GET READY TO APPLY: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026, Adult Competition (entry fee waived for residents of listed African countries)
Natural History Museum, London
Apply on their own site: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/competition/rules
This checklist: https://qualifyafrica.com/o/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2026-adult-fee-waived
Built only from what the listing states. Lines marked (our advice) are ours.
The application takes real work, by our reading.

1. CHECK YOURSELF AGAINST WHAT THEY ASK
[ ] live in a country on the museum's fee-waiver list (evidence of residency may be asked for), which includes most African countries
[ ] aged 18 or over on 3 December 2026
[ ] photographs you took yourself in natural situations, with a camera and a way to upload them

2. WHAT TO GET READY
It asks for something outside the usual documents; read it below.
In their words: "Your own photographs, entered on wildlifephotographeroftheyear.com"

3. DATES
- Closes 3 December 2026, in 42 days.
- Aim to send it by 30 November 2026. Websites slow down near a deadline, and data runs out. (our advice)

A job never asks you to pay to apply. A listing that charges shows the fee above, and it is paid only to the organisation. If anyone asks for money any other way, stop, and tell us: hello@qualifyafrica.com