01/10/2026
📸✨ To Every Participant of GENCF Photographer of the Year 2026 — Best of Luck! ✨📸
The next chapter of the journey begins.
The nominated photographs are now being transferred to our esteemed panel of Honourable Judges for the Second Round of Anonymous Scoring & Judging.
We are privileged to have a distinguished panel of renowned wildlife professionals wildlife and nature photographers as our Jury, whose expertise, vision, and commitment to conservation help ensure a fair, transparent, and merit-based evaluation process.
From this stage, the highest-scoring photographs will advance to the Final Round of Judging, where the recipients of the prestigious:
🏆 GENCF Photographer of the Year 2026
🏆 Nikon's Choice Award
🏆 ZEISS Choice Award
🏆 Srishti Excellence Awards – All Category Winners
🏆 Category 1st Runner Up & Category 2nd Runners Up
will be selected.
We will also proudly recognise our Nature Emissaries and celebrate every participant through Participation Acknowledgements.
To all participants, thank you for sharing your stories, your creativity, and your passion for nature. Every image submitted is a voice for wildlife and conservation.
And to our Honourable Judges, thank you for being the pillars of GENCF POTY 2026. Your dedication, integrity, and invaluable contribution make this platform possible.
🌿 The stories have been captured.
📸 The judging continues.
🏆 The awards await.
Good luck to all participants! ✨
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