The Jane Austen Literacy Foundation Writing Competition 2025 is open!
Enter FREE for a chance to have your story recorded as an audiobook by the super talented top selling Austen audiobook narrator, actress, writer and comedian, Alison Larkin.
Three winning stories will be chosen by our special panel of judges, including Caroline Jane Knight, the last of Jane’s nieces from Chawton, where Jane lived and wrote.
The authors of the three winning stories will be invited to attend Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday Celebration at Chawton House with Jane’s family, where the winner will be named the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation Writer of 2025.
Whether new or experienced, we invite writers from around the world to enter the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation Writing Competition 2025.
NEW RELEASE! Jane Austen Literacy Foundation Writing Competition 2024 Winning Stories Audiobook
Listen to our three winning stories of 2024, selected by a panel of judges including Susannah Harker (Jane Bennet P&P 1995), Natalie Jenner (author of The Jane Austen Society) and Helena Kelly (author of Jane Austen - The Secret Radical), recorded as an audiobook by multi award winning narrator, Alison Larkin, and published worldwide.
The three stories were published for the public to vote and our winner for 2024 was The Dawn Chorus by Ann Evans.
Join our Community today!
Maybe you already love to read and want to share in the joy of being part of a community of readers that want to make a positive difference. Or perhaps you struggle to find time and inspiration in a busy life to read as regularly as you’d like. Our Community activities are designed to help everyone read more and connect with the Jane Austen’s family, Foundation Ambassadors and fellow book lovers who share your passion for meaningful reading.
If you are eager to share in the pure joy of reading, get ready for our exciting monthly reading challenges, cozy up with your own book at our regular Time To Read sessions, get access to our exclusive private Facebook group, and enjoy a range of events and activities where every page you turn helps support Jane Austen Literacy Foundation programs and activities.
NEW!
Darcy and Elizabeth Silhouette Bookplates
These beautiful bookplates come as a pair, and are made in silhouette style in homage to its popularity in Jane’s time and to leave room for your imagination.
Our bookplates are personalised with your name in Jane Austen’s handwriting, or the name of a friend - they make a GREAT gift!
CONNECTING THROUGH LITERACY
We connect a world-wide community of people who believe in the power of literacy and want to help those who need it.
Founded by Caroline Jane Knight, Jane Austen’s fifth great niece, the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation is a registered not for profit organisation run by volunteers. We run online literacy programs and activities that connect people across the world. We connect Literacy Mentors with schools and students to help improve literacy skills. We connect donors with the literacy programs we fund in developing communities, which in turn connect children with the world around them. 100% of donations received are spent on literacy programs and activities.
