The following is the 2018 Award Release dates. We are pushing out significant updates to the Pixoto website over the next month so the schedule might vary slightly. You can check back here for updates.
5/3/19 News & Events - Sent 5/3
5/4/19 Web & Apps - Sent 5/5
5/5/19 Drawing - Sent 5/5
5/6/19 Painting - Sent 5/6
5/7/19 Typography - Sent 5/7
5/8/19 Weekly Awards - Sent 5/8
5/9/19 Illustration - Sent 5/9
5/10/19 Novices Only - Sent 5/10
5/11/19 Wedding - Sent 5/11
5/12/19 Animals - Cats - Sent 5/12
5/13/19 Public Holidays - Sent 5/13
5/14/19 Abstract - Sent 5/14
5/15/19 Weekly Awards - Sent 5/15
5/16/19 ** Major Release **
5/17/19 Sports & Fitness - Sent 5/17
5/18/19 Digital Art - Sent 5/18
5/19/19 Food & Drink - Sent 5/19
5/20/19 ** Performance Release **
5/21/19 Animals - Dogs - Sent 5/21
5/22/19 Weekly Awards - Sent 5/22
5/23/19 April Awards - Sent 5/23
5/24/19 Babies & Children - Sent 5/24
5/25/19 Instagram & Mobile - Sent 5/25
5/26/19 Artistic Objects - Sent 5/26
5/27/19 Release
5/28/19 Black & White - Sent 5/28
5/29/19 Weekly Awards - Sent 5/29
5/30/19 Transportation - Sent 5/30
5/31/19 City, Street & Par - Sent 5/31
6/1/19 Release
6/2/19 Nature Up Close - Sent 6/2
6/3/19 Buildings & Architecture - Sent 6/4
6/5/19-6/8/19 Planned Releases
6/9/19 People - Sent 6/9
6/10/19 Landscapes - Pending - will be delayed
6/11/19 Flowers - Send 6/11
6/12/19 Weekly Awards
6/13/19 Animals
5/3/19 News & Events - Sent 5/3
5/4/19 Web & Apps - Sent 5/5
5/5/19 Drawing - Sent 5/5
5/6/19 Painting - Sent 5/6
5/7/19 Typography - Sent 5/7
5/8/19 Weekly Awards - Sent 5/8
5/9/19 Illustration - Sent 5/9
5/10/19 Novices Only - Sent 5/10
5/11/19 Wedding - Sent 5/11
5/12/19 Animals - Cats - Sent 5/12
5/13/19 Public Holidays - Sent 5/13
5/14/19 Abstract - Sent 5/14
5/15/19 Weekly Awards - Sent 5/15
5/16/19 ** Major Release **
5/17/19 Sports & Fitness - Sent 5/17
5/18/19 Digital Art - Sent 5/18
5/19/19 Food & Drink - Sent 5/19
5/20/19 ** Performance Release **
5/21/19 Animals - Dogs - Sent 5/21
5/22/19 Weekly Awards - Sent 5/22
5/23/19 April Awards - Sent 5/23
5/24/19 Babies & Children - Sent 5/24
5/25/19 Instagram & Mobile - Sent 5/25
5/26/19 Artistic Objects - Sent 5/26
5/27/19 Release
5/28/19 Black & White - Sent 5/28
5/29/19 Weekly Awards - Sent 5/29
5/30/19 Transportation - Sent 5/30
5/31/19 City, Street & Par - Sent 5/31
6/1/19 Release
6/2/19 Nature Up Close - Sent 6/2
6/3/19 Buildings & Architecture - Sent 6/4
6/5/19-6/8/19 Planned Releases
6/9/19 People - Sent 6/9
6/10/19 Landscapes - Pending - will be delayed
6/11/19 Flowers - Send 6/11
6/12/19 Weekly Awards
6/13/19 Animals
Scott Murphy, Official Rep
Posted 5 months ago
Don't forget that Scott says it's tentative....
