The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2023 Winners

I dare you not to laugh at them.

Panzer was shaken from his afternoon nap in his kitty bed by clapping and laughing coming from the Catosphere. Hopping in the Panzermobile, he followed all the jocularity to The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction site.

At the site he discovered the Grand Winner of The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, Maya Pasic, has been announced. In addition, if you scroll down the page and click the Read all the 2023 Winners button, all the Winners and Dishonorable Mentions have also been announced. The Winners and Dishonorable Mentions entries are available to read there too.

Since there are thirteen categories with Winners and Dishonorable Mentions in each, you'll need to go to the site to read all the winning entries.

Have fun!

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The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

Today, Panzer went to the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest site. There he found the list of this year's Winners and Dishonorable Mentions.

It's so bad it made me laugh.

This is the annual contest for the worst opening line of a novel. It's named for Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the man who wrote the opening line, "It was a dark and stormy night."

The main page has this year's Grand Prize Winner John Farmer's first line. If you click the blue button below that, you'll be taken to the Grand Prize Winner and the Winners and the Dishonorable Mentions in each of the categories.

Panzer says, "Even bad writing deserves to be rewarded."

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Drawn Out and Delightful - The Rap Sheet

As Panzer was taking his morning nap, he was shaken from his kitty bed by laughing and guffawing coming from the Catosphere. Hopping in the Panzermobile, he followed all the jocularity to The Rap Sheet site. There he found a post about the Winners and Dishonorable Mentions in the 2019 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest.

Who was that guy?

According to site owner J. Kingston Pierce, the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest has announced the 2019 winners and dishonorable mentions. The contest is in honor of the Edward Bulwer-Lytton who wrote the infamous line, "It was a dark and stormy night." Each participant tries to write the worst single sentence he or she can. There's a grand prize winner and one winner in each of twelve categories. Depending on the entries, there are also several dishonorable mentions as well. The post includes several of the contest's dishonorable mentions and winners. There is also a link to the contest winners' site included in the post.

Panzer says, "Humans are always funny to cats."

Note: This is a long post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin. If you plan to follow the link to winners site, bring a quart of tea and half a dozen muffins for today's reading selection.

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