2024 Crikey! Magazine Photography Competition
For over half a decade, Australia Zoo’s Crikey! Magazine Photography Competition has encouraged the conservation of wildlife and wild places through photography. The ever-growing Competition welcomes thousands of images every year, from avid photographers around the globe. Photographs celebrate the rich diversity of life on Earth and inspire action to protect it for the future generations.
The Competition is supported and judged by award winning photographers and conservationists, including Robert Irwin, Paul Nicklen, Cristina Mittermeier, Kate Berry, Day Scott and Georgina Steytler.
The Crikey! Magazine Photography Competition invites the submission of high-quality nature images for the opportunity to win unforgettable prizes and be exhibited at Australia Zoo.
Entries open on World Environment Day, 5th June and close 31st August 2024.
“ In an era of global change, wildlife and habitats are declining at an unprecedented rate and it has never been more important to protect the natural world. Through the Crikey! Magazine Photography Competition, it is our mission to showcase the wild kingdom and encourage others to preserve it. "
—Robert Irwin
Category One:
Crikey! Cover
The winning image will be awarded the cover on an issue of the Crikey! Magazine. To be successful, the image must be portrait orientated with space for the title (either above or below the focal subject). Entries should be of an animal or the natural world, and compelling as a magazine cover.
Click here to enter!Category Two:
The Natural World
A category combining three exciting divisions introduced for our 50th Year celebrations. Images submitted must showcase the natural world, depict the complex relationship between humans and nature, or illustrate threatened wildlife. It is through these images, that we can raise awareness and advocate for the conservation of wildlife and wild places! Images can be landscape or portrait orientated.
Click here to enter!Category Three:
Crikey! Kids - 14 years and under
This category is designed to encourage youth to pursue photography and wildlife conservation.
Both age groups will celebrate a winner, highly commended and three finalists. Images can be landscape or portrait orientated.
Click here to enter!Category Four:
Crikey! Kids - 15 - 17 years
This category is designed to encourage youth to pursue photography and wildlife conservation.
Both age groups will celebrate a winner, highly commended and three finalists. Images can be landscape or portrait orientated.
Click here to enter!Category Five:
People’s Choice
A selection of additional and memorable images will be shortlisted by the judges and Irwin family, after the winners have been announced for the other categories. The public will then help select the Winner, Highly Commended and three finalists through voting.
Great Prizes
Five finalists will be selected from each category, including a winner and highly commended. These Finalists will have their images exhibited at Australia Zoo, featured in Crikey! Magazine and will receive a personalised certificate.
There is a variety of exciting prizes to be won from each category, including CameraPro vouchers, GoPros, photography equipment, personalised Zoo tours with Robert Irwin, epic Australia Zoo gift packs and zoo passes!
CRIKEY! COVER
Winner:
- $1,000 AUD CameraPro Voucher
- NiSi 100mm V7 Starter Kit valued at $849 AUD
- GoPro HERO 12 Black valued at $649.95
- A two night stay at The Crocodile Hunter Lodge (*conditions apply).
Plus the choice of either:
- A 2 hour personalised photography tour of Australia Zoo, led by Robert Irwin (*conditions apply), OR
- An epic, personalised and signed Australia Zoo gift basket, featuring Robert Irwin’s Australia book.
Highly Commended
- Choice of Australia Zoo family (2 adults, 2 children) admission + giraffe encounter, OR
- Australia Zoo signed gift basket ($220 value)
CRIKEY! KIDS 15 – 17 YEARS
Winner:
- $250 AUD CameraPro Voucher
- Summit Creative Medium Camera Backpack Tenzing 25L (Black) valued at $499 AUD
- GoPro HERO 12 Black valued at $649.95
- A two night stay at The Crocodile Hunter Lodge (*conditions apply).
Plus the choice of either:
- A 2 hour personalised photography tour of Australia Zoo, led by Robert Irwin (*conditions apply), OR
- An epic, personalised and signed Australia Zoo gift basket, featuring Robert Irwin’s Australia book.
Highly Commended:
- Choice of Australia Zoo family (2 adults, 2 children) admission + giraffe encounter, OR
- An Australia Zoo signed gift basket to the value of $220 AUD.
CRIKEY! KIDS 14 YEARS AND UNDER
Winner:
- $250 AUD CameraPro Voucher
- Summit Creative Tenzing 7L Shoulder Bag (Orange) valued at $159AUD
- GoPro HERO 12 Black valued at $649.95
- A two night stay at The Crocodile Hunter Lodge (*conditions apply).
