Enter our Your Best Shot photo comp

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

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.

How to enter

To enter, upload your entry via the competition theme boxes at the link here.

Please include up to 200 words explaining how you created your image in the Entry Description field. 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.

A maximum of three images can be entered per person.

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.

ENTER HERE

Upcoming themes for 2026/27

SOFT LIGHT

Deadline: 31 May 2026

Shortlist published in the Aug/Sep 2026 issue of AP.

MINIMALISM

Deadline: 31 July 2026

Shortlist published in the Oct/Nov 2026 issue of AP.

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