The brief this year is slightly different from last year's.

This year, it will feature a piece of prose of some 6-700 words which will be split at the centre. The bottom half will go to one member who will write a new top half. That top half will then go to the next member who will write a new bottom half, and so on. In order to ensure that everyone contributes, a second stream will start with a member writing a new bottom half to the original top half, etc. Every person will get his or her opportunity at some stage in this experiment.

The results will be published at the end of the year.