Not quite, as with all of our competitions, MOMENTS is only open to residents in Australia that are over the age of 18 (this is a legal thing, we can’t ensure the comp adheres to all regulations globally).

You can only place one vote per entry, but you can make as many votes as you like across the five categories. You can also cancel your vote. (This might help you make your own shortlist.)

The entry fee helps cover some of the costs of building the competition website, hosting the event to show off the winners, and the cash prizes.

Yes! You can enter the competition as many times as you like. Each entry is treated separately and attracts the same entry fee.

Yes! Go wild! Campaign far and wide to get the most votes on your entry.

Almost! We just have to make sure the entries don’t reflect anything we can’t get behind, this includes: travel and mentioning of sanctioned countries, getting too close to wildlife, not following the principles of Leave No Trace, or getting intoxicated and making bad choices.

Check out our Terms & Conditions, particularly section 8 ‘Excluded topics and subjects’ for the lowdown.

Nope! But there is a maximum. Travel stories must be less than 800 words and videos must be under five minutes.

We’ll be checking the metadata for these to ensure it’s a valid phone photo, don’t try and get tricky here!

Once submitted, your entry will be approved by the WAE staff before being published here on this page where it can be viewed and voted on by the public.

You can share with your friends, aunty, uncle or teach grandma so that they can vote for your entry.

Once submissions and voting have closed, a shortlist of the most voted-upon entries within each category will be sent to the judges. They’ll then pick a winner!

Our judges are looking for storytelling that reflects the essence of We Are Explorers. Your creative entry should look to be a combination of authentic and adventurous, inclusive, and in touch with nature. We’ll look more favourably on stories from our own backyard (Australia and New Zealand) but we’re open to stories from overseas as well.

We’ve put together a panel of friends of We Are Explorers – influential writers, photographers, and filmmakers from the Australian outdoor scene who will pick the winners from each category’s shortlist. You can learn more about them below.

Each category winner will take home $3000!

But there’s more:

The entry with the most public votes during the competition period will win a G Adventures Classic Peru trip valued at $3849 and Freely Travel Insurance for their next trip valued at $1200.

There’s also a Dometic Adventure Pack valued at over $3400 for the shortlisted entry that receives the most votes at our 10 year anniversary party!