The Daily Echo and Castle Cameras have launched a great photo competition.

Readers can send in the finest pictures they have taken of Dorset’s charming landscapes and stunning seascapes to feature in a 2012 edition of the Dorset book.

Entries have started pouring in, so don’t miss your chance to win £100 of vouchers for photographic equipment from Castle Cameras and appear in a book celebrating our stunning local scenery.

The Daily Echo’s last book was the bestselling book in Bournemouth last year.

Now you have a chance to have your photo of Dorset published in our next superb volume.

The best eight will be published in the Daily Echo and Dorset Echo and put to a public vote. The photographer who takes the picture which is then voted the best by readers will win a first prize of £100 worth of Castle Cameras vouchers and will have their picture included – with their byline (and web address if requested) – in the book. The best of the other entries may also be included in the next Echo book.

Only one entry per email and entries must be submitted at approximately A4 size at 300dpi.

The photograph submitted must have been taken by the entrant.

Entrants must be sure to include their name, age, address, telephone number and email address, as well as a brief description of the location or event, time of year etc. To enter, email your picture to 2012bookcomp@bournemouthecho.co.uk.

Submitting an image to the competition is giving consent for the Daily Echo and Dorset Echo to reproduce the image free of charge in its newspapers, the Dorset: A Photographic Journey 2012 book and other Newsquest sister publications.

Selected images from the competition will appear in our online gallery at the discretion of the editor. All entrants will receive confirmation via email of a successful entry. The closing date for entries is February 28, 2012.

Usual terms and conditions apply.