The McLellan Award for Play Writing is now calling for entries. This competition was set up in 2007 in memory of the Scots language playwright Robert McLellan. The judges are looking for plays written in contemporary living Scots in any urban or rural dialect. Plays should be for up to 5 actors and run between 40 and 90 minutes. The winner will receive a prize of £1,000 and the McLellan Award 2010. In addition the winning play will, funding permitting, be performed at the McLellan Arts Festival in September 2010.

If you would like to enter a play in Scots, and would like more details, please go to www.mclellanartsfestival.co.uk or contact Heather Gough on gough.carlo@virgin.net or phone her on 01770 302 670.

The closing date for entries is Saturday 31 July 2010.