John Lydon (Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd. frontman) has been announced as head judge for The Great British Postcard Competition.

This online competition, launched by SAXOPRINT, has a simple brief for designers, artists, photographers and students: ‘capture your Britain, on a postcard’.

SAXOPRINT Managing Director, Daniel Ackermann said: 'The Great British Postcard Competition is a real opportunity for UK creatives to get noticed. At SAXOPRINT we have long championed professional design talent and believe the competition will give our entrants important exposure to further their careers.'

The overall winner as judged by the panel will receive a £5,000 cash prize. Other prizes up for grabs include £1,000 for the ‘young talent winner’ and a Wacom Cintiq design tablet for the most popular entrant in a public vote.

The competition is open to anyone who wants to get creative about the subject of ‘their Great Britain’. Entrants may use whatever medium they like to create their postcard, including graphic design, photography, illustration, or the written word. The only requirement is that all artwork must be formatted to fit the postcard template provided on TGBPC website. The Great British Postcard Competition, which is open for entries until the deadline of 31 July, culminates in an event on 23 September, where shortlisted entries will be exhibited on the walls of a top London gallery (to be announced shortly).

John Lydon: 'Postcards began for me at five years-old at the seaside with the saucy Donald McGill epics and all the various offshoots. Canvey Island and Southend were full of them. l loved them as simple and direct. “Postcards are great things to send and receive. A good one captures an atmosphere, emotion or culture and a bad one can captivate with hilarious awfulness.'

For full details and to enter please visit the website; www.prostudio.saxoprint.co.uk/the-great-british-postcard-competition/

To view the postcard gallery click here.