Smelly tweeter sign up

Sign up here for the chance to discover your personal capacity for dirtiness. By festering in filth for science you could win a ticket to the Secret Garden Party, July 21-24 2011 in Cambridgeshire.

As a smelly tweeter you will share your thoughts daily on how being dirty makes you feel, how others respond to your increasing dirtiness, and when and why you succumb to the desire to be clean again.

To enter our competition please submit your name, contact details and reasons for entering below. All applications must be received by Thursday 19 May. We’ll be in touch…

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In 140 words or less explain why you would make a great smelly tweeter

Competition rules

• All contestants must tweet daily about their experience of becoming dirty using the hashtag #smellytweet.

• Entrants may wash their hands (in the interest of hygiene) but may not wash their hair or body.

• Selected contestants must agree to submit a cheek sample to Dr Leslie Knapp for genetic analysis and must agree to take part in a t-shirt experiment. We will be in touch with further details.

• The winner will be announced on June 30 and receive a ticket to the Secret Garden Party. They will be chosen based on their length of time spent being dirty, as well as how thought-provoking and entertaining their tweets are.

This competition is part of our exploration and celebration of all things filthy as part of the Wellcome Trust’s Dirt season.