December 2025 Competition

To enter, and for full competition rules, see: How to Enter

Brief:  Jane Austen wrote her ground-breaking and innovative novels from within an intergenerational all-female household made up of her mother, sister and sister-in-law.

Write a short story set within another all-female household, but without using any of Austen’s characters or a Regency setting.

(max 300 words)

Deadline October 25th 11:59pm

Adjudicator: Lizzie Dunford

FIRST PLACE Scholarship girl, 1937 by Miriam Coley

SECOND PLACE A Disparate Situation by Johnathan Reid

Winners will be announced at our December 2025 meeting; online and in the newsletter thereafter. Please attend the meeting in person to receive your certificate!

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