Donegal photographers are urged to enter the Clean Coasts’ annual ‘Love Your Coast’ photography competition.
This summer, bring your camera with you when you are exploring the coast of our beautiful county Donegal. Submit your best shots for a chance to win from a prize fund of €6,000.
The competition asks for photographers to capture and celebrate the uniqueness of our coastal communities, environments, or waterways such as its stunning coastline, beautiful beaches, epic cliff faces and raging rivers.
Last year, Darragh Gorman with ‘Sun Surfer’ (main pic) taken in Bundoran, was awarded the third place in the Creativity and the Coast category.
In addition, Gary McCall with ‘Peaty River Meets the Atlantic’ shot in Dunfanaghy and Samantha O’Connor with ‘Sunset at Fanad Lighthouse’ were shortlisted in the top ten in the Creativity and the Coast and Coastal Landscape categories, respectively.
For the past 20 years, Clean Coasts has been working with communities on the ground, to help foster pride in our coastline, supporting Clean Coasts communities, groups, and volunteers to tackle issues affecting their local area.
To mark the occasion, a new category has been added to the competition, “Protectors of the Coast” which will showcase what volunteering on the coast and community spirit is all about. Other changes to this year’s competition are the reintroduction of the underwater category, which was temporarily removed during Covid due to restrictions around diving.
The competition’s categories this year are:
- Wildlife and Coast
- Coastal Landscape
- People and the Coast
- Coastal Heritage
- Underwater
- Protectors of the coast
Photographers have until 9 am on 28th August 2023 to submit their best images in one of five categories to be in with the chance to win a prize from a fund of €6,000 across all categories.
Clean Coast manager Sinead McCoy stated: “ The competition draws considerable interest from Ireland’s photographers and coastal enthusiasts and over the previous years it has received thousands of entries with the standard getting higher with each passing year. We are delighted to welcome back the Underwater category and excited to introduce the new category Protectors of the Coast.”
To enter, visit the Clean Coasts website at https://cleancoasts.org/our-initiatives/love-your-coast/
