The CUPOTY themed challenge:
CLOSE TO HOME
Overlooked wonders in your home, garden or on your doorstep
£500 in cash prizes. Earlybird offer ends 8th November.
Closes 30th November
Welcome to the CUPOTY CHALLENGE – a themed contest running alongside the annual competition of Close-up Photographer of the Year.
The CUPOTY community has voted in record numbers on the theme and Close to Home came out on top!
Proving you don’t have to travel far to find something extraordinary. We’re looking for close-up, macro and micro photographs taken in a home and its immediate surroundings: the home’s rooms, outbuildings (such as sheds, garages and greenhouses), garden, balcony, doorstep or the street directly outside. This may be your own home or the home of family or friends.
Frost on a window, a spider in the shed, a mushroom in the garden, the patterns in a soap bubble, a bee in a flower, moss on the step, a leaf brought in from the garden and photographed on the kitchen table: show us the hidden worlds most people overlook.
For example:
This year sees the cash prize fund increase to £500:
£300 for the winner
£125 for second place
£75 for third place
The winners and finalists will get full-page features in the annual CUPOTY eBook and receive global media coverage.
Pictures can be of any subject but they must be a close-up, macro or micro photograph. No AI generated images are allowed.
The closing date to register for the CUPOTY CHALLENGE is Monday 30th November, wherever you are in the world. It only takes 2 minutes to register and pay, and you will need to upload your pictures by 7th December.
Who can enter?
Anyone, of any age, living in any country can enter.
Photographs can be captured with a camera, phone, scanner, light microscope or on light-sensitive paper.
You may enter images that have already been entered into any other CUPOTY contest as long as they have not made The Top 100 winners galleries or the previous Challenge winners gallery.
Prizes
A £500 cash prize fund is split between the winner who receives £300, second place who receives £125 and third place who receives £75.
The winner and finalist pictures will be displayed in our online winners gallery, get full-page features in the CUPOTY eBook and be seen in international media.
All shortlisted entrants will be showcased in the shortlist gallery on our website for one year.
The winner and finalists will receive a digital badge and certificate, while the shortlisted entrants will receive a digital badge.
Entry fee
Earlybird price ends Sunday 8th November (GMT):
£10 to enter 1 picture
£14 to enter 3 pictures
From Monday 9th November (GMT):
£11 to enter 1 picture
£16 to enter 3 pictures
Rules
FAQs
Preparing your pictures
See the previous CHALLENGE winners
Closing date
Monday 30th November, wherever you are in the world
Open to all
Anyone can enter, of any age, from any country, using any type of camera, phone or microscope.
Close to Home
We are looking for close-up, macro or micro photographs that taken in your home, garden or outside your front door.
Win Prizes
The winner receives £300 cash and the best entries will be featured in the annual CUPOTY ebook.
Challenge Gallery
The best pictures entered into the CHALLENGE will be showcased in our online gallery.
