Your chance to enter the UK’s most prestigious com petition for amateur photographers

Jessica Miller looks back at the winning images from another great year of photography competitions

The APOY judges choose their favourite images that didn’t make the top ten of our Animal Kingdom category

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

The votes have been counted, the judges have spoken, and we can finally reveal the winner of our UK Mountain Photo of the Year award – and the stories behind the images that make up our coveted top three spots.

The AP team are fortunate to be able to view thousands of fantastic images each year. It’s not easy to choose a favourite but here are a few that stuck with us during 2025