These are the competition winners for 2023
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This page contains all the images that won judged or popular awards in 2023, but it takes a few minutes for the images to be downloaded.
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2023 Competition Winners
| Month |
Theme |
Results |
Total |
Basic |
Intermediate |
Advanced |
| Entries |
Awards |
Entries |
Awards |
Entries |
Awards |
Entries |
Awards |
| January |
Oldies |
Results |
38 |
10 |
4 |
1 |
18 |
5 |
16 |
4 |
| February |
Open |
TBD |
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| March |
Get in the Corner |
TBD |
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| April |
Open |
TBD |
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| May |
Angles, Arcs & CIrcles |
TBD |
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| June |
Open with Cell Phone |
TBD |
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| July |
Floral |
TBD |
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| August |
Open |
TBD |
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| September |
"Fix" it in Post |
TBD |
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| October |
Open |
TBD |
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| November |
Get Close, Very Close |
TBD |
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Totals
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38
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10
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4
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18
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5
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16
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2023 Overall Statistics
| Number |
Statistic |
| 80 |
Peak number of competing members |
| 19 |
Number of members who submitted competition images |
| 24% |
Percentage of members who submitted competition images |
| 8 |
Number of people who won judged awards |
| 10% |
Percentage of members who won judged awards |
| 42% |
Percentage of members who submitted images and won judged awards |
| 3 |
Number of people who won popular awards but not judged awards |
| 4% |
Percentage of members who won popular awards but not judged awards |
| 38 |
Total number of competition entries |
| 10 |
Total number of judged awards |
| 26% |
Percentage of entries that won judged awards |
| 7 |
Total number of popular awards |
| 18% |
Percentage of entries that won popular awards |
| 1 |
Number of guest judges |
| 3 |
Number of judges who were members |
| 4% |
Percentage of members who were judges |
2023 Judging Information
| Judge |
Competitions |
Member? |
| Charles Schwartz |
1 |
Member |
| Jerry Schlesinger |
1 |
Member |
| Mark Laussade |
1 |
Member |
| Nick Grossman |
1 |
Member |
2023 Judges from the Advanced Level
| Judge |
Entries |
Wins |
Judging |
| Alexandra Nemeth |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Allen Irby |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Bill Bunton |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Carol Schiraldi |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Cat Smith |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Cheryl Callen |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Dave Maguire |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Dave Wilson |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Deborah Cole |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Dennis Bosserman |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Gary Hook |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Haytham Samarchi |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Jean Thomas |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Joshua Baker |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Joshua Guenther |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Laszlo Perlaky |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Lewis Abulafia |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Mark Laussade |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| Matti Jaffe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Nick Grossman |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Patti Mitchell |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Phil Hawkins |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Russ Morris |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Stephen Brkich |
2 |
1 |
0 |
January, 2023 - Theme is "Oldies"
Basic Award Winners for January, 2023
| Award(s) |
Name |
Title |
| 1st |
Clay Leben |
Packard Winged Victory |
| Gold |
Dennis Isenberg |
On the rocks |
Intermediate Award Winners for January, 2023
| Award(s) |
Name |
Title |
| 1st, Silver |
William Ling |
Basking in the Sun |
| 1st, Bronze |
Jim McDaniel |
Sacred Mist |
| 3rd, Gold |
Michael Knox |
Corpus Christi sunrise |
| HM |
Dave DeVore |
Balancing Act or "Do these pants make me look fat? |
| HM |
Michael Knox |
Northern Boulevard, Queens |
Advanced Award Winners for January, 2023
| Award(s) |
Name |
Title |
| 1st, Gold |
Mark Laussade |
America's Bird |
| 2nd |
Dennis Bosserman |
After the Storm |
| 2nd |
Stephen Brkich |
Which One |
| HM |
Mark Laussade |
Iceberg Lagoon |
| Silver |
Gary Hook |
the sand whispers at dawn |
| Bronze |
Jean Thomas |
Lady In Red |