Spring heat now open - closing date 31 May 2012
Enter your spring photos to be in with a chance of winning one of many great prizes.
This year's competition takes place over 12 months with four seasonal heats. During each season, we'll be looking for the best photos that represent that season.
At the end of each heat winners representing each of WWT's nine wetland centres will be chosen from each category.
When the competition closes on 31 August 2012 all regional heat winners will go through to the grand national final to be held in autumn 2012, and our Portfolio Photographer will be chosen and awarded the grand prize of a trip to Antarctica.
Autumn heat
1 September - 30 November 2011
Winter heat
1 December 2011 - 29 February 2012
Spring heat
1 March 2012 - 31 May 2012
Summer heat
1 June - 31 August 2012
The WWT Photography competition 2011-2012 is being held in celebration of the centenary of the Scott Antarctic Expedition, and to mark that this year's grand prize is a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Antartica, courtesy of Exodus in partnership with Quark Expeditions.
All entries in the first three must be taken at one of WWT's nine wetland centres:
World Wetlands - entries to this category can be taken anywhere in the world.
Young Photographer of the Year - all entries made by under 18s in any of the four main categories will be transferred to this category as under 18s are ineligible to win the main category awards. A winner will be chosen for each centre for each of the seasonal heats to go forward to the national finals.
People's Choice - the public are able to vote online for their favourite photographs in any of the above five categories during each seasonal heat. The photograph with the highest number of overall votes from each seasonal heat will go forward to the national finals.
Additional award:
Portfolio Photographer of the Year - photographers with at least three shortlisted images in two or more of the seasonal heats will automatically be entered into the national final to be in with a chance of winning this additional award and a once-in-a-time trip to Antarctica, courtesy of Exodus in partnership with Quark Expeditions.