Marcy, I saw your questions on the forum. Why dont't you get awards? I don't know. I looked at your portfolio and I think there's nothing wrong with your subjects, pictures are sharp and the expressions on the childrens faces are interesting. Maybe it's a good thing not to cut off the heads of the children. You do that quite often. Further suggestion: try to have fun when you are taking these pictures. Don't do it to get an award, do it for your own fun and for the children. Try to take a hundred pictures of the boy you like most and let us pick the nr 1 of the ten best. What you think is the best picture isn't allways the best picture in the opinion of others. So, just have fun, you'll get the awards. Kind regards, Ted