The March 2004 stage of the £8,000 Olympus UK sponsored dpnow.com Greek Gods photo contest is open.

This month's competition is now closed.

Click here to see how to enter the April 2004 stage of our competition. or click below to see the winning entries and runners up for:

September 2003

October 2003

November 2003

December 2003

January 2004

February 2004

See some of the entries from December, January and February.

It's a particularly tough challenge this month as it's the turn of Hades to be the theme of the competition. As you may already know, Hades was the god of the Underworld.

Hades is not a particularly inviting figure. But if you can't face the directly related subject matter of death, sadness and deception, we don't blame you!

However, Hades' wife, Persephone, is directly linked to the season of winter. For two thirds of the year she escapes from the underworld to live with her mother, Demeter. But for the rest of the year she is condemned to the underworld by the side of Hades, causing the cold and winds of winter to persist.

So Hades is the themed god this month and if you are stuck, we will accept entries that depict the related theme of winter.

As usual, this month's winner will receive £500 towards Olympus products and go through to the grand finale in the summer for a £2,000 luxury holiday in Greece.

It's easy to enter!

Just follow these 3 simple steps:

1. Find the location of your nearest Olympus Photo Imaging Expert (PIX) dealer. This is easy - just click here to get to the PIX site which has a national dealer guide.

2. Choose or create a picture to submit. The competition is very loosely themed on ancient Greek Gods. See above for this month's themes.

3. Send us your entry! You can do this via olympus.competition@dpnow.com

Your picture can be either a JPEG or TIFF image up to 1MB in file size. If you aren't sure how to format your picture for email, contact us via the same address for some advice.

Don't forget to include the name of your nearest PIX dealer, plus a simple sentence about how your picture relates to the Greek God you have based your picture's theme on.

And that's it!

If you win one of the £500 monthly competitions being run until September 2004, your entry will go head to head with the other 11 monthly winners to compete for the grand prize of that £2,000 holiday in Greece.

To double check the competition rules, click here.

GOOD LUCK!

Photographyblog competition!

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