NANPA LIVE Returns November 7 with Free Stream and Prize Draws

The North American Nature Photography Association will stage its annual half-day benefit, NANPA LIVE, on Saturday, November 7, 2026, streaming free worldwide from 3:00 to 6:00 PM PT — with thousands of dollars in giveaways attached and no registration required.

The three-hour broadcast runs on YouTube, Facebook and nanpa.org/nanpa-live-2026, and the full recording stays up afterward for anyone who misses it. That's the entire access barrier: none.

Who is on the program?

The afternoon leans on three headline presenters: Lynda Richardson, Dave Showalter and Robert Glenn Ketchum. Between presentations, NANPA will hand out its 2026 Career and Service Awards and share stories from the Nature Photography Foundation, the charity the event directly benefits.

The program also carries an institutional preview — a first look at the NANPA Summit 2027, which heads to Savannah, Georgia — before closing with the live reveal of the 2027 NANPA Showcase winning images. Those winners, notably, have not been published before the broadcast. The reveal is the hook.

"NANPA LIVE puts a whole year of nature photography on one stage, from the people we're honoring to the NANPA Showcase winners nobody has seen yet," said Thomas Maddrey, who leads NANPA as CEO of ASMP. "Keeping it free to watch and free to enter means anyone who loves this work can be part of the afternoon."

ASMP COO Melanie Porter put it more bluntly: "Win prizes, support the Nature Photography Foundation, and see some incredible images and presentations all in one place."

What can viewers actually win?

The giveaway is free to enter, with no purchase or donation necessary, and open to legal residents of the 50 United States and DC aged 18 or older. Entries close at 5:50 PM PT on November 7 — ten minutes before the broadcast ends, so procrastinators beware.

Prize draws happen in four sets live on air, and winners also get an email within 24 hours. Prizes worth thousands of dollars come from NANPA and its industry partners, though the association hasn't itemized the haul.

What about the auction?

The quieter money is in the silent auction, which runs through Sunday, November 15, at 6:00 PM PT at nanpa.org/bid. The lots suggest the Foundation knows its audience:

• Signed fine art prints and books from Art Wolfe, Joel Sartore and Thomas D. Mangelsen
• A spot in a sold-out New Mexico hummingbird photography workshop
• A VIP package for two to the 2027 Savannah Summit

Direct donations are welcome through the Foundation's giving page at nanpa.org/give.

Where does the money go?

The Nature Photography Foundation funds conservation grants, educational initiatives and college photography scholarships. That's the case for treating the afternoon as more than a prize raffle with scenery — though the prizes presumably help attendance.

The format has a certain logic. One stream, one stage, one year of work condensed into three hours, with the Showcase reveal held back as the closing act. Whether the 2027 Savannah Summit can sustain that momentum is next year's question.