The 2024 UK Mountain Photo of the Year shortlist has been finalised – so now it's over to you to help us crown the winner.
As ever, we’ve had hundreds of high-quality entries to our Mountain Photo of the Year competition, which always makes the task of creating a final shortlist feel almost impossible. The 2024 standard has been as impressive as ever, from starlit wild camps and sparkling sunsets to cloud inversions and familiar landscapes dripping with drama, this final selection of 12 sums up everything we love about walking, scrambling and sleeping wild in the UK mountains.
So now, it’s over to you. The public vote will count as one of the five final votes alongside our judging panel of Kat Lawman, Tom Bailey, Louise Parker and Nadir Khan (see below); which means your opinion really could make the difference in terms of who walks off with this year’s top prize of a Fujifilm camera and lens set with over £2000.
So check out the awesome selection of images in the gallery below, pick your winner, then vote before the deadline of October 28th. It's as simple as that.
UK Mountain Photo of the Year – pick your winner
Meet the judges
Your judges this year are Trail magazine photographer Tom Bailey, our 2022 winner Kat Lawman, acclaimed adventure photographer Nadir Khan, and Trail magazine art editor Louise Parker. We'll also be giving YOU the chance to vote for your favorite image once the final shortlist has been chosen, and the public vote will count as one of the five final votes alongside our four judges.
UK Mountain Photo of the Year 2024 prizes
1st place: Fujifilm X-T5 Kit with XF 16-50mm lens (or equivalent model)
2nd place: Fujifilm X-S20 with XF16-50mm F2.8-4.8 R LM WR (or equivalent model)
3rd place: FUJIFILM X-T30 II Kit with XC15-45mm F3.5-5.6 OIS PZ Lens (or equivalent model)
FUJIFILM are makers of the most user-friendly, super-high-quality cameras, which come packed with presets that make capturing stunning walking memories a matter of spontaneous joy, not fiddliness and chance.
Each of Fuji's beautiful mirrorless cameras (think big-camera sophistication without the size) comes complete with manual options ready to grow with your confidence, and image quality to put any smartphone in the shade. fujifilm-x.com
Mountain Photo of the Year 2024: Terms & Conditions
1. Entrants must upload at least one original image with a caption and register their name and email address to enter the competition. Entry is open from 1pm on Thursday 9th May 2024 (the start date) to 11:59pm on Friday 16th August 2024 (the End date) at www.livefortheoutdoors.com/Mountainphoto24 and the category is Mountain. Entries received before the Start Date or after the End Date will be invalid.
2. Entrants must be UK residents aged 18 and over.
3. Entrants may enter up to 3 images, taken in the UK mountains. If an entrant submits more than 3 images, only the first 3 images submitted will be considered valid entries.
4. Online entry is free; - no purchase is necessary.
5. Copyright of all images is retained by the entrant, However, by entering this competition, entrants grant H Bauer Publishing a non-exclusive license to reproduce the images (whether in their original format or having been digitally manipulated) for uses which may include: reproduction on websites, marketing or promotional materials including displays, leaflets, brochures and catalogues. - Such use will only be in relation to Mountain Photo of the Year and will credit the image owner. The person uploading must own all the rights to the image and have permission to upload/use the image.
6. Bauer Media (the Promoter) reserves the right to disqualify entrants if they have reasonable grounds to suspect that fraudulent entry has occurred.
7. images entered in the competition must have a resolution of at least 72dpi when loading
8. Entrants will need to be able to send a high-resolution version of the image(s), which needs to be 300dpi, and may be contacted via email to supply the high-resolution image.
10. All entries will be reviewed and shortlisted to five finalists (the Finalists) by a panel of judges, which will include members of the Trail magazine team and some leading names in adventure photography (the Panel). The choice of Finalists by the Panel will be final and no correspondence will be entered into with entrants regarding unsuccessful entries. Judging by the Panel will take place between 19th August 2024 and 26th August 2024. The judging criteria includes but is not limited to: originality, contrast between light and dark, timeliness, dramatic effect, human appeal, composition, centre of interest, subject matter and story-telling.
11. The five Finalists will be formally notified within four days of the shortlist being decided. Only the Finalists will be contacted personally with the results of their entry.
12. The five Finalists will be featured in Trail Magazine and a public vote for the winner(s) of the competition will open online at 11am 9th September 2024.
13. Public online votes will be combined with the judges final votes to decide the top 3 entries and the three winners of the competition (the Winners). The three winners will be ranked in third place, second place and first place, which will determine which of three prizes they will win.
14. The promoter’s decisions in relation to the Finalists and winners are final, and no correspondence will be entered into about unsuccessful entries.
Voting
1. The voting for the winner(s) of the competition will open at www.livefortheoutdoors.com/mountainphoto24 from 11am on 9th September 2024 (Vote Opening Date) until 11.59pm on 28th October 2024 (Vote Closing Date).
2. Votes received before the Vote Opening Date or after the Vote Closing Date will be invalid.
3. Voters must be over 18 and must register their name and email in order to cast their vote.
4. Voting for the winner of the competition from the Five Finalists is restricted to a maximum of 1 vote per person.
5. The public Votes will be combined with the judges’ final votes to decide the Winners of the competition and their prizes.
6. The Promoter reserves the rights disqualify votes if they have reasonable grounds to suspect that fraudulent voting has occurred.
Prizes/Winners
1. The name and the image(s) of the three competition winners will be announced in Trail January issue on sale 21st November 2024 and online at www.livefortheoutdoors.com/mountainphoto24
2. The prizes for the three Winners are:
1st place Fujifilm X-T5 Kit with XF 16-50mm lens (or equivalent model)
2nd place Fujifilm X-S20 with XF16-50mm F2.8-4.8 R LM WR (or equivalent model)
3rd place FUJIFILM X-T30 II Kit with XC15-45mm F3.5-5.6 OIS PZ Lens (or equivalent model)
(each a Prize, together the prizes)
3. The Prizes are provided by Fujifilm (the Prize Provider). The Promoter is not responsible for any aspect of the Prizes, including unsatisfactory quality or late delivery or a Winner being unable to take up any aspect, or the entirety of the Prize, due to their own circumstances or restrictions. Prizes are non-transferable, non-refundable and no cash alternative will be offered.
4. The Promoter reserves the right, at its discretion, to exclude entrants, Finalists and/or winner(s) who have acted fraudulently in any way and who do not comply with any of these Photo entry Competition Terms and/or Prize Terms. No correspondence will be entered into about excluded entrants or unsuccessful entrants.
5. Winners will be notified by the Promoter by 21st November 2024 and delivery details for their Prizes will be requested. These details will be passed on to the Prize Provider(s) to arrange the prizes. The Promoter and Prize Providers shall not be held responsible for any inability of the Winners to take up the Prize.
6. It is entrants’ responsibility to inform the Promoter of any change to their contact address, telephone number or e-mail address.
7. The Prizes are non-exchangeable, and no cash alternative is available. The Winners agree and procure not to sell, offer to sell or use the Prizes for any commercial or promotional purpose (including placing the Prizes on an internet auction site).
8. To accept the Prizes, the Winners must respond to the email notification from the Promoter within 1 week.
9. If a Winner is not contactable by the Promoter or does not comply with the timescale and terms above, the Promoter reserves the right to deem the Winner’s Prize as unclaimed, forfeited or unaccepted and an alternative winner will be chosen.
10. The Promoter’s decision is final.
Full terms and conditions can be found at www.bauerlegal.co.uk/competition-terms.html