Weather Photographer of 2018 Competition

If you are interested in photography and are aiming to let your vision reach others, then this opportunity is for you!

The Weather Photographer of the Year Competition is organized by AccuWeather, which provides hourly and Minute by Minute™ forecasts with customized content and engaging video presentations available on smart devices, radio, television, and newspapers. In addition to The Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS), which is the professional society for weather and climate. This Society serves not only those in academia and professional meteorologists, but also those whose work is affected in some way or other by the weather or climate, or simply have a general interest in the weather.

The competition includes two categories; one for those 16 years old or younger, and the second for those 17 years or older. The contest seeks to reach stunning images that might be dramatic in what they depict or because of the story they tell about the impact of weather. They are looking for the best photographs from around the world that depict weather in its widest sense. This could range from weather phenomena such as clouds, lightning, rain, fog and wind through to the impact of weather on man, cities and the natural landscape.

[1] Each participant is allowed to submit up to 6 images.

[2] Each image will be judged individually.

[3] Images must be the sole work of the entrant. All submissions will be removed where any single image is found to be the work of another photographer.

[4] Entrants aged 16 years and under should obtain their guardian permission before submitting images.

[5] Digital manipulation such as brightness, contrast, levels, colour balance, minor sharpening may only be used to optimise the image, elements may not be removed or added, and digital techniques such as focus stacking or HDR are not permitted. Images that appear over-manipulated or distort the integrity of the subject will be excluded.

[6] Images that have won a prize in another competition before the competition closing date will not be eligible for a prize.

[7] Images should have been taken within the past three years.

[8] The Society may exclude any images which, in The Society's opinion, are likely to cause offence.

[9] Winning and selected entrants must be able to supply high resolution files for printing within a reasonable period otherwise the image(s) will be excluded.