20 DECEMBER 1968, Page 27

No. 532: Victor ludorum

COMPETITION

In order to select the champion of champions for 1968, previous prize-winners (and only previous prize-winners) are invited either to compose a New Year's resolution, in verse (maximum 15 lines), for any well-known con- temporary figure; or, to write a retrospective portrait of the year from the point of view of either Mr Micawber, Casanova, Walter Pater or Sigmund Freud (maximum 150 words). En- tries, marked 'Competition No. 532,' to be in by 30 December.