As always, we have magnificent prizes for the overall winner, and for the winner and second, third and fourth-placed entrants in each category. And this year you have more chances to win, with new, £1,000 prizes for the best single image in each of the three portfolio categories, and the introduction of the First Shot category, for less experienced amateur photographers.

Overall Winner - the Travel Photographer of the Year 2008

The Travel Photographer of the Year 2008 will be the photographer who is judged to have entered the best portfolios in two different portfolio categories: Life, Call of the Wild or Joy of Travel. They will win an outstanding prize, including a place on the 2009 High & Wild Everest Skydive Expedition and one of the best panoramic cameras in the world, a Linhof Technorama large format camera. Click here for full details.

Now click on the individual category links below to see the current list of prizes for each category.

The 2008 Categories

	Theme		Description
Portfolio Categories	Life		humanity, lifestyle, people
	Call of the Wild		landscape, wildlife, adventure
	Joy of Travel		celebration, escape, friendship
Travel Photography
One Shot Category	Destination Anywhere		any place in a single image
Travel Photography
First Shot Category	Wish You Were Here		picture postcards travel
Travel Photography
Young TPOTY	Journey		your journey, the people and the places

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