RSST Annual Photograph Competition

Jan 15, 2026 | Photography Competition

The RSST’s 

RED SQUIRREL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION

The RSST is looking for beautiful images that illustrate the iconic endangered species through the four seasons.

A winner will be selected in each of the Seasonal categories (‘Spring’, ‘Summer’, ‘Autumn’ and ‘Winter’). An Overall Winner will be chosen from the four Seasonal winners.

There is a Young Photographer category for those aged 18 years and under.

A selection from the entries will be used for the RSST calendar.

Along with the winning images, many of the entries will be used throughout the year for awareness campaigns and as slide material for educational purposes, always with the photographer’s name credited.

Submission of images from 1 Jan

Via email/WeTransfer to rsstphoto@outlook.com.

2024 Competition winner

The winning image from the 2024 competition by Hugh Rowlands

Details of the competition:

  • Closing date: noon 31 March.
  • £50 will be awarded to each of the four winners in the Seasonal categories and the winner of the Young Photographer category.
  • The Overall Winner will receive an additional £50 and the winning image will be used for the following year’s RSST jigsaw puzzle.
  • Entrants must be from the UK.
  • Entrants for the four Seasonal categories can submit up to three images in total, either for a single category or across any of the four categories (‘Spring’, ‘Summer’, ‘Autumn’ and ‘Winter’).
  • Entrants for the Young Photographer category can submit up to two images in total.
  • All entrants must follow the The Nature Photographers’ Code of Practice as set out by The Royal Photographic Society’s Nature Group (https://rps.org/media/1xcnsuga/the-nature-photographers-code-of-practice.pdf).
  • The images can be in colour or black and white.
  • Entrants must not be professional photographers. (For the purposes of this competition, a professional photographer is considered to be someone who makes more than half their annual income from the sale of their photographs).
  • Images should be submitted via email/WeTransfer to rsstphoto@outlook.com from 1 Jan.

DON’T FORGET TO TELL US WHICH CATEGORY YOU ARE ENTERING.

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