An diofar eadar na mùthaidhean a rinneadh air "Ùr-sgeul"

Chaidh Ùr-Sgeul a chur air bhonn ann an 2003 gus rosg Gàidhlig ùr a bhrosnachadh. 'S e [[Comhairle nan Leabhraichean]] a chur air chois an iomairt, le taic-airgid £50k tro Chomhairle nan Ealain (an Writers Factory)<ref>Storey,{{cite Johnweb (2007)|url=http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/celtic/poileasaidh/20Mar07_UrSgeul.pdf "|title=Ùr-Sgeul: Ag Ùrachadh Litreachas is Cultar na Gàidhlig . . . Dè an Ath Cheum?" ''Edinburgh|author= UniversityStorey, John |date=March 2007 |work=Seminars on Research on Language Policy and Language Planning.'' |publisher=Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann - Celtic and Scottish Studies |accessdate=31 July 2012}}</ref>. Ann an uine ghoirid, tha an iomairt air leabhraichean Gàidhlig ùra fhoillseachadh bho dhiofar sgrìobhadairean agus taic a thoirt do ath-nuadhachadh an [[nobhail]] ann an Gàidhlig san 21mh Linn.<ref>Wringe, Mark (2006) “Normalising the Gaelic Novel - an interim review of the success of the Ùr-Sgeul initiative” ''Forum for the Languages of Scotland and Ulster''</ref><ref>MacNeil, Kevin (An t-Samhain, 2011) Review: An Introduction to Gaelic Fiction. [http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/ScotLit/ASLS/SWE/TBI/TBIIssue10/MacNeil.pdf The Bottle Imp] 10</ref>

Ann an 2008, chaidh Ùr-Sgeul gu [[Bòrd na Gàidhlig]] le iarrtas airson neach-deasachaidh, gus deiligeadh ris an leasachadh a bha air tighinn ann an rosg. Cha deach le Ùr-Sgeul agus ann an 2011, chan eil neach-deasachaidh làn-ùine fhàthast ann. <ref>Storey, John (2009) "Ùr-Sgeul: ceistean agus cothrom ''‘Chunnaic mi lainnir a’ bhùirn ud’ A Conference on Scottish Gaelic Literature in the Twentieth Century and Beyond, Celtic and Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh 25 April 2009'' - http://www.ur-sgeul.com/rosg-2009.pdf </ref>