27/09/2025
The Results of the 2025 CWAS "David Malin Awards"
In a special ceremony held today in Parkes, during the 2025 CWAS AstroFest, the winners of this year’s CWAS “David Malin Awards” were announced. The permanent exhibition of the winning images will be officially opened at the CSIRO Parkes Observatory’s Visitors Centre, tomorrow, Sunday, 28 September, at 10:00 AM.
The winners were:
NOTE:
HM = Honorable Mention
HC = Highly Commended
PEP = Photo Editor’s Pick
Nightscapes:
Winner & Overall Winner: Kavan Chay – “Crown of Light”
HM: Lucy Yunxi Hu – “Satellite Web Over Dunes”
HM: Will Hudson – “Space Grader”
HM: Stephen Mudge – “Dawn Comet”
HM: Ed Hurst – “Gog and Magog”
HC: Janice Terrill – “Comet ATLAS Over Electrical Storm”
HC: Jarrod Rueff – “Aurora Australis from Palmer, SA”
HC: Mark Osmotherly – “Mesmerizing Reflections”
PEP: Peter Abery – “4 Galaxy Panorama”
Wide-Field:
Winner: Rodney Watters – “Chamaeleon Cloud Complex”
HM: Ian Inverarity – “Blue Horse Head to Dark Horse”
HM: Murray Parkinson – “The Great Comet of 2025”
HM: Rod Prazeres – “A Supernova’s Legacy – Vela SNR”
HM: Rod Prazeres – “Stellar Hatchery – IC 2944”
HC: Peter Patonai – “Chamaeleon to the Dark Doodad”
PEP: Will Hudson – “Space Grader”
Deep Sky:
Winner: Anne-Maree McComb – “BBW56”
HM: Joshua Robertson – “The Fires of Heaven”
HM: Paul Montague – “Who Let the Steam Out”
HM: Paul Montague – “NGC 6729 in Corona Australis”
HM: Jarrod Koh – “The Friendly Ghost of Orion”
HC: Ian Inverarity – “Angel in the Dust”
HC: Jarrod Koh – “Ook Ook”
HC: Greg England – “IC 4633 with Integrated Flux Nebula”
PEP: Greg England – “Helix Nebula NGC 7293”
Solar System:
Winner: Andy Casely – “A Journey through Equinox”
HM: Ross Giakoumatos – “Comet C2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas”
HM: Niall MacNeill – “A Half-Illuminated Venus IR G UV”
HC: Andy Casely – “A Nautilus of Triton”
HC: Abdy Casely – “A Solar Sprite Takes Flight”
PEP: Karen Bourke – “240917 Saturn passes Moon”
Theme – People and Sky:
Winner: Rob Embury – “The Lights of Stykkisholmur”
HM: Will Hudson – “Nomad”
HM: Kelvin Hennessy – “Full Moon with Waving Q1 Climbers”
PEP: Rob Embury – “Stargazer – Reflections of Tyrille”
Junior:
Winner: Charlie Marzolla – “Eagle Nebula SHO”
HC: Charlie Marzolla – “NGC 300 and Comet C2020”
HC: Charlie Marzolla – “Tassi Tree with Milky Way Wide-field”
PEP: Charlie Mazolla – “Carina Nebula SHO”
Photo Editor’s Choice:
Winner: Rob Embury – “Stargazer – Reflections of Tyrille”
A video of the presentation ceremony will be posted online tomorrow, Sunday, 28 September. The awarded images will also be posted on the davidmalinawards.com website.
Congratulations to Kavan Chay, the first international entrant to be the overall winner, and to all the awarded finalists.
The image below is by the overall winner, Kavan Chay, for "Crown of Light"
