Families and friends are being urged to pick up the phone, or send in their votes by text message, for the Norwich Evening News' popular Bonny Babies contest, which appears in today's newspaper.

Families and friends are being urged to pick up the phone, or send in their votes by text message, for the Norwich Evening News' popular Bonny Babies contest, which appears in today's newspaper.

The annual competition see photographs of the city's cutest and cuddliest babies and toddlers printed in today's edition, with the public voting for which tot they think deserves the title of Norwich's Bonniest Baby.

There are four categories, one for girls under 18 months, another for girls over 18 months, and the same two age brackets for boys.

The overall winner - the child who receives the most votes - will get a Venture Photography family portrait prize worth �1,000. In addition, the three children who receive the most votes in the categories from which the winner did not come will receive a Venture Photography family experience worth �145.

To vote for your Bonny Baby text EN BABY followed by your vote (number, as in the Bonny Babies supplement), name and postcode to 80058, for example: EN BABY 1001 JANE SMITH NR1 4AD (include spaces as shown).

Texts cost 50p pence and if you vote twice you get the third vote for free. The closing date for voting is 11:59pm on Sunday November 18. Entrants must be over 18 years of age. Please seek the bill-payer's permission before voting. Normal Archant rules apply.