You’ve been waiting a long time for this… but today, it’s finally here. Our 2nd Annual Photograph of the Year contest: The PhotographyCorner.com 2007 Photograph of the Year contest, featuring 12 awesome sponsors who have donated over $20,000 in prizes!!

You heard me right. $20k in prizes, including a grand prize valued at approximately $5,000!! Our lead sponsor, of course, is our favorite photo-sharing site, SmugMug. The other amazing sponsors are: PsPrint.com, MastersofWeddingPhotography, ScanCafe.com, FrameDestination.com, DigitalAnarchy.com, ArcadiaSoftware.com, Wondershare, OnOneSoftware.com, TribecaLabs.com, Lensbabies.com and Lowepro.com. How about that for a sponsors lineup, eh??!

The PhotographyCorner.com 2007 Photograph of the Year contest begins today (December 18th, 2007) and runs until the end of January, 2008. Check out the Sponsors and Prizes, as well as the Rules and the Timeline of the contest before submitting a photograph.

Before Submitting a Photograph, make sure you are aware of what pieces of information are required with your submission (explained on the How to Submit a Photograph page), as well as what limitations there are as to what photographs can be submitted.

Entries are due in no later than midnight, GMT on Tuesday, January 15th, 2008.

Every photograph submitted, as long as it fits within the Rules, will have a chance to win, as the community votes on all the photographs. Voting will begin on January 18th, and will run, in several rounds (depending on the number of entries) through the end of the month, with the winners being announced on January 30th, 2008. Only members (in good standing, with at least 5 posts) of PhotographyCorner.com are able to vote on the photographs.

So what are you waiting for? Go find your best photograph from 2007 and ENTER IT!!!