Thanks for your patience, everybody. We wanted to try and make sure this was judged as fairly as possible, so we held a vote among lots of staff at The Princess Royal Trust for Carers (which is the charity that we're a part of). Which is why it took quite a while...  But we're pleased to announce that we now have some winners! We'll be putting a ...

We've had a couple of last-minute entries from bratz-r-kool. The first one is in the ''mental health'' category:   And the second one is in the ''relationships'' category: But now, ladies and gentlemen, the photo contest is officially closed! Thanks for all your entries - this has been brilliant! The judges will now start their ...

Another couple of entries today, from Jazjazy. The first one is in the ''mental health'' category: and the second one is under ''independence'': Well done to all of you - what a great collection we've got so far! And it's great to see everyone's comments too... keep it all coming over the next couple of days!  The YCNet team. 

Ooh, it's all getting going, isn't it? Here's the latest entry, from Beth-custard, on the theme of ''looking after siblings'':

Here's an entry from MaddiLeFrog, on the theme of ''independence'': (Just to let you know, we won't be able to enter this one in the competition because you do need to have taken all the photographs yourself... but we wanted to share it here anyway because we think it's a great collage and poem.) Wow, we've got quite a collection building up ...

Hi everyone, Just to let you know, the photo competition finishes at the end of this week - so you've got until the end of Sunday 10th August to send your entries in! Looking forward to seeing some more. The YCNet team.

Here's our latest entry, from Beth-custard, on the theme of Relationships:

And the entries are coming in! Here's one from bratz_r_kool, on the ''disability'' theme:   And one from carer4parents, on the theme of ''relationships'':   Fantastic stuff, you two! Now let's see some more... The Youngcarers.net team. 

Hi Beth, Yes you certainly are allowed to send more than one photo each.  You can send in as many as you like for each category ( well, not hundreds obviously! ) as we'd like to see as many as possible. Youngcarers.net Team

It's that time of year again - the YCNet summer photo contest is upon us again! We know there are lots of artistic people among you, so now's your chance to show us. You don't need an expensive camera or lots of technical knowledge - we just want to see your creative ideas! This year, we'd like you to take a picture that fits into one or more of ...