I think it would be interesting to setup a catergory similar to HQ holden racing. If you could get one of the big suppliers on board it could be used to showcase their gear eg orion make scopes, cameras and mounts. It could run something like this...
Supplier provides 10 sets of identical equipment. Entrants have thier name drawn from a barrel and are given a set time to to take their pics at the scope. Once time is up another entrant gets a go. You could then limit processing time to 2 hours making sure everyone gets a chance to make the most of their shots in the given time whilst using the same software(I know you can waste weeks on this) and its all square. Perhaps it could be called the DM production series
. If nothing else it would be a lot of fun.
As for the Malin awards, I love seeing the work Mike and friends produce for this competition. It shows what is possible with good gear and a whole load of natural talent.
Mark