Calling all nature lovers, be part of our 2027 Calendar! 📸
2027 Calendar Competition
For more than 50 years, Trust for Nature has been working with passionate landholders to protect and care for Victoria’s most threatened plants and animals — ensuring their homes, habitats, and beauty remain for generations to come.
Over 119,000 hectares of private land across Victoria have been protected through Trust for Nature conservation covenants and nature reserves. That’s a lot of homes for birds, bees, orchids, and everything in between!
Calling all nature lovers – be part of our 2027 calendar!
Thank you to the photographers featured in this year’s 2026 calendar, and to the hundreds of voters who helped select the final images. We were inspired by the fantastic array of entries from echidnas and wallabies to landscapes and fungi.
This year, we again invite you to share your photos to help celebrate the remarkable natural environments on your property and across Victoria’s private land.
From wonderful wildlife sightings to spectacular scenery, we are looking for images that reflect the character and diversity of Victoria’s natural landscapes on private land that we’re working together to protect forever.
Whether you are an experienced photographer or hobbyist, we encourage you to capture your connection to nature and share it with us, we’d love to see your take on Victoria’s natural wonders. We will then accept votes from across the Trust for Nature community to determine the final selections for the 2027 calendar that best reflect Habitat Forever.
How to Enter:
Photos must be high resolution and suitable for printing:
- Landscape format
- Minimum dimensions 297 x 210 mm (approx. 2480 x 3508 pixels)
- 300DPI
2027 Calendar Competition Entry Form
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Trust for Nature 2027 Habitat Forever Calendar Competition Terms & Conditions
Entries open on Wednesday 5 August, 2026 and close on Monday 31 August 2026.
Entries must be submitted via https://trustfornature.org.au/2027-calendar-competition
Each image will constitute a separate entry and must be submitted separately.
Entries submitted via email, social media, or any platform other than the above website will not be accepted.
Each entry must include your name, email address, phone number, postcode and a brief description of what is shown in the image and a few words on how it reflects our vision of Habitat Forever.
Images submitted must represent native flora and fauna on private property within Victoria. The property must be owned by you as the entrant, or if not, you must have the prior permission of the owner to submit the entry pursuant to the terms and conditions of the competition. If any persons appear within a submitted image, you must obtain the prior permission of those persons to submit the image, and for their image to be displayed publicly. Trust for Nature may request evidence of those permissions at any time.
Only high resolution, print quality submissions will be accepted. The image must be landscape format and have minimum dimensions of 297 x 210mm with 300dpi or the approximate equivalent of 2480 x 3508 pixels.
This is a game of skill, not chance. After entries close, Trust for Nature will shortlist submissions based on the judging criteria, and then open voting to the public to determine the successful twelve submissions. The successful submissions will be published (with name credit and the area location) in the 2027 Habitat Forever calendar.
Judging criteria are:
- Relevance to ‘Habitat Forever’
- Storytelling
- Originality
- Impact
By submitting an entry, you agree that Trust for Nature will publish your name, the image and the image description, and you warrant that you are entitled to use the image and have any necessary permissions. You also give Trust for Nature an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use the image and its description for its promotional and other purposes.
Trust for Nature reserves the right to suspend, cancel or vary the competition at any time, and all decisions relating to the conduct of the competition are in Trust for Nature’s sole discretion, and are final.
View the full terms and conditions here.