BGAJ Photography Award

A word from our award sponsor: Guild of Agricultural Journalists

Photography is crucial in bringing alive any article or feature in a magazine, newspaper, social media account or website. We are fortunate to work in a particularly photogenic industry and have some very talented photographers as members.

As a Guild we are proud to showcase and champion their best work through the BGAJ Photography Awards.

Mike Abram, Awards Secretary, BGAJ

Award Details

Open date

28 July 2026

Deadline date

21 August 2026

Notification date

8 October 2026

Description

The Guild’s Photography Awards are now open for entries from members who are either full-time professional photographers or who take photographs as part of their work.

Images can also be nominated by editors/clients on behalf of a member.

The awards recognise excellence in the composition, content and technical aspects of photographing agricultural and other rural subjects.

There are three categories: Livestock, Arable and Environment/Sustainability.

Entries must be from a full member of British Guild of Agricultural Journalists
The photo must have been published in print or online from 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2026.
Entries can include images published as part of paid-for commercial material, for example in an agricultural company’s marketing collateral.
Entries will be judged by an expert panel agreed by the Guild.
Winners & Runners agree to take part in BGAJ videos & other promotional activity as required

Prizes

The winner in each category will take the award and £200 first prize.
A runner up in each category will receive £100.

Judging criteria

Impact and storytelling, creativity and style, composition, correct use of light and colour balance. The image should show technical excellence – posing, lighting, composition, ISO choice, lens choice and exposure should all be considered.

Judges

Professional photographer

Caroline Stocks, BGAJ Director

Entry Form

Are you entering this award on behalf of yourself or nominating a third party?(Required)

Name of nominator(Required)

Email address of nominator(Required)

Contact number of nominator(Required)

Entrant name(Required)

Entrant email address(Required)

Entrant contact number(Required)

Agency / Business name(Required)

Job title, company and location(Required)

Client(Required)

Publication (Where was it published?)(Required)

Date of publication(Required)

Category(Required)

Why are you entering this content and what impact did it have?(Required)

Why are you nominating this person?(Required)

Please describe why you or the person you are nominating would be deserved winner of the Caroline Drummond Award. Please outline the impacts in celebrating and communicating farming excellence that have been made(Required)

Why are you nominating this journalist / paper?(Required)

Name of podcast(Required)

What is the purpose of the podcast?(Required)

Give a brief description of the purpose of this episode(Required)

Enter the start timecode (HH:MM:SS) for a 5 minute clip of the episode you are nominating(Required)

Just enter 6 numbers. Colons added automatically.

Give a brief description of how and why the photo was taken(Required)

Give a brief description of the strategic PR aim for the entry, including end target audience and target media(Required)

What was the rationale for the creation of this material?(Required)

Who was the intended audience?(Required)

What was the desired purpose for or outcome from the communication?(Required)

How did you approach its creation to maintain high technical and creative quality?(Required)