Whee! Bad Literature Awards - by Arislyn on 13:47 03 Jan 2005
I've been reading through this year's entries and they are hilarious! I figured I'd share the link and the humor.
(And, by the way, for those of you who may be wondering, Bulwer-Lytton was the man responsible for that oh-so-famous opening line, "It was a dark and stormy night.")
2004 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Winners
I think this these have to be my favorites so far, but I haven't yet read them all:
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| Since 1982 the English Department at San Jose State University has sponsored the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, a whimsical literary competition that challenges entrants to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels.... |
I've been reading through this year's entries and they are hilarious! I figured I'd share the link and the humor.
(And, by the way, for those of you who may be wondering, Bulwer-Lytton was the man responsible for that oh-so-famous opening line, "It was a dark and stormy night.")2004 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Winners
I think this these have to be my favorites so far, but I haven't yet read them all:
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| Gringran Roojner had only gone to see the Great Warlock of Loowith to get his horoscope and he couldn't believe he'd been sent on a quest for the legendary Scromer of Nothleen to ask him for the answer to the Riddle of Shimmererer so that he could give it to the Guardians of Vooroniank, thereby gaining access to the Cave of Zothlianath where he would find the seldom seen Cowering of Groojanc, whose spittle was an absolute necessity in the making of the Warlock's famous pound cake, the kind with raisins. Sandra Millar Gowkthrapple, Wishaw Scotland |
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| Her pendulous breasts swung first to the left, then to the right and finally in independent directions, much like semaphore signals, and although he couldn't understand semaphore, Kyle was sure they were saying, "Never ride the Tilt-A-Whirl with your grandma." Randy Heil Las Vegas, NV |
Whee! Bad Literature Awards - by Brad on 17:44 05 Jan 2005
Oh my, I'm still laughing over your two examples.
Oh my, I'm still laughing over your two examples.