Editor’s Picks: Stunning Submissions from the T+L Photo Contest

Paul Rogers

In case you haven’t heard, we’re currently in the midst of a photo contest. Travel + Leisure is on the hunt for the planet’s next great travel photographer—and it could be you. We’ve pulled together some of our favorite entries from the first week of Round 1, but there’s still plenty of time to enter.

You’ve got until November 14th to enter as many photos as you’d like into six different categories: Water, Nature, Architecture, Staycation, Sunsets and Sunrises, and Animals. After the open call closes, our panel of judges will convene to choose nine photographers that will go on to the second round and win a pair of Bose QuietComfort 35 wireless headphones. We’ll announce the finalists on December 6th, and give you the opportunity to vote for your favorite shot. Each finalist will be asked to create a short video highlighting their winning photo and how they captured it.

The winner will have their work featured in Travel + Leisure and will also win a bucket list trip—a seven-day T+L Journey to Colombia, including accommodations, airfare, and $500 to spend on your trip. You can read all about the grand prize trip here.

Want to see your work in the next round of editor’s picks—or better yet, in the Finalist Challenge? Enter here!

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"Giraffes at Sunset"

Ira Robbins

Photographer: Ira Robbins

Enter the Sunsets and Sunrises category here.

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"Sunset: The City Rises"

Asish Patel

Photographer: Asish Patel

Enter the Sunsets and Sunrises category here.

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"Desert Sand"

Krystal Greven

Photographer: Kystal Greven

Enter the Nature category here.

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"Watching the Waterfall"

Curtis Richard Kautzer

Photographer: Curtis Richard Kautzer

Enter the Nature category here.

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"Just Chilling"

Monika Adreuttiova

Photographer: Monika Adreuttiova

Enter the Animals category here.

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"Jellyfish"

Liliana Arrazola Comas

Photographer: Liliana Arrazola Comas

Enter the Animals category here.

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"Delicacies from the Deep"

Pazienza Bromberg

Photographer: Pazienza Bromberg

Enter the Staycation category here.

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"Underground Catwalk"

Cesarin Mateo

Photographer: Cesarin Mateo

Enter the Staycation category here.

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"Birds in Archway"

Alec Berstain

Photographer: Alex Berstain

Enter the Architecture category here.

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"Blagaj Tekke"

Sherry Brecher

Photographer: Sherry Brecher

Enter the Architecture category here.

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"Low Tide"

Katie Roscoe

Photographer: Katie Roscoe

Enter the Water category here.

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"Glacier Cave"

Paul Rogers

Photographer: Paul Rogers

Enter the Water category here.

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Editor’s Picks: Stunning Submissions from the T+L Photo Contest

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"Desert Sand"

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Editor’s Picks: Stunning Submissions from the T+L Photo Contest

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"Giraffes at Sunset"

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"Sunset: The City Rises"

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"Desert Sand"

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"Watching the Waterfall"

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"Just Chilling"

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"Jellyfish"

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"Delicacies from the Deep"

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"Underground Catwalk"

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"Birds in Archway"

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"Blagaj Tekke"

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"Low Tide"

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"Glacier Cave"

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