The theme for Septembers competition is MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT. As usual you are free to interpret this theme in any way you want, but do at least try to sort of vaguely follow it.

Here in Britain the summer has been an almost total washout. It’s rained pretty much non-stop since early June, with precious few opportunities to go out and take photos. It’s looking like September is going to be more of the same, so I’ll take pity on you this month, with a competition theme that at least involves being indoors.

Each month we provide a theme for your photographs and a closing date, and it is your task to go out and take photographs that match that theme, and then send them to us before the deadline. At the end of the month myself and the rest of the TR editorial team – most of whom are keen photographers – will study the entries and pick the winners based on our judgement. The best entries will be shown on the site at the end of the month.

There will be three prize winners each month, and thanks to our generous sponsors SanDisk and Panasonic we’ve got some fantastic products for you to win.