Wanted: Your Photos

Do artfully composed photographs of snow-capped mountains, beaches at sunset and swaying palm trees leave you, if not cold, at least yawning? Do you believe that travel pictures should look beyond the cliches and tell a story? You've come to the right Travel section.

We're now accepting submissions for our fifth annual photo contest. Your mission: to surprise and delight us. The only theme is "reality"; the only tip is to avoid the obvious.

One entry per person. Photo must have been taken in 2003-04. Write your name, contact info and a detailed caption on the back of the photo, not on a separate sheet. Photos, which are nonreturnable, may be color or black and white, and in the form of prints or photo-quality printouts. (Sorry, we can't accept slides or digital picture files.) Send prints or photo-quality printouts to Travel Section Photo Contest, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20071.

Entries must be received by July 16. Photos become property of The Washington Post, which may edit, publish, distribute and republish them in any form. No purchase necessary. Post employees and their immediate families not eligible for prizes.