Join the DEATH & DECAY themed challenge
Win £300, get featured in Amateur Photographer magazine and the CUPOTY eBook.
Sign-up in 2 minutes by November 30th.
Submit your pictures by Dec 7th.
Welcome to the CUPOTY CHALLENGE – a themed contest running alongside the annual competition of Close-up Photographer of the Year.
Once again we asked our community to vote on the theme and Death & Decay came out on top!
That means we’re looking for your best photographs of any animal, plant, fungi, landscape detail, ecosystem, habitat, object or material that is in a state of decay, is dying or dead. It could also be something predating on something else or an image that suggests this theme in a less direct way.
Images from earlier CUPOTY contests demonstrating the theme.
Picture credits: Juan Ahumada, Rafael Steinlesberger, Ammar Alsayed Ahmed, Dirk Hüntemeyer, Raghuram Annadana, David Jones, Daniel Sly, Sophie Mijnhout, Juan Ahumada, Ulrike Unterbruner, Laurent Hesemans, Åsa Forsberg, Roman Willi, Rob Blanken, Turgay Uzer, Andrew Mielzynski, Alexandre Andes Gascon, Louis Guillot, Jean-Philippe Delobelle, Juan Cuetos, Bernhard-Schubert.
The winner receives a £300 cash prize.
A selection of images will be part of a feature in Amateur Photographer magazine and international media.
The shortlisted and finalist pictures will get showcased on our website, and the finalist pictures will also go into the CUPOTY eBook.
A selection of the winning pictures are published in Amateur Photographer magazine, and one picture is often selected for the front cover.
Pictures can be of any subject using any device (camera, phone, scanner or microscope) but they must be a close-up, macro or micro photograph. No AI generated images are allowed.
Photographs that have been entered into any CUPOTY competition before may be entered again so long as they have not made the Top 100 winners gallery or the winners gallery of previous challenges.
The closing date to register for the CUPOTY CHALLENGE is Saturday 30th November and you will need to send us your pictures by 7th December.
Who can enter?
Anyone, of any age, living in any country can enter.
Photographs can be captured with any type of camera, phone, scanner or microscope.
You may enter images that have already been entered into any other CUPOTY contest as long as they have not made The Top 100 winners galleries or the previous Challenge winners gallery.
Prizes
The winner receives £300 cash and will be featured in Amateur Photographer magazine.
A selection of the finalists pictures will be featured in Amateur Photographer magazine.
The winner and finalist pictures will be displayed in our online winners gallery and will be included in the CUPOTY eBook.
All shortlisted entrants will be showcased in the shortlist gallery on our website for one year.
The winner and finalists will receive a digital badge and certificate, while the shortlisted entrants will receive a digital badge.
International exposure in other publications and websites.
Entry fee
£11 to enter 1 picture
£16 to enter 3 pictures
Rules
FAQs
Preparing your pictures
See the previous CHALLENGE winners
Closing date
Sunday 30th November
Supported by:
Open to all
Anyone can enter, of any age, from any country, using any type of camera, phone or microscope.
Death & Decay
We are looking for close-up, macro or micro photographs that express the Death & Decay theme.
Win Prizes
The winner receives £300 cash and the best entries will be featured in Amateur Photographer magazine.
Challenge Gallery
The best pictures entered into the CHALLENGE will be showcased in our online gallery.
