NBP Awards Competitions BEST BACKYARDS & NATIONAL PARKS CONTESTS OPEN SOON

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The 2025 Best Backyards and Parks photo contests will open soon

Bookmark this page and check back often! Judging is in progress for current contests. 2024 Best Backyards & National Parks winners to be announced soon and will appear in the upcoming Summer NBP edition. All who entered will be emailed the results.

Need inspiration? See the galleries of past winners of Best Backyards and Parks:

The National Parks contest is run in partnership with the Parks Channel. Click here to learn more about the Parks Channel.

Thank you to all who entered the NBP International Awards!

Winners will be announced in early fall and published in the next Winter edition. Have you completed your photo uploads, selected categories, added brief captions, and settled your account? If you need help or extra time to finish, let us know. Questions or problems? EMAIL US.

See the 2024 NBP International Awards finalists on this link:

The 2024 Winners and Highly Honored finalists appear in the Nature's Best Photography magazine where you get the stories behind the shots! You may order the new issue and order single back issues for $18 plus shipping or save and Renew, Subscribe, or Give a Gift to get two big, award-winning issues for the best price $30 in the USA.

See the 2023 NBP International Awards finalists on this link:

The 2023 Winners and Highly Honored finalists appear in the Nature's Best Photography magazine where you get the stories behind the shots!

NBP / AWF Benjamin Mkapa African Wildlife Photography Awards & Traveling Exhibition

The Benjamin Mkapa African Wildlife Photography Awards was a wonderful two-year global photographic competition run in alliance with the African Wildlife Foundation to help celebrate their 60 years of conservation leadership and to raise awareness and support for AWF programs protecting the unique wildlife and wild lands of Africa: "Bringing the World to Africa, and Africa to the World."

Photos of Africa should now be entered in the NBP Awards competitions. See the past Mkapa winners:

Join us on this virtual journey into the wild. Your participation in and support of the NBP Awards is key to our future success in program development and fulfillment.

With your support, together we can make a difference in the lives of many.