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Astrophotography Prize

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Jaime Zapata avatar
Jaime Zapata avatar
- 12k prize pool.
- Tons of advertisement.
- Claim to have had success in 2023, but both the Facebook page [[url]https://www.facebook.com/share/ayiQqgVnw3g9nU2r/?mibextid=qi2Omg] and the website [astrophotographyprize.com] are recently created (early July 2024 by inspecting FB Transparency and Whois).
- Sponsors such as AstroBin or Stellarvue do not refer to the contest on their websites.
- There is a 30-160 AUD participation fee ...

Real, commercial or scam? What do you think?

@Salvatore Iovene, are you an actual sponsor?
@Bray Falls, are you an actual judge?
Salvatore Iovene avatar
Salvatore Iovene avatar
Hi @Jaime Zapata ,

yes, this is legit. I did sponsor it and I’ve been in touch with @Andy 01 about it, and he’s been on the IOTD team for several years and I trust him.

BTW there are ads in astrobin about this, but you would not see them if you opted out of ads.
Jaime Zapata avatar
Jaime Zapata avatar
@Salvatore Iovene. Good to know! Thanks for your confirmation.
Bray Falls avatar
Bray Falls avatar
Jaime Zapata:
- 12k prize pool.
- Tons of advertisement.
- Claim to have had success in 2023, but both the Facebook page [[url]https://www.facebook.com/share/ayiQqgVnw3g9nU2r/?mibextid=qi2Omg] and the website [astrophotographyprize.com] are recently created (early July 2024 by inspecting FB Transparency and Whois).
- Sponsors such as AstroBin or Stellarvue do not refer to the contest on their websites.
- There is a 30-160 AUD participation fee ...

Real, commercial or scam? What do you think?

@Salvatore Iovene, are you an actual sponsor?
@Bray Falls, are you an actual judge?

Yeah I'm judging!
Andy 01 avatar
Andy 01 avatar
Hi Jaime, 

Yep - 100% Legit and very exiting!

https://astrophotographyprize.com/home

Real and vastly experienced astrophotography judges, now $13k USD in real prizes, real live judging! 
See Stellarvue's latest newsletter - https://myemail-api.constantcontact.com/Stellarvue-Newsletter--August-2024-.html?soid=1103511387213&aid=WYg5lXMOtIk
And Sidereal's FB page - https://www.facebook.com/siderealtrading

Established in 2023, the Astrophotography Prize is an international photography competition celebrating Astrophotographers worldwide.
(This grew from the Australian Photographic Prize, which has been running since 2022. Astrophotography was introduced as a category last year)  https://australianphotographicprize.com.au/home

The Astrophotography Prize is organized by a committed core group of astrophotographers.
We aim to support astrophotographers worldwide in refining their skills and deriving maximum enjoyment from this hobby.
  • Categories for Deep Space
  • Astrophotography Landscape
  • Solar System
  • Remote Imaging

We had our first online critique session via Zoom yesterday. @Wolfgang Promper @Marco Lorenzi and APP landscape judge Paul Hoelen offered valuable insights into the images submitted. The feedback received was overwhelmingly positive, and it was amazing to link Astrophotographers from Europe, the USA, Asia and Australia on the call.

I'm happy to answer any questions here that entrants may have. 

Entries close Sept 1st, 2024 - Looking forward to your participation!

CS

Andy
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TiffsAndAstro avatar
TiffsAndAstro avatar
does the winner get their entry fee back lol? how does this pass gambling laws ?
Dionysus avatar
Dionysus avatar
Quite relieved when I saw the list of judges - should give the rest of us a chance… smile
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