#SFTOCSkinny: The Shortlist!

A week since Sounds from the Other City festival, and we've emerged from two things: our hangovers, and sorting through more than 300 entries to our photo competition! If you entered, see if you can spot your snap in the 30-strong shortlist below...

Feature | 12 May 2015

This year, to celebrate the unique, creative spirit of Salford's Sounds from the Other City festival, The Skinny teamed up with SFTOC to launch a search for photos that 'Capture the Spirit of Sounds'

We asked you to share your snaps from the day on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #SFTOCSkinny to be in with a chance of winning an amazing bundle of prizes kindly donated by the festival's promoters – with four runners up also receiving a goody bag.

You responded more enthusiastically than we could've hoped for, and we had an incredible 300+ entries!

It's been tough work whittling them down to a shortlist of 30 – but we did it. From there, the SFTOC team selected their favourites – images they felt truly captured the spirit of Sounds. You can find the winning photo and runners-up here, but the entries overall were too good to only publish those five.

Find all 30 shortlisted photos below – we're particularly fond of the wizard playing the drums, a blissed-out Ex-Easter Island Head audience, and everything that's covered in tinsel. Which is most things. 

Enjoy, and thank you for entering!

This sums up SFTOC yesterday. This is also how I feel today... #SFTOCSkinny

A photo posted by Mike Stephens (@bit_byte_bit) on

#SFTOC #SFTOCSkinny #IslingtonMill #Salford #FlissHorrocks

A photo posted by Nicole Kenny (@nicolelk) on

#microcosmicdelirium takes to the streets #SFTOC #SFTOCskinny

A photo posted by James Akers (@jamesakers_) on

Dictatorship sounds #sftocskinny

A photo posted by rpower18 (@rpower18) on

Happy! #sftoc #sftocskinny

A photo posted by Steve Worsley (@steveworsley) on

#SFTOCSkinny

A photo posted by Matthew Alexander Kaufman (@stretfordgoose) on

Good times #SFTOCSkinny

A photo posted by heapbiggrizzly (@heapbiggrizzly) on

#SFTOCSkinny

A photo posted by thegregling (@thegregling) on

#SftocSkinny #sftoc #Salford #KingsArms

A photo posted by @matthumike on

Toot toot!!! #sftocskinny

A photo posted by Susie Chang (@susiechang) on

@annadonigan demonstrating her healing powers.

A photo posted by Steven Kent (@stevenkent1) on

Paddy Steer the musical wizard...

A photo posted by Caroline Teasdale (@cameraline) on

Don of the day at #sftoc #sftocskinny - what an adventure. #salford #Cityofthegods

A photo posted by Mr.Roskell (@wezlam) on

#christeene again #sftoc #manchester #salford

A photo posted by Carys Whitehouse (@caryswhitehou5e) on

#microcosmicdelirium #SFTOCSkinny #sftoc

A photo posted by @howardhowardhoward on

#sftocskinny #julie @mccourtjulie @sftoc #sftoc2015

A photo posted by LtotheMP (@ltothemp) on

#SFTOCskinny

A photo posted by Billy Joe (@billy_boland) on

#sftocskinny #SFTOC best band of the fest...#zunzunegui

A photo posted by @lisacritter on

#SoundsFromTheOtherCity #ErMaGherd it's a #Pardaaaay #SFTOCSkinny

A photo posted by Orinoco (@_orinoco_) on

Wonky scenes from Sounds, last night. #sftoc #messy #greatnight #salford #vscocam

A photo posted by Thomas (@tom_legs) on

Some great gold trousers at #sftoc

A photo posted by Claire (@claireedy82) on

But who won?! View the winning photo and runners-up here.

You can also check out all the 300+ photos submitted on Twitter and Instagram by searching the hashtag #SFTOCSkinny.

Until next year... 

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