Plus the choice of either:
- A 2 hour personalised photography tour of Australia Zoo, led by Robert Irwin (*conditions apply), OR
- An epic, personalised and signed Australia Zoo gift basket, featuring Robert Irwin’s Australia book.
Highly Commended:
- Choice of Australia Zoo family (2 adults, 2 children) admission + giraffe encounter, OR
- An Australia Zoo signed gift basket to the value of $220 AUD.
THE NATURAL WORLD
Winner:
- $1,000 AUD CameraPro Voucher
- Sirui L-324F Carbon Fibre Tripod + KS-40 Ball Head valued at $559 AUD
- GoPro HERO 12 Black valued at $649.95
- A two night stay at The Crocodile Hunter Lodge (*conditions apply).
Plus the choice of either:
- A 2 hour personalised photography tour of Australia Zoo, led by Robert Irwin (*conditions apply), OR
- An epic, personalised and signed Australia Zoo gift basket, featuring Robert Irwin’s Australia book.
Highly Commended:
- Choice of Australia Zoo family (2 adults, 2 children) admission + giraffe encounter, OR
- Australia Zoo signed gift basket ($220 value)
PEOPLE’S CHOICE
Winner:
- $500 AUD CameraPro Voucher
- GoPro HERO 12 Black valued at $649.95
- A two night stay at The Crocodile Hunter Lodge (*conditions apply).
Plus the choice of either:
- A 2 hour personalised photography tour of Australia Zoo, led by Robert Irwin (*conditions apply), OR
- An epic, personalised and signed Australia Zoo gift basket, featuring Robert Irwin’s Australia book.
Highly Commended:
- Choice of Australia Zoo family (2 adults, 2 children) admission + giraffe encounter; OR
- Australia Zoo signed gift basket ($220 value)
FINALISTS ALL CATEGORIES:
- Photograph featured on Australia Zoo’s website, in the 2024 Summer Edition of Crikey! Magazine and Australia Zoo’s Gallery
- Personalised Certificate
* Tour participation is subject to mutual availability of both parties. The two night stay at the Crocodile Hunter Lodge is redeemable in a Black Cockatoo Cabin or a Red Kangaroo Cabin only. It is subject
to availability and is not redeemable for bookings over Christmas Day.
Please read the Terms and Conditions for further information on prizing.
How to Enter!
Step 1: Take your most creative wildlife photo that matches the theme/requirements of the category you are entering.
Step 2: Read the Terms & Conditions, and the downloadable guide for the full overview of the Crikey! Magazine Photography Competition.
Step 3: The photograph must be in portrait format for the Crikey! Magazine Cover category, and consideration needs to be taken to allow for the ‘Crikey!’ masthead to be positioned over the top
quarter of the winning photo.
Step 4: Successful photographs will be high resolution, JPG or TIF format and a minimum of 300DPI.
No borders, signatures or watermarks are allowed. Submissions not meeting these requirements, or without successful payment of the entry fee, will not proceed to judging.
Step 5: Each photograph must be labelled with your name category, subject of the photo, and if required, a number for multiple images of the same subject. For example, an acceptable file name is:
JaneSmith_Crikey!Cover_Lion
Step 6: A panel of judges consisting of expert, award-winning photographers will choose the winners for all categories except People’s Choice.
Step 7: Wait until 10th October 2024 to find out if you are one of our competition winners!
A $10 AUD entry fee applies for each category excluding Crikey! Kids. The entry fees cover competition administration to allow proceeds from Crikey! Magazine to continue to provide essential support to Wildlife Warriors and make an immediate impact in the world of wildlife conservation.
Entry fees are non-refundable.
Supporting Wildlife Conservation
Australia Zoo and Wildlife Warriors are committed to wildlife conservation and valuing our natural environment, protecting it for generations to come. The decline of nature is unprecedented with more than one million animals and plant species now threatened with extinction.
Australia Zoo is a world-class zoological facility that is proudly continuing the important work of wildlife conservation through animal breeding programs, field research, educational programs and by supporting their globally-recognised charity, Wildlife Warriors. With 12 global conservation projects and three conservation properties, the charity is carrying on Steve Irwin’s dream of a world where humans and wildlife can harmoniously live alongside each other.
Major Sponsors
Prize Sponsors
Image Credits
Jake Walton – 2023 Natural World Winner
Aaryan Dhakal – 2023 Crikey! Kids Highly Commended
Wasu Vidayanakorn – 2023 Crikey! Kids Winner