Is your child the cutest kid in town?

The Kent Messenger Cute Kids competition starts tomorrow (Tuesday). Take your child along to The Mall shopping centre in Maidstone to be photographed for free.

The photographer will be there between 10am and 4pm daily (11am to 4pm on Sundays) until Saturday, August 10.

All entrants' photographs will be featured in the Kent Messenger in early September and readers will be asked to vote for the cutest one.

Winners will be announced a couple of weeks later.

At stake is the chance to win a Mall shopping centre gift card worth £400 for the winner, plus a 20" by 16" canvas portrait of the child.

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The second prize is a £100 gift card and a 16" by 12" canvas portrait. The third place winner will receive a £50 gift card and a 12" by 10" canvas portrait.

The fourth placed contestant will receive a 12" by 12" canvas portrait.

It's free to enter. Why not have a go?

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