The Brewery Arts and Gazette website have teamed up to give you a chance to vote for your favourite entry in the Anne Pierson Award for Young Writers in Cumbria 2008. An award will be given to the entry with the most votes. Voting begins Feb 1 and ends March 14.

The sixteen finalists' entries will be posted here from Friday, February 1, 2008. You can vote by phone message or text giving the number assigned to your story.

It couldn't be easier to vote. Carefully study the 16 finalists' entries. Decide which one you think has real star quality. Once you have made your choice, all you have to do is call: 09012210 xxx adding the three digits assigned to the entry (visible when you open it). For example if it was ... 123 that you'd like to win simply dial 09012210 123.

And you can text vote too: Send your text to 80360 starting with WRITER, leave a space, and then the three digit number that matches the entry of your choice.

Calls cost 25p Per Call from BT landlines. Calls from mobiles and some other networks may cost more. Text's cost 25p plus your normal operator text charge.

Telephone and text voting lines open 01/02/2008 and close at midnight on 14/03/2008 at 23:59PM. Service Provided by Newsquest Media Group