2009 Photo Categories

We mix these up a bit each year by adding and eliminating one or two categories. This year we thought we'd be clever and add a category called "Camera Phone" since everyone has a mobile phone and many have cameras on them. And as usual, the winner of the Top 100 category will be crowned Photo of the Year 2008.

Top 100: Dramatic vistas, stunning flora and fauna, an artful picture of a door...you name it. Top 100 photos can be of just about anything (anything fit for family consumption, that is). As the name implies, 100 photos will compete against each other for the honored title of Photo of the Year 2007.

Faces: Who can forget Goat Boy from POTY 2005? Let's see your best up close and personal photos.  Good luck beating Goat Boy's cuteness, though. 

Camera Phone: These days, pretty much anyone with mobile phone in their pocket is armed with a camera.  And some of those camera phones take respectable photos - ones you wouldn't capture were it not for the quickdraw of the phone from your pocket.  Send us these photos!

Youth: Any students out there with a strong attachment to your digital camera? This category is for photos taken by those 18 and under.  Use that youthful imagination and make your mom proud. TEACHERS, say it with us, "Hmm...Photo of the Year...what a great addition to my curriculum...I should email the folks at POTY about submitting photos as a class!"

Professional: Okay Pros, now is your chance compete in Photo of the Year.  The Photo of the Year will still go to an amateur photographer, but this category will showcase work done by the professional photographers out there.  So send us your best! For details on who we consider and amateur and who we consider a professional, please see our contest rules & regulations.