Darkginger - the reason I'm against competitors voting for other competitors is that when there's big prizes at stake there will be a lot of "crafty" voting. I must be honest and say that if competitors are allowed to vote on pre-judging then I'll be voting craftily too, bearing in mind there might be a big big prize up for grabs. Just to give you an example of what I mean: I submit an entry. I check out the others and they're really good. I'm not even sure that mine will get past pre-judging. So what do I do? - Vote for the best image thus increasing my competition and jeopardising my chances of getting through pre-judging? No way! I vote for the worst one there! And with potentially hundreds of people doing exactly the same thing, the images that get through pre-judging are unlikely to be the ones we REALLY think are best. It must be the way my mind works, that I think of things like this ;)))) but if I entered then this would be a way serious thing for me, not just the fun of a monthly challenge! goes off to look for pennies down the back of the sofa...