Picture based writing competition

Update: Picture-based writing contest is now closed. Thank you all for a great response. Click on the below links to view each entry.

'A Girl in Waiting' by Venkat Panchavati

'In the quiet town of Nagercoil' by Swapna Anandaraman

'Lost with Nature' by Sree Marni

'Memoirs of motherland' by Samyukta Aryajoysula

'Life is -' by Priyanka Ray

'A Place like this' by Malathi M

'Natural Inspirations' by Madhurima Venkat

'Nature's Refugee' by Aditya Aryajoysula (Age 12)

Palle Andaalu by Siva Kondapalli (In Telugu)

'Temple' by Navatha Rakeesh (Organiser's entry - does not count for the contest)

The famous adage goes "a picture is worth a thousand words". Our exciting new contest is going to challenge your creative brains to bring out your words in the form of a story/poem from our picture above (which is worth a thousand words but we are going to have a 500 word-limit for the ease of judging) The contest starts on Thursday 25th March, 2010 and ends on April 5th, 2010 at midnight (BST). Send your entry as per the rules mentioned below to indifest.telford@gmail.com

Genre: Any
Theme: India related
Word-limit: 500

Send an email with the subject: Picture-based writing contest :
Entry should consist of: 1)Title of the entry (does not count into the word limit)
2)Your Name
3)Story/Poem :Can be entirely fictional or based on a real-life incident

Winning entries will be selected based on the entertainment value, pacing, language & craft of the story.

When: contest starts Thursday 25th March, 2010 and ends on April 5th, 2010 at midnight (BST)
Where: All the entries to be emailed to indifest.telford@gmail.com before the above deadline.

If anyone is interested in taking parting in this competition please drop an email with your contact details to indifest.telford@gmail.com or leave a comment below. That will help us keeping you up-to-date with the relevant information