”Are you passionate about photography? Taking pictures of family, friends and places you’ve been? Maybe you’ve captured a magic moment, an unusual situation or some humorous, crazy slice of life? Whatever it is, if you have a photo you’re really proud of, you should enter the Amateur Photo of the Year contest and you could become the … 2004 Panasonic Batteries Amateur Photographer of the Year”

The competition is open to anyone from Europe and is split in to 5 categories: Nature and the Environment, Travel, People, Motion & Speed and Abstract Photography.

The five category winners will all receive a prize including a years subscription to Practical Photography, Britain's biggest selling photo magazine. The overall winner and second placed runner up will receive the 1st and 2nd prizes respectively. The remaining 3 category winners will each receive the 3rd placed prize.

The Prizes

1st Prize
One week for 2 at the fabulous Epacha Game Lodge and Spa in Namibia (worth £3,500).
See www.epacha.com for full information.

2nd Prize
Panasonic DMC-LC1 digital camera, with 5 Mega pixel / 3.2X optical zoom. (worth £1,000). For more details: www.panasonic-europe.com

3rd Prize
Lexmark X5250 All-In-One Desktop Solution complete with spare ink cartridges and photographic paper (worth £170). See www.lexmark.co.uk for more information.
(3rd prize may vary between countries)

There will also be a prize of the month awarded to 5 category winners each month.

For full details and entry guidelines, see Photo-award.com