Hi everyone, just a relatively moderately-sized announcement regarding the next few months of Screenshot of the Week. I can't believe we're nearly at the end of 2023!
I'll start with the bad news first - there will be no Screenshot of the Week for the month of January 2024. I'll be looking to use this downtime to assess the long term goals (actually, just 2024) of SotW. I will also be getting married at the end of December, so I'll be taking a week off over the New Year to focus on IRL things!
The good news though? Screenshot of the Year 2023 will be running in place of Screenshot of the Week! I want to showcase the incredible screenshots that entered and won contests - not just SotW, but Screenshot of the Month too! Scheduling this during January will mean that Screenshot of the Month 199 will only be open for two weeks, instead of the full month.
Screenshot of the Month winners will be split into three brackets - the make up of each group will be determined at random (except for SotM 199, which will be in the third group) - with the winners of each group facing off against each other for Screenshot of the Year.
Each contest will run for a week, and any tiebreaker contests for the Red and Green Brackets will take place during the following week. In the case of a tiebreaker happening in the Blue Bracket, the Screenshot of the Year Grand Final will be delayed by a week.
Pending any change in circumstances, this will be the schedule:
- January 8, 2024 - Screenshot of the Month 199 starts
- January 8, 2024 - Screenshot of the Year 2023 (Green Bracket)
- January 15, 2024 - Screenshot of the Year 2023 (Red Bracket)
- January 22, 2024 - Screenshot of the Year 2023 (Blue Bracket) / Screenshot of the Month 199 concludes
- January 29, 2024 - Screenshot of the Year 2023 (Grand Final)
- February 5, 2024 - Screenshot of the Week 2024 commences!
If you have any questions around the schedule or how Screenshot of the Year will work, please feel free to reach out!