2017 marks the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death and to celebrate he great writer’s creativity and talent, Hampshire Cultural Trust in association with Jane Austen’s House Museum is running a short story competition as part of its commemorative events.
The competition is for short stories of 2017 words or fewer that respond to this quote from Mansfield Park: ‘Selfishness must always be forgiven you know because there is no hope of a cure.’