40 years ago newlyweds Tony and Maureen Wheeler completed an overland trip from London to Australia. It was too amazing an experience to keep to themselves. Urged on by their friends, they created their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they'd sold 1,500 copies, and Lonely Planet was born. Forty years and over hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world's leading travel guide publisher, with over 500 titles available across 9 languages.
To celebrate 40 years of amazing travel experiences Lonely Planet are sponsoring this great competition. Lonely Planet books have always been known for their distinctive, evocative covers and now it's your chance to have your very own! Simply take a photo that encapsulates the spirit of your local street, village, town, city, or region and that you think would make a great Lonely Planet guidebook cover. The winner will be the entry that best conveys a flavour of a place, or a different take on the obvious; and which contains rich authoritative visual information about the destination, with a strong point of focus, bold composition, and colour. The winning image will be respectful and will have been taken with an awareness of the cultural sensitivities of the place.
The winner will receive an Olympus PEN E-PL5 + a body cap lens + a case. They will also get a poster of their image, mocked up as a Lonely Planet guidebook cover to their destination! 10 runners up will also receive a poster of their image, mocked up as a Lonely Planet guidebook cover!
To enter:
- - Select your best photo.
- - Title it with your surname and location of the photo.
- - Head over to our Group flickr page and upload to the group.
- - Then enter your email address, name and the location of the photo here.
Best of luck and the competition closes Friday 3 May midnight BST. We'll compile a shortlist and the winner will be announced on Friday 17 May.
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