Each year Parasitology changes its front cover image to reflect the depth and breadth of ongoing parasitological studies across the world.

Last year we instigated an open competition for our front cover image and welcomed image submissions from our authorship and/or readership. This year we're doing the same and invite all submissions whatever your relationship with Parasitology is.

Note that your submitted image(s) must be fitting for our journal and capture a poignant visual example of current parasitological studies and/or research.

There are no restrictions other than your images should be in colour and in a suitable resolution format for initial inspection.

Please submit your image (in PDF or JPEG format) with short supporting statement about its suitability by 10th November to [email protected].

The winning image will be selected upon discussions amongst the editors and production staff, with the winner notified shortly after. 

When the winner is revealed, we intend to feature a small selection of those images that made the final shortlisting. The winning designer and runners-up will also be featured in an article on the Parasitology blog. See last year's winning blog here.

Parasitology's 2024 cover image courtesy of  Andrea Langeland, PhD candidate at The George Washington University