IMAGE of the Week CONTEST

Astrophotographers!!!

Enter the Astroworld TV Image of the Week Contest!!!
You can have a chance for your image to be part of our annual calendar.

Thanks to the support and generosity of our Patreon and YouTube members for making this possible. We could not do this without the continued support of our members. Thank You All!!

Image of the Week Winner – April 25, 2025

Congratulations to Cone Nebula Region NGC 2264 by Phoenix Astro  (Experienced) and the Pacman Nebula by Keith Sisk (Novice)

Next Image of the Week Contest – May 2, 2025 

The winning selection will advance to the IOTM Contest at the end of April!

  Entry Period (Apr 26 – Apr 29, 2025) 
 

Submit your Photos and descriptions for the next contest. The winners will be announced on May 2
ENTRY PERIOD
OPENS: Saturday 8:00 AM Eastern
ENDS: Tuesday 07:00 AM Eastern

See rules below prior to submission

Submission Window Opens Saturdays @ 8:00 AM Eastern 

 

Voting Opens Wednesdays @ 8:00 AM Eastern – Closing Fridays @ 9:30 PM Eastern 

The winner will be announced LIVE on the Friday Night Show

Click here to submit entry

Rules for  AstroWorld Image of the Week(IOTW),  Month (IOTM) and Image of the Year Contests

 

1. Image entry period begins every week on Saturday at 8:00 AM Eastern concluding Tuesday at 7:00 AM Eastern unless previously informed on this webpage.

2. Effective July 15, 2023,  in order to keep optimal performance ALL SUBMISSIONS must adhere to the following requirements or will not qualify:

  • Maximum Resolution: 72 pixels/inch

  • Maximum Image Size: 1200 x 800

  • Submitted in WEBP format.

Applications such as PIXINSIGHT, Adobe Photoshop, and free online WEBP image conversion tools are available on the internet.

Thank you for your understanding and support. 

3. Images must be your composition and utilize your equipment(No rental scopes). Please include a description of the image, including star catalog designation and imaging equipment used.

4. Voting begins at 8:00 AM Wednesday and ends at 9:30 PM Friday (Eastern Time).

5. Winners will be announced on the Friday Live Show.

6. Photographers can have more than one winning IOTW per calendar year.  However, photographers may have only one winning Image of the Month.

  •          6a. If you win more than one IOTM  per contest year, you may choose the image that will be added to the annual calendar.

  •          6b. The IOTM runner-up will be selected as the winner for the respective month.

  •          6c. However, In the event of a tie for the IOTM, both winning images will share the month with their images featured side by side in the calendar. 

  •         6d. If there is only one entry in the weekly contest, that entry wins by default and moves on to the monthly contest.

7. Starting on August 2, 2024, IOTW contest, a novice folder will be added for beginning astrophotographers new to the hobby with little experience who want to enter their images. 

  •          7a.  The novice entry folder is for new astrophotographers only. Any novice winning 3 novice IOTW contests must move up to the IOTW contest and you are no longer considered a novice.  

 

8.  Image of the Month (IOTM) will be selected from all the current month’s Image of the Week winners and announced on the 3rd Friday of the month.

9.  AstroWorld Image of the Year will be announced on the Third Wednesday in January.

10. All IOTM-winning images will be featured in the annual AstroWorld Photo Calendar for their respective winning month.

11. Only eligible Image of the Month entries will be entered for Image of the Year.

12. The member with the most winning IOTW entries and the Image of the Year winner will receive a fabulous prize!

 

 

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