Scott Murphy, Official Rep
Tentative as in leaving some flexibility in the schedule, but for the most part it should be accurate.
I'm sure everyone is glad it's a tentative schedule.
I know it takes Pixoto ages to respond and actually get things done - the fact that the dates for 2018 awards are only now being listed - and even then as tentative - does seem to confirm this as we're now almost 1/2 way through 2019.
Scott Murphy, Official Rep
We had a massive infrastructure change and were not about to release the awards in the middle of it. We are working ambitiously to respond faster and more efficiently as well as improve the overall system. Thank you for your patience.
Have you people not noticed that the annual awards ARE being given? They just gave out PUBLIC HOLIDAYS today. This was the tenth category to be given out. I’m thrilled!
(Edited)
The thrill is gone. We’re stuck.
Scott Murphy, Official Rep
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How long will the delay on LANDSCAPES be?
Scott Murphy, Official Rep
HI Jennifer, unfortunately it could be up to 2 weeks.
What happened?
Scott Murphy, Official Rep
There was an issue with that category that prevented getting it out on time. I am not exactly sure what the underlying issue was as it will require a deeper investigation. Nothing serious, but still needs to be addressed. We now need to get a few releases out before we run any more annual rewards.
Are you any closer to getting the issue resolved? Have a new timeline on the remaining categories? Thanks.
Scott Murphy, Official Rep
Well, ideally, I would like to get the contest replacement out first and then wait a week for things to stabilize. You are mostly interested in landscapes or animals as well?
I was wondering if you were getting close. You had stated possibly a couple of weeks to get it done.
I would mostly just like to see the annual awards completed for everybody and not left hanging with just these two to go.
I would mostly just like to see the annual awards completed for everybody and not left hanging with just these two to go.
So when are you going to get the contest replacement done?
Scott Murphy, Official Rep
Hi Jennifer, we had to get the contest changes out. I will commit to doing one this week and the last one the following week.
Just wondering if the annual stickers will also be awarded soon, now that the yearly awards are figured out. Thanks!
Hello, Jasenka--or Scott! Or somebody?? Still wondering! :D
Karen, the annual stickers can't be awarded until they finish awards in all the categories. We are still anxiously awaiting annual awards in animals. I believe all the others may have been awarded. Oh, Scott, I was so hoping that things would be better this year. It's almost August. Could we please focus on winding down 2018 so that we can move on. It is very discouraging that it takes most of the year to see the awards from the previous year.
Scott Murphy, Official Rep
Hey guys, we ran into a few issues which are now fixed, but want to make sure everything is running smoothly before we send out so many email notifications. We will target next week for the new send date for 1/2 of the remaining categories. We sent out Monthly awards today.
Thank you for letting me know!
We are still lacking LANDSCAPES and ANIMALS.
Hi Scott.
Above you stated :
"Hey guys, we ran into a few issues which are now fixed, but want to make sure everything is running smoothly before we send out so many email notifications. We will target next week for the new send date for 1/2 of the remaining categories. We sent out Monthly awards today."
That was 14 days ago: Did I miss an update?
Thx
Above you stated :
"Hey guys, we ran into a few issues which are now fixed, but want to make sure everything is running smoothly before we send out so many email notifications. We will target next week for the new send date for 1/2 of the remaining categories. We sent out Monthly awards today."
That was 14 days ago: Did I miss an update?
Thx
Twenty-eight days ago he ‘committed’ to releasing one of the remaining categories THAT week and the last one the next week.
Scott Murphy, Official Rep
Hello Everyone,
Thank you for your patience.
We are focusing on migrating the duel system prior to running the remaining annual awards to prevent any major hiccups. The work is done, we are just making sure that everything performs correctly prior to transferring over. Best case scenario this is completed in a week. Worst case is a month.
Thank you for your patience.
