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A picnic at the park? A bonfire at the beach? Or a Russian-themed disco night? </strong></p><p>We're looking for the most creative, interesting and inventive ideas for a date that you can dream up. Maybe it's a date you've always wanted to go on. Or maybe it's one you've been on yourself. Whatever it is, we want to hear it. Be romantic. Be silly. Be inspired. Blow us away. </p><p>Write about your date in 100 words or less and send it to us using the form below. </p><p>The twenty most creative and romantic dates as chosen by our panel of judges will be published on guardian.co.uk and <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730013302/http://dating.guardian.co.uk/?CMP=ILC-soulcomp">guardian.co.uk/soulmates</a>. </p><p>But if your date is chosen as the most creative and romantic of all, we'll give you £500 to make it real, plus a free six-month membership to <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730013302/http://www.guardian.co.uk/soulmates?CMP=ILC-soulcomp">Guardian Soulmates</a> so you can find someone to take with you. Better still, your date will be made into an ad for <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730013302/http://www.guardian.co.uk/soulmates?CMP=ILC-soulcomp">Soulmates</a> and will appear in the Guardian for all the world to see. So start dreaming up that amazing date and enter now.</p> <form method="post" class="competition" action="#entry"> <h2>Enter now</h2> <ul class="first"> <li class="question-container first"> <p class="question"><label for="m-email">Email address:</label></p> <input class="text" type="text" name="m-email" id="m-email" value=""/> </li> <li class="question-container"> <p class="question"><label for="m-firstName">First name:</label></p> <input class="text" type="text" name="m-first-name" id="m-first-name" value=""/> </li> <li class="question-container"> <p class="question"><label for="m-surname">Surname:</label></p> <input class="text" type="text" name="m-surname" id="m-surname" value=""/> </li> <li class="question-container"> <p class="question"><label for="m-country">Country:</label></p> <select name="m-country"> <option value="">choose</option> <option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option> <option value="United States">United States</option> <option 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