Tonight's the night our fabulous panel will gather in NYC to review the hundreds of entries we've received at Hey, Hot Shot! since we opened the flood gates on March 5th. Arriving from all parts of the country, panelists will hunker down in a cozy office space in Chelsea to consider each and every photograph submitted. It's a grueling task but one that we look forward to!

Among this meeting of the minds?
Jen Bekman, Founder of Jen Bekman Projects, including HHS!, 20x200, and Jen Bekman Gallery
Christine Collins, JBG artist and photographer, professor at the Art Institute Boston
Caterina Fake, Co-founder of Flickr and up-coming Hunch.com
Dana Faconti, Editor and Publisher of Blind Spot
Stephen Frailey, Chair of the Photo Dept at SVA, Editor in Chief of Dear Dave
Raul Gutierrez, photographer, Spring 2006 Hot Shot and critical player on team 20x200
Darius Himes, Founding Editor of photo-Eye Booklist and Founding Member of Radius Books
Jenni Holder, Former Director of Edwynn Houk Gallery
Julia Leach, Founder of Chance Studio and former EVP/Creative Director for kate spade
Nion McEvoy, Chairman and CEO of Chronicle Books and the McEvoy Group
Lesley A. Martin, Publisher at Aperture's book program
Kent Rogowski, photographer and visiting critic at RISD, Founder of Scaffold
Stefan Ruiz, photographer and former Creative Director of Colors Magazine

Quite a crew, no? A couple individuals will be sadly missed this evening but they'll be considering all the entries from afar via our handy online review tool. Everyone's contributions are essential in this marathon process. Slow and steady we go — agonizing deliberations continue until the Hot Shots are announced on May 28th!

We'll try and tweet a few peeks into the process this evening — stay tuned.