Free prize draw for Stowmarket businesses: first prize includes a professional headshot session

Stowmarket is full of brilliant local businesses, and we want to help more people find them. So this autumn, we're running a free prize draw for local businesses, and first prize includes a 30-minute professional headshot session from Jessica's Cosy Studio Photography, giving you fresh, professional photos for your website, Google profile and socials. Add a free year of Stowmarket Life Pro, your logo on our homepage for a month and your business in the spotlight on our blog and socials, and that's a 1st prize worth over £600.

How to enter

It's simple, and it's free. Claim your listing on Stowmarket Life by 23:59 on Friday 20 November 2026 and you're in the draw. There's nothing to buy, and you don't need a paid plan to enter.

Go to https://www.stowmarket.life/for-business and start typing your business name. More than 440 local businesses are already listed.
If your business is there, claim it. If not, add it. It only takes a few minutes.
That's it. You're entered automatically.

Already claimed your listing? You're already in the draw. Your claim just needs to be verified, and your listing still claimed on the day of the draw.

The prizes

We'll draw three winners.

First prize:

A 30-minute professional headshot session from Jessica's Cosy Studio Photography, with 5 edited images (worth £70): fresh, professional photos for your website, Google profile, socials, LinkedIn and your Stowmarket Life listing. To be used within 12 months of accepting the prize
12 months of Stowmarket Life Pro, free (worth £300): your page shows above free listings with a Pro badge, a banner and up to nine photos, your menu, products or services with prices, your own events on the town's what's-on, and a counter card customers can scan to leave you a Google review
Your logo on the stowmarket.life homepage for a month, on dates we agree with you (worth £99 at our monthly rate)
A spotlight blog post all about your business (worth £149), plus social media posts about you on our Facebook and Instagram

In total, that's £618 at our standard list prices (the social media posts aren't counted).

Two runners-up each win:

6 months of Stowmarket Life Pro, free, with all the Pro features above
A spotlight blog post about your business

About our sponsor

Jessica's Cosy Studio Photography is run by Jess, a mum of three based in Stowmarket, Suffolk, who bought a camera after her eldest was born and, more than eight years on, is a self-taught professional studio photographer. She specialises in "professional photography for all of life's milestones", with sessions from maternity, newborn and cake smash to family, children's, pets, outdoor and headshots. Her home studio is designed to be "a relaxing, friendly, and a fun environment where you can feel completely at home too". See Jessica's work at https://jessicascosystudiophotography.mypixieset.com/ and follow her on Instagram at @jessicascosystudiophotography. A huge thank you to Jessica for supporting Stowmarket's businesses.

Why claim your listing?

Your page is probably already on Stowmarket Life, built from public information. Claiming it means you control it: put your opening hours, contact details and logo right, answer the questions customers ask, and get an "Owner-managed" badge so people know it's really you. Edits go live the moment you save.

Key dates

Opens: Friday 23 October 2026
Closes: 23:59, Friday 20 November 2026
Winners drawn: Monday 23 November 2026, and announced once they've accepted

We'll contact the winners by email, and by phone if needed. Once each winner has accepted their prize, we'll announce them here and on our Facebook and Instagram pages.

Good luck, and thank you for being part of Stowmarket Life. 💚

Free to enter, nothing to buy. No cash alternative. Full terms and conditions: https://www.stowmarket.life/prize-draw-terms. This promotion is not associated with Facebook or Instagram.