Fannish Bulwer-Lytton Contest!
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trinityofoneSmart 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 backâwith 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!
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!
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Re: SGA / Heralds of Valdemar / Dragonriders of Pern / Doctor Who / Bimbos of the Death Sun / Discwo
Date: 2008-08-21 10:21 pm (UTC)I had most of the Valdemar & Pern ones up until I stopped buying paperbacks (when I went to the bookstore and all the ones I wanted were $10 each I stopped collecting.) I've just added Bimbos to my Amazon shopping list for the next time I buy from them. :^)
Re: SGA / Heralds of Valdemar / Dragonriders of Pern / Doctor Who / Bimbos of the Death Sun / Discwo
Date: 2008-08-22 01:05 am (UTC)Re: SGA / Heralds of Valdemar / Dragonriders of Pern / Doctor Who / Bimbos of the Death Sun / Discwo
Date: 2008-08-22 01:11 am (UTC)Re: SGA / Heralds of Valdemar / Dragonriders of Pern / Doctor Who / Bimbos of the Death Sun / Discwo
Date: 2008-08-22 01:22 am (UTC)Re: SGA / Heralds of Valdemar / Dragonriders of Pern / Doctor Who / Bimbos of the Death Sun / Discwo
Date: 2008-08-22 01:36 am (UTC)