We are focusing on migrating the duel system prior to running the remaining annual awards to prevent any major hiccups. The work is done, we are just making sure that everything performs correctly prior to transferring over. Best case scenario this is completed in a week. Worst case is a month.
Clear Scott. Stick to the dates you promised now.
Lesson for the future:
Whenever you keep a shop open when doing a renovation, this means that it should be "business as usual" and you need to continue to serve your customers.
Looking at situation at the situation at Pixoto for the last 6-8 months, keeping the shop open failed. Promises were made and solutions were postponed to often with the argument of being busy with the overhaul of (parts of Pixoto).
The awards are best example. The awards and badges are the shop-windows and billboards of the Pixoto shop and obviously very important to stop losing customers.
Renovation is not a valid argument to forget the loyal members. But you did it...
Next time do the renovation without promising service to customers.
Or (much) Better: improve the balance of renovation vs customer service a lot!
I can assure you that if your solution was a business critical solution, your shop got broke and was closed for long already....
Lesson for the future:
Whenever you keep a shop open when doing a renovation, this means that it should be "business as usual" and you need to continue to serve your customers.
Looking at situation at the situation at Pixoto for the last 6-8 months, keeping the shop open failed. Promises were made and solutions were postponed to often with the argument of being busy with the overhaul of (parts of Pixoto).
The awards are best example. The awards and badges are the shop-windows and billboards of the Pixoto shop and obviously very important to stop losing customers.
Renovation is not a valid argument to forget the loyal members. But you did it...
Next time do the renovation without promising service to customers.
Or (much) Better: improve the balance of renovation vs customer service a lot!
I can assure you that if your solution was a business critical solution, your shop got broke and was closed for long already....
Pixoto have shown time and time again that they don't care. They are not bothered about loyalty or doing right by their customers. if they leave so what, there will be anothe mug along soon.
Yes, what does “migrating the duel system” mean exactly?
Jasenka, Official Rep
J-Lo I'm not that into tech stuff of Pixoto, but to my knowledge "migrating the duel system" means voting will be migrating to newer version of voting (duel system).
So, my post was migrated to a post that is 4 months old? A schedule was posted and not met. Still no 2018 award badges have been posted to the top 20 photographers in each category.
Jasenka, Official Rep
Ron, please check Scott's reply above (7 days ago):
"Thank you for your patience.
We are focusing on migrating the duel system prior to running the remaining annual awards to prevent any major hiccups. The work is done, we are just making sure that everything performs correctly prior to transferring over. Best case scenario this is completed in a week. Worst case is a month. "
"Thank you for your patience.
We are focusing on migrating the duel system prior to running the remaining annual awards to prevent any major hiccups. The work is done, we are just making sure that everything performs correctly prior to transferring over. Best case scenario this is completed in a week. Worst case is a month. "
Let’s be patient, and remember that in 2018, the 2017 awards concerning the category "Animals" were published on November the 21th !!...
It is only September, nothing is lost!!!
Seriously Scott, do you think this is a normal situation?
I think we’re being laughed at.
I don’t understand (and I’m not the only one) why the system is able to publish daily and weekly awards on a regular basis, and why it can’t publish monthly and yearly awards on the same regular basis.
Yet it is the same principle and the same algorithms.
So I agree with Raphael, in his last post, it's becoming necessary for you to provide us some explanations regarding the reasons of this situation.
Thank you.
Gérard
It is only September, nothing is lost!!!
Seriously Scott, do you think this is a normal situation?
I think we’re being laughed at.
I don’t understand (and I’m not the only one) why the system is able to publish daily and weekly awards on a regular basis, and why it can’t publish monthly and yearly awards on the same regular basis.
Yet it is the same principle and the same algorithms.
So I agree with Raphael, in his last post, it's becoming necessary for you to provide us some explanations regarding the reasons of this situation.
Thank you.
Gérard
Scott Murphy, Official Rep
Hello Gérard,
We will look to automating it after we get the final 2 categories sent out.
