Competition 2024

Prizes and Awards

A total of 33,500 Euro worth of prizes have been awarded.


Award Ceremony

  • All award-winning participants will receive an invitation to the award ceremony, a free ticket to the International Nature Photography Festival 2024 in Lünen, a certificate and an exhibition catalog.

European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024

  • 3,000 EUR – donated by Canon

Fritz Pölking Prize

  •  2,000 EUR – donated by Tecklenborg publishing house

Fritz Pölking Junior Prize

  • 1.500 EUR – donated by Tecklenborg publishing house
  • merchandise voucher worth 500 EUR – donated by AC-Foto

Rewilding Europe Award

  • Winner: 1.000 EUR – donated by Rewilding Europe
  • Runner-up: 500 EUR – donated by Rewilding Europe

Category winner

  • K1 – 8: winners: 800 EUR
  • K1 – 8: runners-up: 500 EUR

Youth category

  • K9: winners: 200 EUR
  • K9: runners-up: 100 EUR