Original Bad Prose or Stories!

[SoNotHer]

Thank you for this, Miss Tick. We definitely have some contenders in this thread.

Originally Posted by Truly Scrumptious

Attention all bad writers: The deadline for the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is June 30, and winners will be announced in early July.

What does it take to enter? Just write the opening sentence to the worst possible novel!

Last year’s overall winner (there are category winners too) was Sue Frodie, with this sentence:

“Cheryl’s mind turned like the vanes of a wind-powered turbine, chopping her sparrow-like thoughts into bloody pieces that fell onto a growing pile of forgotten memories.”

Lovely use of metaphors, don’t you think?


Entries should be sent to: srice@pacbell.net
Details here: http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/