Winning Essays
Essay Contest winners are announced each September, and the very clever first-place essays in each division are posted. To read past winnings entries, use the following links:
- 2012 Sex, Money and Power in Jane Austen’s Fiction
- 2011 Wealth and Happiness in Sense and Sensibility
- 2010 Mayhem in Northanger Abbey
- 2009 Siblings in Jane Austen’s Novels
- 2008 Masterpiece Theatre Adaptations
- 2007 Mystery and Danger in Emma
- 2006 New Perspectives on Austen’s Characters
- 2005 Jane Austen’s Letters in Fact and Fiction
- 2004 The Changing Worlds of Jane Austen
- 2003 The Importance of Home and Family in Austen’s Life and Works
- 2002 The World of Jane Austen: Social, Domestic, and Political
- 2001 Music and Dancing in Austen’s Novels and the Film Adaptations