The Bulwer|Lytton Fiction Contest

A whimsical literary competition for the worst possible opening sentences to novels never written.

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The contest was started in 1982 by Professor Scott E. Rice of the English Department at San Jose State University and is named for English novelist and ...

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A challenge to write the worst opening paragraph to a novel possible. It's named for the author of the 1830 novel Paul Clifford.

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A whimsical literary competition that challenges entrants to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels.

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On TWiG, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau share their favorite passages from this years winners of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction ...

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The page is full of the world's worst opening sentences for novels. This is an actual contest. Enjoy! Lyttony of Grand Prize Winners

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This contest asks entrants to compose the opening sentence of the worst of all possible novels. Named for Victorian novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton, originator of ...

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The annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest challenges entrants to pen the world's most atrocious first line to a novel. Winners (and runners‐up and honorable ...

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The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest challenges entrants to compose opening sentences to the worst of all possible novels. Anyone can enter. Must be original and ...

2023 Bulwer-Lytton Contest Winners - File 770

The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest invites entries for the worst opening line to a novel. The 2023 winner is this submission from Maya Pasic of New York, New ...

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Since 1982 the Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest has challenged participants to write an atrocious opening sentence to the worst novel never ...

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Since 1982 the Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest has challenged participants to write an atrocious opening sentence to the worst novel never ...

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... writing competition named after him. About the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. Since 1982 the English Department at San Jose State University ...

This year's very worst opening sentence is about salami and lingerie.

Every year, thousands of writers submit their terrible sentences to the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, and a panel of judges chooses the best of ...

Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Archives - Porter Simon

We annually present a handful of our favorite Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest winners, and here is a sampling.

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The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction contest is a competition is to “compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels” This contest has ...

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The Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest has challenged participants to write an atrocious opening sentence to the worst novel never written.

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The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest challenges entrants to compose opening sentences to the worst of all possible novels.

Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (Literature) - TV Tropes

The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is a yearly contest to find the best worst opening sentence of a novel, started in 1982 by Professor Scott Rice of the San ...

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