlife Warriors and make an immediate impact in the world of wildlife conservation.
Great Prizes
Five finalists will be selected from each category, including a winner and highly commended. These finalists will have their images exhibited at Australia Zoo, featured in Crikey! Magazine and will receive a personalised certificate.
There are a variety of exciting prizes to be won from each category, including cash prizes, Canon camera kits, stays at the luxurious Crocodile Hunter Lodge, epic Australia Zoo gift packs, zoo passes and more!
Crikey! Cover and The Natural World
Winners:
$2,000 AUD Cash Prize
Canon EOS R10 camera kit
Two nights accommodation at the Crocodile Hunter Lodge in a Black Cockatoo or Red Kangaroo Cabin (conditions apply*) – over $1,800 in value!
Highly Commended:
$750 AUD Cash Prize
Choice of either:
Australia Zoo family (2 adults, 2 children) admission and giraffe encounter – over $300 in value!
OR
Australia Zoo signed gift basket – over $300 in value!
Youth Categories – Crikey! Kids Under 10 Years, Crikey! Kids 11 to 14 Years and Crikey! Kids 15 to 17 Years
Winners:
$1,000 AUD Cash Prize
Canon EOS R10 camera kit
Two nights accommodation at the Crocodile Hunter Lodge in a Black Cockatoo or Red Kangaroo Cabin (conditions apply*) – over $1,800 in value!
Highly Commended:
$500 AUD Cash Prize
Choice of either:
Australia Zoo family (2 adults, 2 children) admission and giraffe encounter – over $300 in value!
OR
Australia Zoo signed gift basket – over $300 in value!
People’s Choice
Winner:
A signed copy of Robert Irwin’s Australia photography book
Two nights accommodation at the Crocodile Hunter Lodge in a Croc Cabin (conditions apply*) – over $4,000 in value!
Highly Commended:
Choice of either:
Australia Zoo family (2 adults, 2 children) admission and giraffe encounter – over $300 in value!
OR
Australia Zoo signed gift basket – over $300 in value!
* The stays at The Crocodile Hunter Lodge are subject to availability and not redeemable for bookings over Christmas Day.
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