Since 1982, the English Department of San Jose Sta... ..., most of which are presumably never written. The contest is named after Edward George Bulwer - Lytton , who infamously began his 1830 novel Paul Cliffor... ...was the runner up for the category of historical *strong...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/07/26/the-annual-bulwer-lytton-bad-fiction-contest/San Jose State University's Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is for the worst possible opening line for a nove... ...can read the runners-up at the link. http://www. bulwer - lytton .com/ via Marginal Revolution | Image: National Sc...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/06/30/2010-bulwer-lytton-bad-prose-contest-winners/The winners of the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for bad opening lines for novels were announced a... ...d themselves to be distracted by a large athletic contest being staged somewhere in Asia." The winning entr... ...rrison Spik is the 26th grand prize winner of the contest...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/14/the-2008-bulwer-lytton-fiction-contest/The results of San Jose State University's 2007 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest are in. Jim Gleason of Wisconsin beat out thousan... ...subcategories are also amazingly convoluted. The contest has been held every year since 1982, and was name... ...in honor of notoriously bad writer Edward George *strong class="ma...
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