Dear All, The third annual *Picture of the Year* competition is an event where the images that became Featured Pictureshttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/COM:FPduring the year are voted on by members from all of the Wikimedia projects, to produce a single Picture of the Year.

The galleries have been prepared herehttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2008/Galleries. Feel free to browse our worthy contenders for the title, though voting has yet to begin.

The contest is being run by a first-time team this year, after the previous group left unexpectedly. We hope that you will bear with us if we make any mistakes.

For voters:

* Voting eligibility, how to votehttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2008/Voting