Entries are now being invited for the annual Scottish Magazine Awards.

Run by the Periodical Publishers Association, there are 17 individual prize categories up for grabs.

Awards cover a range of different subjects and are given for work originally published in Scotland, or for work published outside Scotland but addressing the Scottish market.

The top prize of Scottish Magazine of the Year is selected from individual category winners.

The deadline for entries is 28 September and the awards ceremony takes place on 26 November in Edinburgh.

For more details visit the Scottish PPA website. The prize categories are:

Best Magazine Design: Business and Professional
Best Magazine Design: Consumer
Brand Development of the Year
Best Online Magazine or Presence
Sales Performance of the Year
Editor of the Year: Business and Professional
Feature Writer of the Year: Business and Professional
Editor of the Year: Consumer
Feature Writer of the Year: Consumer
Columnist of the Year
Publisher of the Year
Best Small Publishing Company Magazine
Member Magazine of the Year
Staff Magazine of the Year
Business and Professional Magazine of the Year
Customer Magazine of the Year
Consumer Magazine of the Year