Who will be your Shropshire Star Baby of the Year?
Last month more than 600 babies and toddlers were snapped by our official photographer at the Darwin Centre, Shrewsbury and Telford Shopping Centre, and now it’s up to you to vote for your favourites.
They're all in the special supplement printed in today's Shropshire Star.
The children have been split into four age categories, 0-9 months, 10-18 months, 19-35 months and 3-5 years and it’s you who decides who wins by casting your votes.
The youngster in each category with the most votes will receive £500 and the overall winner will boost their prize with an extra £250.
You can see all of the babies here.
How to vote
Simply choose your favourite from the photographs printed in the supplement and cut out the special vote tokens which will be printed each day until Saturday, July 21.
The first one, worth 10 votes, is printed in today's paper – make sure you look out for more bumper tokens over the voting period!
Then complete a Voting Tokens Return Form, quoting the child’s name, age category and unique voting code number.
Don’t worry if you need more forms, we will be printing one each Saturday during the voting period or you can download one from www.baby.shrosphirestar.com
You may, if you wish vote for more than one child. Just indicate how many tokens you want to allocate to each one (up to a maximum of five children per form).
If you wish, you can send in your vote tokens in batches or all together in one envelope after the last one has been printed, but you must include a Voting Tokens Return Form each time you send them in.
Vote tokens sent in without a form will not be counted.
Tokens will appear in the Shropshire Star until Saturday, July 21.
We will also accept votes by SMS from July 9 – make sure you pick up your copy of your Shropshire Star for full details on how to vote by text.
Send the form, along with your tokens to: Circulation Department, Shropshire Star, Waterloo Road, Ketley, Telford TF1 5DT
When will the winners be announced?
As soon as we receive your tokens they will be counted and verified to identify the winner in each age bracket.
The winners will then be announced in the Shropshire Star and on the newspaper website week commencing August 6.
Terms and conditions
Readers over the age of 18 may take part in the voting process. Closing date for receipt of vote tokens is 5pm, Friday, July 27, 2018.
Tokens must be submitted with a completed Voting Tokens Return Form each time they are sent in. Any forms received with an incorrect, missing or illegible unique voting code will not be counted. Votes received without a form or on incomplete forms will be declared void.
Photocopied or defaced tokens will not be counted. Tokens must be cut around the dotted lines. If posting, the correct postage must be used. Entries with incorrect/insufficient postage will not be accepted or collected from Royal Mail and the entry will therefore be void.
No responsibility will be accepted for any submissions which are lost, damaged, or delayed in the post. Proof of posting will not be accepted as proof of delivery. If there is a voting tie in any category, a judging panel will choose the outright winner. Prizes will be issued in cheque-form, made payable to the parent/guardian, as indicated on the entry form. There are no cash or prize alternatives.
Winners will be announced in the Shropshire Star and online w/c August 6 2018. The Editor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. For full T&Cs go to baby.shropshirestar.com
