Thank YOU for this informative addendum! As I mentioned in another reply – as I haven't got any spare funds, I haven't even looked into using voting bots. My gut told me to just plug in honestly where I feel I can offer the most, and patiently trust that doing so will prove to in and of itself be rewarding. I'm glad I found @photocontests so early on. The daily subjects have given me the perfect filters with which to comb through my insane amounts of visual media and pluck just a couple from my overflowing coffers each day. • I've compiled a list of other contests, but haven't yet entered many. NOw that I've finally published this piece, I'll look into entering a few. To be frank – drafting this post took waaayyy too long and distracted me from doing much else on here for the last few days. I'm glad I finished it, though! Feels good to get it all out of my head. • Thanks for your support!