Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

The Bulwer- Lytton Fiction Contest ( BLFC ) is an annual competition for the most relevant proposal for how the first sentence of the most terrible imaginable novel could be. The competition will be held from the San Jose State University.

History

The competition was first held in 1982. Ausgedacht has him Professor Scott Rice begins with a dedication to Edward George Bulwer- Lytton, whose novel Paul Clifford with the words known by Snoopy It was a dark and stormy night ( It was a dark and stormy night ). During the first year only three entries were recorded, the second contest reached a nationwide media attention and 10,000 posts.

The prize is worth 250 U.S. $. Regularly since 1984 appear BLFC posts in book form, edited by Scott Rice.

Since Adam Cadre was of the view that shorter sentences are funny, he called the 2000 Lyttle Lytton Contest to life, the per participant - even with several proposals - a year pretending a maximum of 30 words (formerly 25). Cadre aims to " intentionally unintentionally funny texts ".

Regulate

Proposals may be submitted via mail or e- mail throughout the year, even more per person. The deadline for each year is April 15. Unlike the competition, the best first sentence is the sentence not be taken from a truly published work. The records are divided by the judges in categories such as thriller and science fiction, with one winner per category and one overall winner.