Announcing the winner in the surprise Jane Austen giveaway from the December 15th post on:

Happy Birthday Jane Austen – The Ten Best Reasons to Go to a JASNA AGM!

…and the winner is…  Mary Preston! – who commented on December 16:

I’ve never attended a Jane Austen Society conference, but I would love to.  To meet like minded people for a start. The dressing up would be fun.

Mary, please email me with your address information and I shall post the gift [a Jane Austen journal] to you right away.

Thank you all for commenting on why you would want to attend a JASNA Annual Meeting – hope to see some of you there next year in Minneapolis! http://jasna.org/agms/minneapolis/index.html

c2012, Jane Austen in Vermont