Terms and Conditions for the 2026 Countryfile Photo Competition
The title for the BBC Countryfile Photographic Competition 2026 is “Signs of the Seasons”. Photographs taken in previous years can be submitted, but you must indicate when the photograph was taken.
A panel of judges will select twelve (12) photographs to appear in the Countryfile Calendar for 2027 (the “Calendar”). A minimum of £5.50 (five pounds and fifty pence sterling) from the sale of each Calendar will benefit BBC Children in Need (charity number 802052 in England and Wales and SC039557 in Scotland). Since its launch in 1998, the calendar has raised more than £35 million for BBC Children in Need.
The closing date for voting is 10.00am on Monday 7th September 2026.
The winning photograph will be voted for by Countryfile viewers (the “Overall Winner”) and the judges will also choose their favourite entry (“Judges’ Favourite”).
The Overall Winner will receive a gift card to the value of £1000 (one thousand pounds sterling), which can also be spent on photographic equipment at a number of outlets.
The Judges’ Favourite will receive a gift card to the value of £500 (five hundred pounds sterling), which can also be spent on photographic equipment at a number of outlets.
The Overall Winner and the Judges’ Favourite can be the same photograph or two photographs from the same entrant, in which case the entrant will receive both prizes.
Online Voting Terms and Conditions
1. You can take part by accessing the relevant web page. You will find the question and a list of alternative answers. You can register your vote by electronically selecting the option you wish to vote for.
2. Any votes registered outside the announced voting times, which will be listed online and on-air, will not count.
3. Online voting requires you to log into the page with your BBC account, which you can do here. If you do not have a BBC account, you can register for one for free here. If you have any trouble registering or signing in, you can visit the help pages.
4. This is not a competition and there will be no prize for any option or anyone taking part. Where the vote result has a consequence the BBC will endeavour to meet it but editorial requirements may lead to a change in schedule or a change in programme content. However, the vote result stands.
5. The number of times you can vote may be restricted. The presence of a cap to voting and what that limit is will be made clear for each vote. Some votes may be restricted geographically to within the UK only. If you are not in the right area you will not see the vote.
6. Live results may be displayed during the vote window. These should not be taken as an indicator of the final published results, but merely as a snapshot for interest. The BBC will announce the final result on-air and/or online when voting is closed and the actual result is known.
7. The BBC reserves the right to disqualify entries or suspend voting if it has reasonable grounds to suspect that fraudulent voting has occurred or if it considers there has been any attempt to rig the voting. The BBC has the right to substitute an alternative selection method at its absolute discretion. For the purposes of investigating possible voting irregularities when voting on BBC web pages using BBC account the BBC may use cookies, log IP addresses or analyse the information from your BBC account. The BBC will not publish this information or provide it to anyone without permission, except where required for enforcement of these terms. For more information please see: BBC Privacy Policy, how the BBC uses cookies and BBC online Terms of Use.
8. If, for any reason, the online voting system fails, the vote may be suspended or a contingency plan may be actioned.
9. The BBC reserves the right to change, cancel or suspend this vote at any time.
10. The BBC, its sub-contractors, subsidiaries and/or agencies cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction or any other problem with any system, server, provider or otherwise which may result in any vote not being received by the BBC, not properly registered or recorded.
11. Please note that BBC, BBC Group or Telescope employees or anyone who is directly connected in any way with the associated BBC content or the vote is not eligible to vote.
12. The voting accords with the BBC's Code of Conduct for Competitions and Voting, which can be found here.
13. Online votes are subject to the BBC Privacy and Cookies Policy and BBC Terms of Use. More information about BBC Cookies can be found here.
14. These Terms and Conditions are governed by the law of England and Wales.
