The 2024 Garden for Wildlife^® Photo Contest is now officially closed! You can continue to vote for your favorite photo through the gallery until October 31st.

The 2024 Garden for Wildlife® Photo Contest celebrates the power of photography to communicate the importance of supporting wildlife where people live, play, learn, work, and worship.

Be part of our visual community that recognizes the impact of gardening for wildlife. We are rewarding the photographs that best illustrate the faces of wildlife gardening through striking color images showing the impact of habitat gardens on wildlife and people in urban, suburban and rural settings on land, in the air, and in the water. Every person who enters not only honors their own work, but also helps support the conservation mission of the National Wildlife Federation, which is dedicated to saving wildlife species and their habitats. 

Contest Categories

We are excited to announce the following five categories for entry in our 2024 contest:

• People in the Wildlife Garden
• Certified Wildlife Habitat Landscapes
• Wildlife Observations Where People Live, Work, Play, Learn and Worship
• Close-up Native Plants and their Wildlife Visitors
• Young Habitat Photographers: For photographers age 13-17

How to Enter

Follow our Step-by-Step Guide to learn how to enter the contest, from making an account to finally submitting your photos!

Entry Packages

Your fee helps support the National Wildlife Federation's work to protect wildlife and wild places. There is no limit on the total number of images allowed.

• Enter up to 20 photos for $25 (BEST VALUE, includes free one-year digital subscription of National Wildlife)
• Enter up to fifteen photos for $20
• Enter up to ten photos for $15

Prizes

Grand Prize: $1,000 cash prize
Runner-Up: $500 cash prize
Category Winners (5 total): Each will receive a gift card to Wild Birds Unlimited ($100 value)
Runner-Up Category Winners (5 total): Each will receive a Bluebird House ($89.99 value)
Honorable Mentions: National Wildlife Federation Calendar Magnet

Consider donating: The National Wildlife Federation greatly appreciates when photographers choose to donate some of their images. These donations help support our mission to protect wildlife and habitats. Photographers will always retain ownership and rights to their images. We encourage you to consider donating some of your images to the National Wildlife Federation to help us save the world’s treasured wildlife species and their habitats. See more information about donating your photos in the Rules section.

To enter and share your work, please register or login by scrolling up to the top right corner of this page.

Contest opens at 12:01am EST on September 3, 2024 and closes at 11:59pm EST on October 16, 2024.

UPDATE: The contest end date has been extended to October 23rd at 11:59pm EST to allow photographers more time to enter their photos.

Thank you to our Habitat Champion, Wild Birds Unlimited!

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