For photographers

Contribute to WLIFE

WLIFE exists to publish other people’s photographs well. If you have a frame worth stopping for, or a story about how one was made, we would like to see it.

Three ways in

How to submit

Photo of the Week

One frame, chosen every week. Send up to three images with a short note on where, when and how each was made. We choose on the strength of the picture and the honesty of the story.

What to send

Up to three JPEGs (2,500 px on the long edge is plenty), species, location, date, camera and lens, and two or three sentences on the moment.

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Behind the Shot

A longer piece on how one extraordinary image came together: the planning, the fieldcraft, the waiting, the settings and the decisions in the final second.

What to send

The image, a 150-word outline of the story, and any supporting frames (sequences, location shots, the hide, the gear in use).

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Photographer profiles

Profiles and interviews with photographers whose body of work has something to say. Self-nominations and recommendations of others are both welcome.

What to send

A link to your portfolio, a short biography, and a line on the subject or approach that defines your work.

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Requirements

What we ask of every submission

Original work: You made the photograph. Composites must be declared and are generally not accepted for documentary features.
Rights ownership: You own the copyright, or you have written permission from the rights holder to submit it. You keep your copyright; WLIFE only asks for a non-exclusive licence to publish with credit.
Caption facts: Species, location, date and circumstances must be accurate. We check them, and we will ask questions before publication.
No AI-generated imagery presented as photography: Generated or substantially AI-altered images are not accepted as wildlife photography. Routine processing (exposure, colour, cropping, cleaning sensor dust) is fine; adding, removing or replacing animals or elements is not.
Ethical fieldcraft: No baiting that harms or habituates, no flash on nocturnal animals where it causes distress, no disturbance of nests, dens or young, and captive or controlled animals must be declared and are labelled as such.

Our complete position on accuracy, rights, AI and wildlife ethics is in the editorial standards.

Ready?

Send us the frame.

One email, the images attached or linked, the facts in the body. We read everything and reply to every submission we consider, though we cannot promise to publish every one.

Email hello@wlife.bio