THIS week, I will kick off my first ever Prizetime with a chance for eight lucky readers to treat themselves with a £50 highstreet gift voucher.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of the first two instalments of JRR Tolkien's epic Lord of the Rings, Royal Mail is issuing a special set of ten First Class stamps, depicting rarely-seen drawings by Tolkien himself - of places featured in The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers.

Fans will recognise the locations on the stamps, which include The Hall at Bag End - the residence of Bilbo Baggins - but this will be the first opportunity for many to see these locations as Tolkien himself imagined them.

Among the places illustrated on the stamps is the Forest of Lothlrien the name of the land to the east of the Misty Mountains more usually called Lrien; Fangorn Forest - the deep, dark woodland that grew beneath the southern Misty Mountains, under the eastern flanks of that range and Rivendell - a hidden valley beneath the western Misty Mountains in Eriador.

The special set will be available from February 26 (from any Post Office branch, the Royal Mail orderline on 08457-641641 or on-line at www.royalmail.com/stamps).

To mark their issue we've teamed up with Royal Mail to offer eight Prizetime readers the chance to win £50 worth of gift vouchers which can be redeemed at numerous retailers including Boots, WH Smith, HMV, Woolworths, Comet, Mothercare and H Samuel.

To enter the competition to win one of these excellent prizes simply answer the question in the coupon, fill it in and send it to me, Ellie Hargreaves, Lord of the Rings Competition, South Lakes Citizen, 1 Wainwright's Yard, Kendal, LA9 4DP, or email it to ellie.hargreaves@kendal.newsquest.co.uk before 9am next Tuesday.

Question: What is the name of the forest that grew beneath the southern Misty Mountain?

Employees of Newsquest (Kendal) and their families are not eligible to enter. There is no cash alternative to the prize. The editor's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Winners must agree to participate with any publicity connected with this promotion.