The contest is never up to date... the message board is like a forum of high school kids fighting over who is most popular. From just reading the comments on the MB it seems like a group of individuals with very low self esteem fighting to prove themselves though a photograph... there a few long time members on there who constantly push their philosophy and self righteous views on other members and belittle them... the ranking system they have is a joke and some of these people honestly believe that having a green little ribbon by their name makes them a top notch photographer... there are some good photographers on the site with useful information but they are soon over shadowed by the immature atmosphere of the MB... the admins rarely respond to emails and seem to be satisfied with letting the site and the self appointed arrogant members run the day to day operation of things... there are better sites for learning photography and most who may join that are serious about the craft will soon outgrow this site and move on... or it seems some homestead their and become a part of the cliquish crowd.,, on an site designed for ametuers.