Photo competition: ‘I love this tree because…’

Celebrate the wonderful diversity and life of trees. Inspire, inform and advocate for them.

Submit a photograph of your favourite tree or trees.

Expand your vision, creatively extend the brief to include, for example, wildlife, buildings and people or take another approach and visually express the feelings and emotions that can be aroused by trees. Create evocative, inspiring pictures.

If you elect to concentrate on trees individual elements, please also include a ‘portrait’ of the tree or trees.

Your chosen tree/s must be found within the area of the Living Coast Biosphere.

They can be in a town, village, city, the countryside or an urban green space.

The Living Coast extends from Goring in the west to Newhaven in the east and north via Lewes and Ditchling to Hassocks and east Steyning.

For a map go to: https://thelivingcoast.org.uk/map

The judges will shortlist in two categories. Rising Stars, for young photographers aged 18 and under, and the CPRE Sussex Countryside Photography Award for those 19 and over

The overall winner will be selected from either category.

First prize is £100 with a £75 prize for the winner in each category.

The 16 shortlisted finalists’ work will be exhibited in the Jubilee Library Window Gallery in June. The exhibition will then go on tour with exhibitions at the CPRE Sussex AGM at Plumpton and St Anne’s Wells, Hove. Selected work will also be shown on the CPRE Sussex website gallery.

Selected work will also be shown on the CPRE Sussex website gallery.

Submission deadline is Friday May 23 by 11.59pm

Enter the competition