BBC RADIO Scotland has launched a competition for budding new writers.

Young people aged between 5-16 have been encouraged to submit short stories, poems, a written word piece, monologue or rap about climate change.

The competition is open now for entries on the BBC website and closes on June 30.

It comes as part of BBC Scotland’s COP26 coverage.

Janice Forsyth will head up the judging panel which includes children’s authors Anne Fine and Dean Atta, CBeebies’ Rory Crawford, poet Lennie Pennie and JJ Chalmers.