Jane Austen Literacy Writing Competition Deadline

The Jane Austen Literacy Foundation Writing Competition provides a creative opportunity for writers, uplifting reading for the community and the chance to participate in choosing the winner.

The winner will be named the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation Writer of 2024. The winning stories (the overall winner and two runners up) will be recorded as an audiobook by multi-award winning and best-selling Austen narrator, Alison Larkin, published WORLDWIDE and promoted for all to hear! Click here to listen to our 2023 Winning Stories Audiobook.

The theme of the competition is ‘The Art of Listening’ and you are invited to write an original, fictional short story. Your short story can be inspired by our theme in any way.