A Picture Says A Thousand Words - Writing Competition

Tokyo/Glow HD from Nathan Johnston on Vimeo.

Tokyo/Glow is a series of photographs that have been put together to make a short stopmotion film with a sweet storyline. All pictures can are part of a bigger story. Which leads me on to:

A Picture Says A Thousand Words - a new regular writing competition. You are invited to write pieces of up to 1000 words (which can be anything from haikus and flash fiction to narrative poems and scripts) inspired by a set of photographs.

For this first round we are using the photos of Laura Bassi. Laura takes fantastic photos and she also blogs for A Tribe Called Next.

HOW TO ENTER:
1. Follow! Either here, or on twitter.
2. Look at the photos below
3. Write something, anything inspired by any of the photos. You can enter up to three different pieces and each piece has an upper limit of 1000 words.
4. Email your work to zita.thisiswherewebelong@gmail.com as well as your name and contact number. Put "Writing Competition" in the subject line. Do this by midnight (GMT) on 1st June 2010.
5. Now sit back and wait until the end of June to find out if you've won.

PRIZES:
1st prize is the first choice of 4 items from the following list.
2nd prize is the second choice of the 3 items from those remaining on the following list.
3rd prize is the third choice of the 2 items from those remaining on the following list.
Whatever is left will be distributed randomly between Commended entrants.
ALL WINNERS AND COMMENDED ENTRANTS WILL BE FEATURED ON HERE (and then later in the printed zine).

Prize List-

• £15 iTunes voucher
• A signed season DVD of E4's Misfits
• Camera
• Audrey Hepburn poster
• Marilyn Monroe poster
• The Charm Necklace (a necklace in aid of Cancer Research UK with charms designed by Christian Louboutin, Kate Moss, Scarlett Johansson, Catherine Tate, Grayson Perry and Stephen Webster)
• The Fire We Harbour - a collection of poetry by the Foyle Young Poets of The Year.
• The Informers by Brett Easton Ellis
• Just In Case by Meg Rosoff
• Magic For Beginners by Kelly Link
• Love You Madly by Alex George
• The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding
• Star-Crossed: A Romeo & Juliet Story by Rachael Wing
• We Are The New Romantics by Niven Govinden
• Cinammon Girl: This Way To Paradise by Cathy Hopkins
• Sunita's Secret by Narinder Dhami
• Mates, Dates Guide To Life by Cathy Hopkins
• BIG HAIR. A history by James Innes-Smith

PICTURES:
(Click on them to see them larger and more clearly)

If you'd like your photographs to be used in the next competition email zita.thisiswherewebelong@gmail.com with "Photographer" in the subject line.

Any questions about this competition can also be emailed or left in the comments.