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Judges Panel

The judges curate Daily Photo / Promoted / Top Pick / Featured selections. With tiered collaboration, we filter large volumes of uploads and give truly outstanding works a fair chance to be seen.

Read criteria & process

Junior judges are openly recruited every June & December
Mid/Senior judges are promoted based on KPI in the past 6 months

Junior Judges

Filter out clearly low-quality, off-topic or casual shots; a work is eliminated only after at least three junior “reject” votes. Remaining works move on to mid-level review.

Mid-level Judges

Vote on the works that pass junior screening; reaching the promotion threshold grants the Featured tag and pushes the work to senior judges. Reaching the elimination threshold removes it with no tag.

Senior Judges

Score Featured works on a 10-point scale; works meeting the Top Pick threshold get the Top Pick tag. Daily Photo level works enter a queue and are published by curated rotation rules.