Will using your analysis disqualify me from the competition?

No. We analyze your photograph; we don't edit it. The original file you submit is unchanged. The disqualification risk some competitions flag (WPP, Sony, HIPA) concerns generative editing — which we don't do.

For top-tier competitions where any AI-curated selection could be challenged under "author every curatorial choice" rules, we flag that explicitly on the competition page. The decision to enter stays yours.

Does a strong verdict mean my photo is safe from being flagged or disqualified?

No — and this distinction matters. WinPhoto reads the rulebook: it tells you which competition your photo fits and which specific rule is the landmine for your frame — the eligibility window, the edit limits, the AI-disclosure clause. That's the read you're paying for.

It does not do forensic authenticity analysis. We don't inspect RAW files or metadata, we don't read C2PA provenance, and we don't run AI-detection like SynthID. So a "Strong submit" is a rules-fit and craft read — never a forensic clearance. If a competition runs its own authenticity check, that's between you and the organiser. Treat our verdict as "this is the right contest, and here's the rule to watch," not "you're guaranteed safe."

Do you train AI models on my photo?

No. Our AI provider reads your photo in an EU cloud region and says it does not use it to train models. We don't learn from it either. Photos you add to your session stay on our server until you click Clear all or about 30 minutes pass without activity. With a Critic Pass they can stay much longer: click Clear all before your pass ends, or write to us and we will delete them. Our host's daily disk snapshots, kept for 5 days, can include them. If you save or share a verdict, we keep a thumbnail of the photo. Full sub-processor disclosure is in our privacy policy.

Separately: our AI provider automatically checks images for child sexual abuse material and may store, review and report an image it flags.

Do you submit on my behalf?

No. Never. We produce a ranked shortlist; you submit through each competition's own website or portal. Top-tier competition rules require the entrant to author every curatorial choice — automating submission would breach that rule.

If you want hands-off submission, you're looking at a different product than ours. We're deliberately not building that.

What if my photo doesn't match anything strongly?

You get an honest short or empty shortlist with reasoning. Some photos aren't ready for submission at a given moment; some are a better fit for competitions we haven't added yet. We'd rather tell you that than pad the list with bad fits to make you submit and lose your entry fees.

Which competitions do you cover right now?

43 active competitions across 356 categories, spanning prestige (HIPA), regional (Tasweer, Maghreb Photography Awards), conservation (Mangrove Photography Awards), and specialty (Nikon Comedy Wildlife) tiers.

We add competitions weekly. The index is curated — we prioritize competitions with verified rules, transparent judging criteria, and published juror credentials over pay-to-play "awards."

How much data do you keep about me?

We hold your email only if you give it to us (to sign in, buy, or get emails from us). Our records of sign-in links and of plan or Critic Pass checkouts keep it with a shortened IP address, and our newsletter list keeps it with a hashed one. We log each page request, and some steps you take, with a hashed IP address; our server logs record IP addresses. Apart from server logs, which our host keeps for 7 days, none of these records is deleted automatically, and neither unsubscribing nor deleting your account removes them: write to us if you want them deleted. Unless you sign in or hold a Critic Pass, the only cookie we set is a session cookie that expires four hours after your last visit.

If you use the free tier, we count your deep-judge runs in your session record, which is deleted with the session.