My cheerful prognostication is Martin Pugh will once again dominate Deep-Sky.
(unless some other seriously-skilled operator has some top-shelf gear on a remote mountain-top
)
The rest however is going to be tough...with two (!) eclipses, comets and some sublime wide field work in the last 12 months I suspect the finalist images will be of the highest calibre yet to be seen at CWAS.
Good luck to those who have entered!