Close-up Photographer of the Year
Revealing the hidden wonder of the world through our annual COMPETITION, November CHALLENGE, NEWSLETTER and BOOK.
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Competitions
Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY), in association with Affinity Photo, is our main competition that runs from May to July.
It celebrates close-up, wide-angle, macro and micro photography across 11 categories with a £2,500 cash top prize.
Schedule:
9th May, 2024 – CUPOTY 6 opens for entries
14th July, 2024 – CUPOTY 6 closes for entries
October, 2024 – CUPOTY 6 shortlist announced
January 2025 – CUPOTY 6 winners & Top 100 revealed
Spring 2025 – CUPOTY 7 opens for entries
The CUPOTY CHALLENGE is a themed contest without any categories that runs throughout November.
Subscribers and social media followers get to choose the theme by voting.
Schedule:
October 2024 – Vote on the CHALLENGE theme
1st November, 2024 – The CUPOTY CHALLENGE opens for entries
30th November, 2024 – The CUPOTY CHALLENGE closes for entries
February/March – CHALLENGE shortlist announcement
April – CHALLENGE winners revealed
In association with
Supported by
The CUPOTY 5 Book
“Amazing book! What a treasure of images!”
–Håkan Kvarnström
The CUPOTY 5 Book brings together all the winning, Top 100 and shortlisted pictures of the fifth edition of Close-up Photographer of the Year.
357 pages
120 full-page photographs + captions
202 tips from the awarded photographers
Q&A with the overall winner Csaba Daróczi
Csaba's 11 tips for prize-winning shots
All the shortlisted photographs from the 11 categories