Dear Wikimedians,
The 2007 Picture of the Year competition is now concluded, and we are happy to announce the results:
WINNER: '''Broadway Tower in Cotswolds, England.''' ([[:Image:Broadway tower edit.jpg]]) by [[:en:User:Newton2|Newton2]]. 84 votes
RUNNER-UP: '''New York City at night, USA.''' ([[:Image:New York City at night HDR.jpg]]) by ''Paulo Barcellos Jr.''. 67 votes
2ND RUNNER-UP: '''Red Squirrel in the Hofgarten in Düsseldorf''' ([[:Image:Eichhörnchen Düsseldorf Hofgarten edit.jpg]]) by [[User:Ray eye|Ray eye]]. 66 votes
In the first round, there were 665 voting among 514 images. The top 28 made it to the final, where 919 voters voted. Congratulations to all the contributors who helped create these beautiful works and made them available to the world as free content.
A complete listing of the voting totals, along with selected voter comments, is available at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2007/Results .
Thanks to all the voters for participating, and we look forward to doing it all again for 2008. :)
Thanks, Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2007