Hundreds of text votes have already been received for our Cute Kids competition and there's still plenty of time to take part.

Around 300 children were entered for the contest with the hope of winning part of a bumper £2,000 prize pot.

Photographers from Starlight Studios took their photos at Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre and we printed 10 pages of lovely pictures in Friday’s Medway Messenger with details of how to vote for your favourite.

If you missed it, the paper is still on sale so you can grab a copy.

The first prize winner in each age group will win £500 and a canvas portrait with £250 for second place, £100 for third place and a £50 prize for the other three finalists.

Voting is by text using each child’s four-digit reference number and the children with the most texts in each category will be the finalists.

We can confirm that the closing date for texts is Sunday, April 13. There was a mix-up over the dates in Friday's paper and we apologise for any confusion .