2025 Crikey! Magazine Photography Competition
For almost a decade, Australia Zoo’s Crikey! Magazine Photography Competition has encouraged the conservation of wildlife and wild places through photography. In a record-breaking year, the Competition welcomed thousands of images from avid photographers around the globe. Photographs celebrated the rich diversity of life on Earth and inspire action to protect it for the future generations.
The competition was judged by award winning photographers and conservationists, including Robert Irwin, Kate Berry, Harman Singh Heer, Day Scott, Ashleigh Scully, Russell Shakespeare and Sean Scott.
Entries open on World Environment Day, 5th June and close 31st August 2025.
“ 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
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 ( above the focal subject). Entries should be of an animal or the natural world, and compelling as a magazine cover.
Click here to view winners!The Natural World
A category to celebrate and showcase the beauty of the natural world and thus the need to protect it. Images submitted can showcase wildlife and wild places from anywhere on earth, and depict exciting new perspectives on our complex ecosystems. It is through these images, that we can raise awareness and advocate for the conservation of our precious biodiversity! Images may be landscape or portrait orientated.
Click here to view winners!Crikey! Kids - 10 Years and Under
We are proud to encourage our youngest generation to get outdoors, explore our natural world and try their hand at wildlife photography. Images can be landscape or portrait orientated.
Click here to view winners!Crikey! Kids - 11 - 14 years
This category is designed to promote youth to pursue photography and wildlife conservation. Images can be landscape or portrait orientated.
Click here to view winners!Crikey! Kids - 15 - 17 years
In this category, youth from 15 – 17 years of age can enter images in landscape or portrait orientation. We are so pleased to showcase the incredible images from the next generation of nature photographers.
Click here to view winners!People’s Choice
In October, 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 online voting.
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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 are a variety of exciting prizes to be won from each category, including cash prizes, Canon camera kits, stays at the luxurious Crocodile Hunter Lodge, epic Australia Zoo gift packs, zoo passes and more!
Crikey! Cover and The Natural World
Winners:
- $2,000 AUD Cash Prize
- Canon EOS R10 camera kit
- Two nights accommodation at the Crocodile Hunter Lodge in a Black Cockatoo or Red Kangaroo Cabin (conditions apply*) – over $1,800 in value!
Highly Commended:
- $750 AUD Cash Prize
Choice of either:
- Australia Zoo family (2 adults, 2 children) admission and giraffe encounter – over $300 in value!
OR
- Australia Zoo signed gift basket – over $300 in value!
Youth Categories – Crikey! Kids Under 10 Years, Crikey! Kids 11 to 14 Years and Crikey! Kids 15 to 17 Years
Winners:
- $1,000 AUD Cash Prize
- Canon EOS R10 camera kit
- Two nights accommodation at the Crocodile Hunter Lodge in a Black Cockatoo or Red Kangaroo Cabin (conditions apply*) – over $1,800 in value!
Highly Commended:
- $500 AUD Cash Prize
Choice of either:
- Australia Zoo family (2 adults, 2 children) admission and giraffe encounter – over $300 in value!
OR
- Australia Zoo signed gift basket – over $300 in value!
People’s Choice
Winner:
- A signed copy of Robert Irwin’s Australia photography book
- Two nights accommodation at the Crocodile Hunter Lodge in a Croc Cabin (conditions apply*) – over $4,000 in value!
Highly Commended:
Choice of either:
- Australia Zoo family (2 adults, 2 children) admission and giraffe encounter – over $300 in value!
OR
- Australia Zoo signed gift basket – over $300 in value!
* The stays at The Crocodile Hunter Lodge are subject to availability and not redeemable for bookings over Christmas Day.
Please read the Terms and Conditions for further information on prizing.
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.
