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Five Anglia Ruskin graduates have reimagined the Regency world of Jane Austen, as they compete for a prestigious national award.

Former students from the university’s celebrated illustration courses have all submitted their cover ideas for a new publication of Mansfield Park , the 19th-century author’s third published novel.

The five artists have all made it through to the final of the 2017 Book Illustration Competition, which is a partnership between The Folio Society and House of Illustration.

BA illustration graduates Julia Konieczna and Kathrin Lang are joined on the 23-person longlist by MA Children’s Book Illustration graduates Rachael Lovatt, Anna Severynovska and Wen Dee Tan, thanks to their illustrations based on the novel, which was first published in 1814.

They each created a potential front cover, as well as a separate illustration inspired by the book, which follows the life of Fanny Price from her troubled childhood, through to her marriage.

The finalists will have their work displayed at the House of Illustration in King’s Cross, London, from February 11 to March 12, with the overall winner receiving a £5,000 commission from The Folio Society to illustrate their new edition of the classic novel.

For the first time this year the competition also includes a ‘Visitors’ Choice’ award, with the public able to vote online or in person at the House of Illustration exhibition.

Chris Owen, head of the Cambridge School of Art, said: “We are delighted to see our illustration alumni so well represented in this prestigious competition.

“Illustration has a long and distinguished history at Cambridge School of Art, and it is wonderful to see such talented artists emerging not only from our well known MA Children’s Book Illustration course, but also from the BA illustration course.”

The voting for the Visitors’ Choice award ends at midnight on February 22, with the winners announced at an event at the House of Illustration the next day.

The awards will be presented by historian and Jane Austen expert Lucy Worsley, who is also on the judging panel.

To see more images from the shortlist, click here .

Julia Konieczna

Kathrin Lang

Rachael Lovatt

Anna Severynovska

Wen Dee Tan