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

Re: SGA AU

[almostnever.livejournal.com]

Oh god help me, I want more of this. Is Sheppard Todd? (Oh no... is Todd Todd?)

Re: SGA AU

[morebliss.livejournal.com]

I actually started writing it a few months ago, but there wasn't enough alcohol in the world to get me to finish it.

Um, Rod's Jessica. Meredith's Elizabeth. Teyla was Lila (when she talked about 'her people' she was referring to the cheerleaders). Ronon was Bruce Patman. And John was the Jeffrey character. The new boy at Sweet Atlantis High that Rod & Meredith were fighting over.

Re: SGA AU

[almostnever.livejournal.com]

And John was the Jeffrey character. The new boy at Sweet Atlantis High that Rod & Meredith were fighting over.

That noise you just heard was my supersonic squeal of delight at the very idea. :D

Re: SGA AU

[morebliss.livejournal.com]

God, I've got notes somewhere. Maybe I should stock up on wine and look it over again. Hmmmmm...

Re: SGA AU

[almostnever.livejournal.com]

I just explained Sweet Valley High to anatsuno and I can't stop laughing. :-)

Re: SGA AU

[morebliss.livejournal.com]

God, I was at my Mum's last weekend helping her clean out the attic and I found all of them. I had to keep a couple, but the rest are being given away. They are soooooo bad! You need to read this blog. (http://thedairiburger.wordpress.com/category/sweet-valley-high/)