To win a first prize of £1000, we invite adults to send in a short story of 2017 words or fewer based on this quote from Mansfield Park: Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure”.

Jane Austen was a great writer of letters, and we invite children in two age brackets, 7-11 and 12-16, to write us a letter of 400 words or under on any subject addressed ‘Dear friend’.

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