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Labour Isn’t Working ... the influential Conservative party poster, from the 1979 general election that swept Margaret Thatcher to power.
Labour Isn’t Working ... the influential Conservative party poster, from the 1979 general election that swept Margaret Thatcher to power.

Calling all art students: we want your alternative general election posters

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Could your image capture the real Britain in the run-up to the 2015 general election? If you’re an art student in the UK, we want to see your best shot

The best alternative election posters – check out the gallery here

The ‘demon eyes’ election poster deployed unsuccessfully by the Conservatives against Tony Blair in 1997. Photograph: Getty Images

Election campaign posters have generated some of the most defining political images of the modern age – from the dole queues in the Tories’ Labour Isn’t Working billboards, to a demon-eyed Tony Blair against a New Labour, New Danger slogan.

But we think you could do better. If you’re bored of this year’s dodgy Photoshop jobs and “road to recovery” metaphors, why not create your own, alternative election poster – one that will capture the real state of the nation in the run-up to polling day on May 7?

If you are an art student in the UK, we want to see what you can come up with, whether it’s a new slogan for a political party or your own alternative political message. We were so inspired by the posters that illustration students from the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in Dundee created for the Scottish independence referendum, we thought we would open up the same challenge to art students all over the UK for the general election. We will feature a selection of the best entries on the Guardian website before the polls open.

If you want to get involved, follow the rules below:

  • To participate, click on the blue “Contribute” button and upload your image to GuardianWitness.
  • Please specify which arts school or university you are studying in, and your full name.
  • The deadline for submissions is 5pm on Friday 24 April.
  • Don’t forget that by sending us your pictures you: a) acknowledge that you have created the pictures or have permission from the creator to submit them to the Guardian site; and b) grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, free licence to publish your pictures as described. Copyright resides with you and you may reuse your pictures however you wish. Read the full GuardianWitness terms and conditions here.

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