Fannish Bulwer-Lytton Contest!

[trinityofone]

Smart Bitches Trashy Books is having a contest in honor of the 2008 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Winners. Two years ago, I held a similar contest. I feel like it's time to bring it back—with a vengeance!

Here are the rules:

1. Comment with the worst sentence you can imagine opening a fic. I am opening this up to any and all fandoms this year, with the caveat that, as the initial judge, I may be more partial to fandoms I am familiar with. Note: the sentence should be a sentence. Crazy punctuation is fine and even encouraged, but opening paragraphs will not be counted. ETA: You're welcome to make as many entries as you like. I'd recommend one per comment for clarity, but I'm not gonna be a stickler on that.

2. On Thursday morning-ish, I will choose my ten favorite entries for everyone to vote on. Feel free to comment on your favorite entries; my opinions on matters unpolitical can often be swayed. ;-)

3. Voting will run through the weekend; on Monday I will announce the winners and possibly some runners-up. There will be prizes! (Most likely a selection of used books on numerous enchanting subjects.)

4. Feel free to link! Let's see if we can make this an omnifannish extravaganza.

And...go!

Comments

Blakes7

[executrix.livejournal.com]

Helplessly, Blake found himself toppling into those icy yet limpid ebony pools until, with catlike grace, Avon pulled him back and ringingly exclaimed, "Will you watch where you're going for once, Blake?"

Re: Blakes7

[toft-froggy.livejournal.com]

Heh heh. Brilliant.

Re: Blakes7

[blakefancier.livejournal.com]

LOL! We can't help it. Those ice yet limpid ebony pools are mesmerising.

Re: Blakes7

[executrix.livejournal.com]

And think how dangerous being mesmerized is when you've been mind-wiped twice!

Re: Blakes7

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

*giggle* It's too good to win this contest I'm afraid. :^)

Re: Blakes7

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

lolololololol