Photo of the Year

Welcome to the Wanderlust Travel Photo Of The Year Competition 2008

We are now inviting entries for this year's competition. There are two categories:

• Amateur - open to amateur photographers only. Photographs may be submitted for one or more of the following categories: People; Wildlife; Landscape; Travel Icons
• Portfolio - open to amateur and professional photographers. Photographs may be submitted for one of the following categories: People; Wildlife; Landscape; Travel Icons. We’re after a set of five eye-catching images, all themed to fit one of the four categories.

As always, we have fantastic prizes up for grabs for this year's winners. The Mexico Tourist Board and British Airways will whisk the top photographer (and a companion) in each of the four amateur categories to the wave-lapped shores, Mayan delights and dusty badlands of Mexico, on a mission to capture some of its magic.

The winner of the Portfolio category will walk away with £5,000.

The Amateur competition is free to enter; the Portfolio competition has an entry fee of £10.

The winners and short-listed entrants will see their images printed in Wanderlust and The Independent, and exhibited at Destinations 2009, the UK’s top holiday and travel show. There are also great Nikon cameras to be won.

Sound good? Then get snapping!

NEW CATEGORY ALERT!
This year, alongside the People, Wildlife and Landscape categories, we’ve introduced a new theme. The fourth category will be Travel Icons – classic shots of places, events and people that have achieved an iconic visual status in the world of travel. Whether its an original shot of Machu Picchu, a cowboy riding across the US plains or sari-shopping women in an Indian market, these shots should sum up the essence of the destination.

POSTAL ENTRIES (PDF DOWNLOADS)
>>Download the Amateur Category Terms & Conditions and Entry Form here

>>Download the Portfolio Category Terms & Conditions and Entry Form here

WANDERLUST SUBSCRIBERS - ENTER YOUR PHOTOS ONLINE HERE
If you're a current subscriber to Wanderlust magazine, you can now enter your submissions online using our secure system.

Just log in to your Wanderlust member account (or register here if you don't already have one, remembering to add your subscriber ID number, which you can get from subs@wanderlust.co.uk or 01753 620426) and go to the entry page here

Please note that you can only enter the competition once, either online or by post.

THE 2007 WINNERS

>>See the winning and shortlisted photos from the 2007 competition at a special exhibition at Borders in London. Find out more here

>>See the winning and shortlisted photos from the 2007 competition in our online gallery here

>>Watch a video interview with 2007 Portfolio winner Tom Bourdon here

>> Watch a video interview with 2007 People category winner Kal Khogali here