COULD your child be the Baby or Toddler of the Year for 2009?

If you think your little one has a winning smile, here is your chance to prove it with the Scunthorpe Telegraph's latest fantastic free-to-enter competition.

The Baby and Toddler of the Year contest is coming soon, with youngsters in Scunthorpe, Brigg, Barton and the Isle of Axholme in with a chance of scooping the £1,000 up for grabs to the overall winner.

Smaller prizes of £500 for each category winner are also on offer.

Starting on Tuesday, May 5, professional photographers will be at the Foundry Shopping Centre, in Scunthorpe to snap your child for the contest.

They will be at the old Adams unit in the centre from 9.30am until 4.30pm until Saturday, May 9 and again at the same times between Monday, May 11 and Saturday, May 16.

Photographs will then be available to view throughout the following week.

Age categories are zero to nine months, 10 to 18 months, 19 to 36 months and three to five years. The age of the child must be correct at the last day of the photo sessions.

Telegraph marketing and promotions executive Jenny Braithwaite said: "We know that baby competitions are really popular in the area and there are great prizes up for grabs with Baby and Toddler of the Year.

"The pictures will be taken by professional photographers and you will even have the chance to buy some to capture those special memories of your child.

"It is a great way of capturing those smiles while they are young."

Entering your child in Baby and Toddler of the Year 2009 is simple.

All you have to do is cut out the entry token that will be printed in the Telegraph and take it, along with your child, to one of the photo sessions at he Foundry.

Then have your little one's photograph taken free of charge by a professional photographer.

You will be given a date by the photographer to return and choose a photograph to appear in the photo special on Tuesday, June 9.

A selection of images will also be available for you to purchase at your appointment, however there is no obligation to do so.

Every chosen photograph will then be printed in a colour special in the Scunthorpe Telegraph on June 9.