Voice of the City

Are you an aspiring travel presenter, writer or director? Are you the next Toby Amies, Craig Doyle, Julia Bradbury or Louis Theroux?

Do you love Leeds, and love sharing your local knowledge with others?

If you can answer yes to all the above ...... you may want to read on!

We are looking for budding film directors, travel writers and presenters with a passion for Leeds to produce a short film on the city.

The winner's films will feature on the website as The Voice of the City and provide an informal guide to why you think visitors should love Leeds. As well as the film, you'll produce weekly blogs, showing off your local knowledge and giving insiders tips on how to love Leeds more.

Four winners will be chosen to be the Voices of The City. The prize for these lucky winners will be a free two-night weekend break for two people at a four-star city centre hotel and a camcorder to help you create your final film in style, and give you plenty of ideas for your weekly blog.

What do you need to do?

Simply email info@visitleeds.co.uk for an entry form, which should be completed and returned by 30th September, and send us a link to your short audition film telling us about you and outlining why we should pick you as one of our Voices of the City.

Make sure you're logged into your YouTube channel, and go to the YouTube upload page http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_upload. If you don't have a YouTube account, sign up for one on the YouTube sign-up page http://www.youtube.com/signup. It only takes a minute and it's completely free.

On the YouTube upload page, add the title of your audition video in the description area. After you've uploaded your audition, send us the link directly to info@visitleeds.co.uk along with your entry form by 30th September 2009. We will contact the winners via email 2 weeks after this date.

Good Luck!

Terms and Conditions of Offer:

1. Weekend break prize includes a 2-night stay at a four star city centre hotel for two people on a B&B basis. Offer is based on two people sharing a room. Additional spend incurred at the hotel will be the responsibility of the winner. Dates are subject to availability. The prize needs to be taken up by the end of November 2009.
2. The winners' final films need to be submitted by the end of November 2009 at the latest.
3. The winners' will be required to submit weekly blogs for an initial 4 month period, extendable at Visit Leeds' discretion.
4. The camcorder supplied will be provided to the winners after being notified. Damage incurred to this will be the responsibility of the winner and Visit Leeds cannot accept responsibility for this.
5. No cash alternative will be offered.
6. Where permissions are required prior to filming - it will be the full responsibility of the winner to gain the necessary permissions.
7. Visit Leeds retain the right to edit the film and blogs or refuse publication if content is deemed unsuitable for the website.
8. Content of the film and blog should be suitable for viewing/reading by all ages including young children.
9. The audition film and the final winner's film should be no longer than five minutes.
10. Content should be focussed within the Leeds Metropolitan Boundary and no other destination.
11. Visit Leeds retain the copyright to the film, to use as they wish within the Visit Leeds website and other social networking sites aligned to their marketing activity.
12. Competition is not open to Leeds City Council employees
13. Visit Leeds decision on the winners will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
14. The winners will be notified within 2 weeks of the closing date. Winners are asked to notify Visit Leeds of their acceptance within 7 days of notification. In the event of non-acceptance within the 7 day period, Visit Leeds retain the right to offer the prize to another party.