This is the hat from which we’ll pull the first winner of our new monthly caption competition. Could it be you?

Here’s how it works
Each month we’ll post a themed question on our blog. To enter, go to our facebook page and follow these three simple steps:

Step 1. Share our competition post with your friends
Step 2. Take a snapshot that illustrates your answer to our question
Step 3. Post your picture with a caption to our facebook page

Here’s how we pick a monthly winner
At the end of each month, we’ll put into a hat the name of everyone who shared our competition post and uploaded a post of their own. We’ll draw out a winner, who will receive a free critique in the form of:

• Written feedback on a short story of up to 2,000 words
• Written feedback on one sample chapter of your novel or memoire, up to 2,000 words
• Written feedback on a collection of up to 6 pieces of flash fiction of up to 300 words each
• Written feedback on a collection of up to 6 poems of up to 40 lines each

At the end of the year we’ll choose our overall favourite from everything that’s been posted. We’ll be looking for a picture that illustrates your answer to our question in a fresh and original way, and a caption that complements the picture and tells its story succinctly in no more than 50 words.

The overall winner will win a free critique (as above), plus a half hour Skype consultation with either Kath or Jane.

Get snapping, get writing and good luck!