We are delighted that Dundee has made it to the shortlist! One of only four cities through to the final stage, along with Hull, Swansea Bay and Leicester, bidding to become UK City of Culture 2017, a competition which uses culture and creativity to transform communities.

Your contributions on We Dundee are a key part of Dundee’s bid, so thanks to everyone who has taken the time to contribute so thoughtfully, emotionally, brilliantly. We Dundee will be back in touch soon with details of how you can get more involved in shaping the bid.

Now the bid team has to prepare for the final part of the bidding process, which we hope to find out about very quickly. The competition deadline is 30th September 2013 and the winning city for UK City of Culture will be announced in November 2013.

Here is a collection of the media coverage and your social media stories so far!