The SND competition’s winners database is up and running. And the annual post-contest what’s-the-point-of-the-whole-thing-anyway thread is raging on at Visual Editors.

Update: They’ve also updated the awards totals for the top winners:

• Los Angeles Times and its magazine, 107


• The New York Times and its magazine, 99


• Excelsior of Mexico City, 72


• Hartford Courant, 57


• San Jose Mercury News, 55


• The Boston Globe and its magazine, 52


• South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 47


• La Presse in Quebec, Canada, 43


• The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, 40


• El Mundo of Madrid, Spain, and its magazines, 40


• National Post in Toronto, 38


• The Guardian in London, 35


• The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, 35


• San Francisco Chronicle, 28


• Gazette in Montreal, 23


• Clarin in Buenos Aires, 22


• The Dallas Morning News, 22


• Politiken in Copenhagen, 22