For those of you who have kept up to date with the Beaufort Books blog, you know my obsession with Jane Austen.  Well here’s another manifestation of it!  BadAusten.com is hosting a Write Like Jane contest for all those Austen-aholics out there.  The rules are simple: write a unique, witty, and imaginative scene based on the style of the great Jane, no longer than 800 words, and submit.  The panelists will choose the best worst Austen scenes to be published in a compilation in 2011. There are already a few posted on the website, so visit and vote for your favorite! Or maybe  it’s time to embrace the Austen bug and write a scene of your own.  Perhaps an Emma and Gossip Girl mash-up? Or maybe Northanger Abbey‘s Susan goes goth.  It could also be fun to see the Bennet sisters Big Love style. There are so many options! Imitation is a form of flattery right?

Do you have any ideas?