After well over 2,000 votes in round 1 of the 2009 Photograph of the Year contest, it’s time to find out which photographs will move on to the final voting round. The entries were initially split up into 7 “groups” with 21 photographs in each group. The top three photographs from each group will move on to the final round. With voting complete, we’ve tallied up the votes and announced which photographs will battle it out for the $10,000 in prizes, including a $3,250 grand prize.

Below are links to the voting results, as well as the 3 photographs from each group that are moving on to the final voting round (which will begin tomorrow). Congratulations to those that have photographs moving on to the final round!

• Winning Photographs: Autumn Resurrection, Garden of Eden & Storm at Shiprock
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• Winning Photographs: Blue Hour Magic, Storm on the Plains & Scrap Yard - End of an Era
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• Winning Photographs: Precious and Fragile, Malostranska & The Three Amigos
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• Winning Photographs: Tiny Bubbles, Nice Ice & Ghosts of Christmas Present
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• Winning Photographs: Lemon Splash, Soothing & Waiting
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• Winning Photographs: Topsail Pier, Catch Me If You Can & Killer Mountain (Nanga Parbat)
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• Winning Photographs: Violist, Morning Fog & Don’t Mess with Mick
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If you haven’t already, make sure to check out each of the sponsors from the contest: PhotoBook Press, Cotton Carrier, Mpix, Imagevuex, AKVIS, ThinkTankPhoto, Amazon.com, SmugMug and Daymen. Once you’ve checked out their sites, products and services, be sure to head on over to this thread to thank them for their support.

The final round of voting will begin on January 19th, within the winners announced on January 27th. Make sure you’re subscribed by email, rss or you’re following @thecorner on twitter to keep updated on the rest of the contest!