Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Photography Awards 2026 – YOA

Deadline: March 1, 0226

Applications are open for the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Photography Awards 2026. Rangelands cowl 54% of the Earth’s land floor and maintain billions of individuals, cultures and livelihoods worldwide. Yet they continue to be underrepresented, misunderstood and undervalued. To have fun the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, Global Landscapes Forum is inviting photographers from internationally to inform highly effective visible tales of those landscapes and the individuals who steward them.

They need you to indicate what rangelands and pastoralism are all about – and why it’s so essential that we protect these cultures and livelihoods. Remember, although: rangelands aren’t simply grasslands. They’re merely ecosystems grazed by livestock or wildlife, and so they may take the type of savannas, woodlands, shrublands, deserts and even tundra.

So, get your cameras prepared and ship your finest snaps of rangelands from anyplace throughout the globe, capturing the individuals and landscapes shaping pastoral livelihoods.

Prizes

• Cash prizes of USD 500 (1st place), USD 400 (2nd place) and USD 300 (fashionable vote).
• A characteristic article on ThinkLandscape.
• A showcase at GLF Africa 2026 and different GLF and associate occasions all year long.

Eligibility

• Open to anybody aged 18 or above, whether or not you’re a photograph fanatic or knowledgeable photographer. 
• By submitting your photograph, you comply with comply with the principles, phrases and circumstances of those awards. 
• Photos which have beforehand gained different photographic awards is not going to be thought-about. 

Selection Criteria

All entries might be reviewed by a panel of judges chosen by the GLF, who will shortlist as much as 35 images from all eligible submissions acquired throughout the awards interval. Finalists might be chosen based mostly on the next standards: 

• Creativity (30%) 
• Photographic high quality (30%) 
• Composition (30%) 
• Execution of theme (10%) 

The GLF will publish the finalist entries on its on-line platforms. The panel of judges will select the primary and second prize winners from the finalist entries, whereas members of the general public might be invited to vote on-line for his or her favourite entry. The entry with probably the most votes will obtain the ‘popular vote’ award. The GLF workforce will be sure that the primary prize, second prize and fashionable vote winners are all chosen from completely different contributors. 

Application

• To take part, add your photograph here. 
• You can submit as much as three images, however every photograph constitutes a single entry.  
• Your submission should embody the photograph’s title and the contributor’s identify and speak to info, together with electronic mail handle, social media handles (if relevant) and a caption itemizing the topic and site. 

For extra info, go to GLF Photography Awards.