SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2024
JANE AUSTEN SHORT STORY AWARD
…the competition that celebrates the life and work of Jane Austen by inspiring and encouraging new writers.
The competition is now closed and an overall winner has been chosen.
The winner of this competition is Paul Brownsey, of Bearsden, north of Glasgow.
Paul Brownsey left school in 1961 to become a newspaper reporter in Luton and went to university late (Keele, Oxford and Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania). Subsequently he was lecturer in philosophy at Glasgow University until he retired in 2024. His stories have appeared in about 50 magazines and collections in the UK, Ireland and North America.
The list of the winners of the Jane Austen Short Story Award 2024 is available here. (PDF)
The short list for the Jane Austen Short Story Award 2024 is available here. (PDF)
The long list for the Jane Austen Short Story Award 2024 is available here. (PDF)
