PRIZES

First Prize - One photo from both categories will be published as a feature in a future BC SPCA AnimalSense magazine, plus winners will receive a gift item.

Second and third prizes will be awarded and may include gift certificates and gift items. BC SPCA Wild ARC may also award Honourable Mentions as the judges deem appropriate.

HOW TO ENTER

Starting July 1, 2015, photos taken in BC can be entered into the contest. Winners will be announced at the end of October 2015.

An entry fee of $5 is charged for each photograph (non tax-receiptable) and there is no maximum number of entries.

All proceeds will support local injured and orphaned wildlife in the care of the BC SPCA Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre (WILD ARC).

Payment is made on a secure web page using a major credit card.

JUDGING

The BC SPCA Wildlife-in-Focus Wildlife Photography Contest is open to all photographers at least 14 years of age*, permanently residing in British Columbia, with the exception of Wild ARC employees. The BC SPCA reserves the right to verify, in its sole judgment, winner eligibility.

We are looking for striking images from green spaces, beaches, roadsides and your backyard, that represent the resiliency of local wildlife living at the interface with humans. The BC SPCA Wild ARC cares for more than 2,500 injured and orphaned wild animals a year.

Photographs will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact and artistic merit. All decisions by the judges will be final and binding.

More on 2015 Wildlife-in-Focus rules and eligibility...

* youth can participate in the BC SPCA Kid's Club contests

CATEGORIES

All photos must be entered in one of two categories. The same photo cannot be entered in both categories. The BC SPCA reserves the right to switch images into the appropriate category.

Wild Settings   
Local wild animals found in their natural habitats around British Columbia. 

Backyard Habitats   
Wildlife in this category can include but is not limited to the ingenious behaviours of urban wild animals using man-made structures or habitats (birds at feeders, perching on buildings, etc.) in British Columbia.

DEADLINE

September 30, 2015 at 11:59 pm

All images must be digital and photos may be colour or black and white. Photographers may enter a single or multiple images in a single or both categories; there is no maximum number of entries per participant.

Entries will be accepted starting July 1, 2015 and the final date for submitting photos is September 30, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time.