📸 Picture of the Month – #HikingEurope #hikingfederationphotocontest
Share your best hiking moments and get featured across Europe!
Welcome to ERA’s monthly photo contest, where your hiking adventures take center stage. Whether you’re exploring the majestic Alps, the coastal paths of Spain, or the forests, we want to see Europe through your lens.
🏆 How to enter
It’s easy to join!
- Share your best hiking photo on Instagram along with a brief story about the picture.
- Use both hashtags:
- ✅ #HikingEurope – for all European hiking photos
AND #hikingfederationphotocontest to show that you participate in the contest.
- ✅ #HikingEurope – for all European hiking photos
- Follow ERA on Instagram.
- Tag us in the photo or caption.
We’ll pick the winner each month with the most likes, and the Picture of the Month winner will be featured here and on ERA’s social media!
🌍 Why participate?
- 🌟 Be featured on ERA’s website homepage
- 📰 Get spotlighted in ERA’s newsletter
- 🎖️ Win a digital badge and recognition across Europe
When you participate, you thereby automatically agree, that ERA must use your pictures from the contest on our platforms and in our folders.
📅 Timeline
- Submissions are open every month.
- Winners are announced at the start of the following month.
- The featured photo stays on the homepage until the next round.
🖼️ Hall of Fame
Visit our Gallery of Winners to see past “Picture of the Month” highlights and get inspired by fellow hikers from across Europe.
👉 View the Gallery (to come later)
📬 Want to stay updated?
Don’t miss a chance to participate.
➡️ Subscribe to our newsletter for regular reminders, winner announcements, and hiking tips.
❓ Questions?
Contact us at secretariat@era-ewv-ferp.com or message us on Instagram.
Capture the moment. Inspire others. Celebrate Europe.
📸 Start posting now with #HikingEurope and #hikingfederationphotocontest
We also have a special photo contest in 2025:
📸 Join the E6 Photography Contest 2025 – Celebrate 50 Years of European hiking!
As part of the 50th-anniversary celebrations of the European Walking Route E6, we invite photography enthusiasts to participate in our international photo contest. Whether you’re a seasoned photographer or an avid hiker with a keen eye, this is your opportunity to showcase the beauty, culture, and spirit of the E6 trail.
Contest Highlights:
- Theme: “European Walking Route E6“
- Eligibility: Open to all amateur and professional photographers globally.
- Entry Fee: Free of charge.
- Submission Deadline: July 30, 2025
- Prizes: 20 awards, including medals and cash prizes up to €500.
- Submission Guidelines: Up to six color or black-and-white photos taken on or along any part of the E6 trail. Images should be in JPG format, vertical side 2160 pixels, maximum size 4 MB.
- How to Submit: Upload your entries at www.natecaj.eu or email them to narava@fotodrustvo-grca.si.
The contest is organized by the Photography Society Grča Kočevje in collaboration with KEUPS and the European Hiking Federation (ERA). Winners will be announced on September 27, 2025, during the awards ceremony and exhibition in Radlje ob Dravi.
For detailed information, visit the official contest page.