Close-up Photographer of the Year ends 13 July 2025

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Deadline: 13 July 2025. Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) returns for its seventh edition! Celebrating the art of close-up, macro and micro photography, we would like to invite you to help us reveal the hidden wonder of the world through your pictures.

There are 11 categories to choose from:
Animals
Insects
Invertebrate Portrait
Butterflies & Dragonflies
Arachnids
Underwater
Plants
Fungi & Slime Moulds
Intimate Landscape
Studio Art
Young CUPOTY for entrants aged 17 or under.

Put your best work in front of our expert jury and you could win the £2,500 ($3,300) cash prize and Close-up Photographer of the Year trophy.

Get featured in our celebrated shortlist galleries (one for each category) and reach a global audience.

Make the Top 100 winners gallery and get seen by millions of people around the world through newspapers, magazines, websites, newsletters and social media.

Be a part of our annual eBook and tell the story behind your picture.

Every entrant receives a FREE copy of the £19.99 CUPOTY 7 eBook.

We can’t wait to share your wonder!

Prizes:

Overall winner
• £2,500
• Universal License for all three Affinity apps (Photo, Designer + Publisher) for macOS, Windows & iPadOS
• Topaz Labs Photo AI 4
• Trophy
• Digital certificate and badge
• Featured in the CUPOTY 7 ebook
• Global media coverage

Category winners
• £250
• Universal License for all three Affinity apps (Photo, Designer + Publisher) for macOS, Windows & iPadOS
• Cynustech Diffuser (to the Insects winner)
• Digital certificate and badge
• Featured in the CUPOTY 7 ebook
• Global media coverage

Young CUPOTY winner
• SIGMA 105mm F2.8 DG DN MACRO | Art lens worth £700
• Universal License for all three Affinity apps (Photo, Designer + Publisher) for macOS, Windows & iPadOS
• Trophy
• Digital certificate and badge
• Featured in the CUPOTY 7 ebook
• Global media coverage

The Top 100
• Featured in the CUPOTY 7 ebook
• Digital certificate and badge
• Global media coverage

Shortlist
• Digital certificate and badge
• Global media coverage

Every entrant
• FREE copy of the CUPOTY 7 eBook worth £19.99

Photo Contest Website: http://www.cupoty.com/