Enter our Your Best Shot photo comp sponsored by Think Tank

We want you to enter your images in AP's Your Best Shot photo competition!

There's a different theme in every issue of AP mag, and you can win great prizes thanks to our good friends at Think Tank.

Each issue, AP's Editor Mike O'Connor will choose six images to be published both in print and online, with both a winner and a runner-up selected.

Our winner will also receive an amazing prize thanks to Think Tank.

How to enter

To enter, email your entry to yourbestshot@australianphotography.com with the name of the competition theme in the email subject line, for example: Flight, Framing, Water, etc. You can see a list of the 2025 themes below. 

The image file must be the same as your name, for example Jane Smith.jpg. If you enter multiple images, each new image file name should be appended with a unique number, eg Jane Smith2.jpg. A maximum of three images can be entered per person.

Images must be in JPEG format, and your email size must not exceed 7MB.

In addition, please include the following information about your entry in the body of your email: Name, image title and up to 200 words explaining how you created your image. Please also include technical details including camera, lens, focal length, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, tripod (if used) and a brief summary of any software edits.

Upcoming themes for 2025/26

MOVEMENT

Deadline: 30 March 2025

Shortlist published in the June/July 2025 issue of AP.

WILDLIFE

Deadline: 31 May 2025

Shortlist published in the Aug/Sep 2025 issue of AP.

TRAVEL

Deadline: 31 July 2025

Shortlist published in the Oct/Nov 2025 issue of AP.

LIQUID

Deadline: 30 September 2025

Shortlist published in the Dec/Jan 2025 issue of AP.

THE BEACH

Deadline: 31 October 2025

Shortlist published in the Annual 2026 issue of AP.

You can find out more about the terms and conditions of the competition and image entry guidelines here.