MALVERN Hills Gallery is inviting young artists to showcase their talents in its 2009 Christmas Art and Crafts Competition.

The competition has three categories, for under-fives, five to nine-year-olds and 10 years and over.

Entrants can design either a Christmas card, table decoration or a Christmas tree decoration and competition.

Promoters Barbara Hutchinson and Helen Depper hope the competition will encourage young people to develop and express their creative talents through art and craft.

Entry forms are available from Malvern Hills Gallery, in Worcester Road, and there will be prizes, donated by local businesses, for the winning entries in each group.

The gallery is open from 10am until 5pm, Monday to Saturday. For more information call 01684 566872.