Audubon Announces Winners of the 2024 Audubon Photography Awards

NEW YORK (June 20, 2024) – Today, the National Audubon Society announced the winners of the 2024 Audubon Photography Awards. The competition, now in its fifteenth year, features stunning work from professionals, amateurs and young people which showcase the beauty of birds and the joy of capturing them through photographs and videos. Judges awarded nine prizes, including the new Birds in Landscapes prize for the best image depicting the relationship between birds and their environment. The winning entries and honorable mentions were chosen from more than 2,300 entrants from all 50 states, Washington DC, 9 Canadian provinces and one territory.

For the first time, the competition awarded the Birds in Landscapes Prize, created to draw attention to how birds connect to their broader environment. Whether the setting is wild, urban or suburban, whether the relationship is symbiotic or reflects a specific challenge that birds face, the award encourages photographers to step back and look at the environment as a whole, then to let the photography tell the story. Previously featured prizes, such as the Plants for Birds Prize, Fisher Prize, Female Bird Prize and Video Prize, were also awarded at this year’s competition.

Audubon’s climate science report, Survival by Degrees, reveals that two-thirds of North America’s birds are at risk of extinction because of climate change, including the species featured at this year’s Audubon Photography Awards, such as the black warbler, California quail and sedge wren. Learn more about how climate change impacts birds in your communities by entering your zip code into Audubon’s Bird and Climate Viewer.

Winners and honorable mentions will be featured in the Summer 2024 issue of Audubon magazine, and select photos and videos will also be featured in digital galleries promoted on Audubon’s website and social media channels throughout the year.

Grand Prize Winner

Professional winner

Amateur winner

Winner of plants for birds

Youth winner

Video winner

Winner of the female bird prize

Winner of the Birds in Landscapes Prize

Fisher Prize Winner

Professional Honorable Mention

Honorable Mention Amateur

Honorable Mention Video

Honorable Mention Plants For Birds

Youth honorable mention

2024 competition prizes:
Grand Prize: $5,000 USD
Professional price: $2,500 USD
Amateur Prize: $2,500 USD
Plants for Birds Price: $2,500 USD
Video Price: $2,500 USD
Price female: $1,000 USD
Birds in Landscapes Prize: $1,000 USD
Fisher Prize: $1,000 USD
Youth Award: Six Days at Audubon’s Hog Island Audubon Camp for Teens During the 2025 Season

The 2024 jury:

• Sabine Meyer, Director of Photography, National Audubon Society
• Lucas Bustamante, environmental photojournalist and biologist
• Preeti Desai, senior director of social media and storytelling, National Audubon Society
• Daniel Dietrich, wildlife photographer, filmmaker and cinematographer
• Morgan Heim, conservation photographer, filmmaker and adventurer
• Noppadol Paothong, nature/conservation photographer
• John Rowden, conservation consultant and native plant expert
• Mike Fernandez, video producer, National Audubon Society
• Rina Miele, wildlife photographer and videographer
• Mick Thompson, wildlife photographer and videographer
• Alyssa Bueno, wildlife photographer, Feminist Bird Club
• Founders of the Galbatross Project:
  • Brooke Bateman, director of climate science, National Audubon Society
  • Stephanie Beilke, conservation manager, conservation science, National Audubon Society
  • Martha Harbison, director of communications, community development, National Audubon Society
  • Joanna Wu, doctoral student at the University of California, Los Angeles

All photos and videos are judged on technical quality, originality and artistic merit and must comply with Audubon’s Guide to Ethical Bird Photography and Videography. For more information, please see the official contest rules.

To learn more about Audubon’s Plants for Birds program and native plant database, please visit audubon.org/native-plants.

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About Audubon
The National Audubon Society is a nonprofit conservation organization that protects the birds and places they need today and tomorrow. We are working across the Americas for a future where birds thrive, because Audubon is a powerful, diverse and ever-growing conservation force. Audubon has more than 700 employees working across the hemisphere and more than 1.5 million active supporters. North America has lost three billion birds since 1970, and more than 500 bird species are threatened with extinction in Latin America and the Caribbean. Birds act as early warning systems about the health of our environment, telling us that birds – and our planet – are in crisis. Together at Audubon, we are working to change the course of climate change and habitat loss, leading to healthier bird populations and reversing current trends in biodiversity loss. We achieve this by implementing conservation on the ground, partnering with local communities, influencing public and corporate policy, and building community. Learn more at www.audubon.org and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @audubonsociety.

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