A portrait of a Violet-green Swallow was submitted to an earlier Audubon Photography Awards competition by Steve Hinch. What birds will grace the photos you enter in this year’s contest? A Top 100 Photo, a Buff-breasted Sandpiper photo was taken by youth photographer Evan Reister.

You have just one week left to send your winning photographs by next Wednesday, March 1st, for your chance to cash in on this year’s Audubon Photography Awards, the most prestigious bird photography contest. And there is plenty of cash at stake with a Grand Prize of $5,000, 4 prizes of $2,500, and 2 prizes of $1,000 – plus bragging rights! Judges will award winners in 8 categories: Grand Prize, Professional Prize, Amateur Prize, Youth Prize, Female Bird Prize, Plants for Birds Prize, Fisher Prize, and the Video Prize. Good Luck!

To learn more about getting your last minute photos entered in the Audubon Photography Awards see 2023 Audubon Photography Awards Open for Entries | Audubon

And to review the official contest rules, see 2023 Official Contest Rules | Audubon