We will look to automating it after we get the final 2 categories sent out.
Thanks Scott.
That's a good news....
That's a good news....
Scott Murphy, Official Rep
Hello everyone,
Here is an update. We finished getting the Voting system release. We will monitor it for a week and if there are no issues, we will proceed with the final 2 awards categories.
Best,
Scott
Here is an update. We finished getting the Voting system release. We will monitor it for a week and if there are no issues, we will proceed with the final 2 awards categories.
Best,
Scott
What is going on Scott? What is the problem? Final two categories and badges for 2018 still not issued and it's the middle of September 2019. You have had over 9 months to fix whatever problems you are having. We are running out of patience.
Scott Murphy, Official Rep
We have been working hard making a lot of changes behind the scenes. We are pleased with the results of the voting system and are actually rolling out a release to replace the backend infrastructure for the leaderboards and image detail pages within the next week.
We will wrap this up as follows:
Thursday, 9/19/19 - August Monthly Awards
Thursday, 9/26/19 - Landscapes
Thursday 10/3/19 - Animals
Thursday 10/10/19 - Badge Assignment
Starting in October, monthly awards assignment will be automatic going forward.
We will wrap this up as follows:
Thursday, 9/19/19 - August Monthly Awards
Thursday, 9/26/19 - Landscapes
Thursday 10/3/19 - Animals
Thursday 10/10/19 - Badge Assignment
Starting in October, monthly awards assignment will be automatic going forward.
Thank you for your answer Scott. Let's hope everything goes as planned with these awards and badges.
Did Animals awards for 2018 go out yesterday?
Scott Murphy, Official Rep
Animals has not gone out yet. Please see comment below.
When will I get 2018 Transportation annual badge (5th place)? thx.
Jasenka, Official Rep
Jeffrey, according to schedule Scott posted 5 days ago, 2018 badge assignment should be on Thursday 10/10/19.
Scott Murphy, Official Rep
J-Lo
There are 158 in Drawing.
There are 235 in Painting.
There are 415 in Typography.
There are 788 in Illustration.
There are 155 in Novices Only.
There are 442 in Weddings.
There are 551 in Animals - Cats.
There are 2,104 total in Public Holidays.
There are 2,444 total in Abstract.
There are 2,847 Sports and Fitness.
There are 3,216 Digital Art.
There are 3,337 in Food and Drink.
There are 3,351 in Animals - Dogs.
There are 4,887 in Babies & Children.
There are 5,155 in Instagram & Mobile.
There are 8,164 in Artistic Objects.
There are 10,132 in Black & White.
There are 13,121 in Nature Up-Close.
There are 16,543 in Buildings & Architecture.
J-Lo
Jasenka, Official Rep
I hope this helps.
J-Lo
J-Lo
There are 158 in Drawing.
There are 235 in Painting.
There are 415 in Typography.
There are 788 in Illustration.
There are 155 in Novices Only.
There are 442 in Weddings.
There are 551 in Animals - Cats.
There are 2,104 total in Public Holidays.
There are 2,444 total in Abstract.
There are 2,847 Sports and Fitness.
There are 3,216 Digital Art.
There are 3,337 in Food and Drink.
There are 3,351 in Animals - Dogs.
There are 4,887 in Babies & Children.
There are 5,155 in Instagram & Mobile.
There are 8,164 in Artistic Objects.
There are 10,132 in Black & White.
There are 10,409 in Transportation.
There are 10,856 in City, Street and Park.
There are 13,121 in Nature Up-Close.
There are 16,543 in Buildings & Architecture.
There are 17,213 in People.
There are at least 29,712 in Landscapes. Computer locked up. HA!
Okay. I made it through to the end. Landscapes has 33,083.
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Flowers: 35,211
Thanks for your efforts
@Scott: showing number of pictures in a category for the day/week/month/year would be a nice additional feature indeed
J-Lo