Now showing, 1 October to 31 October 2026
October Test
Enter your photoographs for this months competition on your interpretation of family through nature annd photography
Your best wildlife photograph could win this month.
A monthly wildlife photography competition, open to photographers everywhere, whatever camera you use. A new theme and a prize every month.
Win £200 in our October prize fund
Time left to enter
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- Closes
- 31 October, 11.59pm UK time
- Entry fee
- £6 for one photograph, or £10 for up to 5 photographs
- Prize fund
- £200
How to enter
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Read this month's theme
A theme opens on the first of the month and closes on the last. All twelve are published a year ahead, so you can plan your shoots around them.
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Send up to 5 photographs
One short form. Your name, how to reach you, your pictures with a title for each, then £6 by card. Nothing else to fill in.
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Wait for the results
Every entry is looked at properly. The winner and commended photographs are hung here in the first week of the following month, and everyone who entered is emailed.
Key dates
October Test, October 2026
- Entries open
- 1 October
- Entries close
- 31 October, 11.59pm UK time
- Judging
- 1 to 6 November
- Winner announced
- 7 November
Stuck, or not sure about something? Email inpursuitofcritters@outlook.com and we will help you through it.
From the wall
A few of the photographs that have caught our eye.
Coming up
You can only enter the month that is open, but every theme is published well in advance.
October 2026
October Test
Enter your photoographs for this months competition on your interpretation of family through nature annd photography
Open now, closes 31 October · Prize fund £200
November 2026
Flight
Soft weather, long waits and shapes only half seen.
Opens 1 November 2026 · Prize fund £200
Entries not yet open
December 2026
Black & White
Whatever comes to the feeder, the fence post or the back step.
Opens 1 December 2026
Entries not yet open