SPECTATOR COMPETITIONS
With this first issue of 1950 the Spectator is instituting a weekly competition, which it is hoped will interest its readers. A prize of £5, which may be divided, will be awarded to the sender of the best entry or entries. Here is
COMPETITION No. 1 Set by PETER FLEMING
Austin Motors are giving Mr. Leonard Lord £100,000 on condition that he never works for anyone else—on condition (in other words) that he continues to do in the future what he is doing today. To whom would you, if you could, give a similar sum on condition that he or she stopped doing what he or she is doing today and never did it again.? A prize is offered for the best letter explaining to the recipient of this award (who need not necessarily be a public figure) your reasons for bestowing it. Letters should not be more than 250 words long and suitable for publication, which means, among other things, that they must not be libellous.
Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1, in envelopes marked " Competition," and must be received not later than January 13th. Results will be published in the Spectator of January 20th. Competition No. 2 will be set by Marghanita Laski.
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