Western Australia is a renowned spider photography destination. Many of the country’s most unique, beautiful and fascinating spiders call Western Australia home. From the charismatic dancing Peacock spiders, to the reclusive and enigmatic trapdoors, there is truly no shortage here of amazing behaviours and mind-blowing diversity to be discovered.
In honour of 50 years of continuous trapdoor spider research in Tammin, WA, we invite you to submit your best photos of Western Australian spiders to put yourself in the running for some great prizes and a chance to see your photo on display at the Matriarchs of the Wheatbelt festival.
The Spider Photography Competition is sponsored by Minibeast Wildlife.
How to enter
Email your photos to walbangarra@gmail.com with the subject heading “Photography Competition”. In the body of the email, state:
– Your full name
– Your address
– A brief description of the image/s entered, including where they were photographed
Rules of entry
- Competition open to all current residents of Western Australia.
- Maximum of three entries per person.
- Entries must be received by 5pm AWST on 1/9/25. Late entries will not be accepted for any reason.
- Photographs must be taken of wild spiders in Western Australia. Spiders must not be interfered with, captured or harmed for any purpose.
- Photographs must not be digitally altered in such a way as to misrepresent what was originally captured, ie through the use of generative AI or by adding or removing elements. Minor adjustments are acceptable, such as colour correction, minor dodging and burning, cropping and sharpening.
- Entries should be submitted as JPGs at 1500px across the longest edge, without watermarks or other other additions. Higher resolution images may be requested from shortlisted entries, and will be required from winners.
- Entrants may be contacted to provide original or RAW image files, and must provide these upon request to be eligible for prizes.
Judges
Prizes
Winners will be announced on Saturday, 6th of September, 2025, at the Matriarchs of the Wheatbelt festival event.
Each awarded photograph will be displayed on the Matriarchs of the Wheatbelt website and at the festival.
First prize: $100 and a signed copy of “Minibeasts” by Alan Henderson
Second prize: $50
Third prize: $25
Terms and Conditions
- Competition is only open to current residents of Western Australia. Family members of competition organisers are excluded from entry.
- If winners are unable to collect their prizes in person, competition organisers will contact them to organise delivery.
- Entrants must be the copyright holders of entries submitted.
- Copyright of images submitted remains with the photographer. By entering, the entrant grants the competition and the Matriarchs of the Wheatbelt event the non-exclusive right to reproduce and display the images for the purpose of awarding prizes and promotion of the competition, for the period of a year after submission.