Once again, our Amateur Photographer of the Year competition was tightly fought – and for the second time, Young APOY ended up with joint winners!

Here are the top ten images uploaded to Photocrowd from Round Ten, Open, with comments by the AP team and our guest judges

Our showcase of category winners from the World Sports Photography Awards

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

One reader, one pro… creative studio lighting effects under the direction of James Paterson

The APOY judges choose their favourite images that didn’t make the top ten of our Open category