Launch of WWT’s 2011-2012 Photography Competition in celebration of the Scott Antarctic Expedition Centenary

1 September 2011 will see the return of WWT’s popular Photography Competition.

The 2011-2012 competition is being held in celebration of the Scott Antarctic Expedition Centenary and offers an amazing first prize of a trip to Antarctica.

The competition will run for 12 months with seasonal heats held regionally at each of WWT’s nine wetland centres.

Winner of the 'Quirky' category of WWT's 2010 competition. 'Tough Guy' by Robert Falcon

When the competition closes on 31 August 2012, all seasonal, regional heat winners will go forward to the national grand final and be judged by a panel including photography experts and celebrities in the autumn.

WWT’s founder the late Sir Peter Scott was the son of the Antarctic explorer Captain Scott and it was he who told his wife, Sir Peter’s mother, to “make the boy interested in nature”, quite possibly providing the inspiration for the creation of WWT and the conservation and education work carried out by the Trust over the past 65 years.

The grand first prize is a 12 day Antarctic Explorer trip, courtesy of Exodus in partnership with Quark Expeditions.

A whole host of other exciting prizes for the national winners of each category are also on offer, including activity and adventure holidays, photography workshops or birding holidays in the UK and overseas.

Full details will be added to the photo competition website shortly.

'Wetland Wildlife' winner of the 2010 competition. 'A Moment's Peace' by Noami Roper

Following on from the success of last year’s competition which saw 6,000 online entries and a staggering 60,000 votes in the People’s Choice category, the 2011-2012 competition will reprise the ‘Wetland Wildlife’, ‘Wetland Landscapes’, ‘Wildlife & People’ categories, as well as the ‘People’s Choice’ category where members of the public can go online and choose their favourite entry.

Whilst all photographs entered into all the other categories must have been taken at one of WWT’s nine wetland centres across the UK, a new category ‘World Wetlands’ invites entries taken of wetlands anywhere in the world.

Finally, ‘Under 18s’ can enter each category with a separate prize awarded to the ‘Junior’ winner of each, plus an overall prize awarded to the ‘Junior Photographer of the Year’.

The competition opens to entries on 1 September 2011.

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