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The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (BLFC) is a tongue-in-cheek contest, held annually and sponsored by the English Department of San Jose State University in San Jose, California. Entrants are invited "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels" – that is, one which is deliberately bad. According to the official rules, the prize for winning the contest is "a pittance". The 2008 winner received $250, while the 2014 winners' page said the grand prize winner received "about $150".

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  • The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (BLFC) is a tongue-in-cheek contest, held annually and sponsored by the English Department of San Jose State University in San Jose, California. Entrants are invited "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels" – that is, one which is deliberately bad. According to the official rules, the prize for winning the contest is "a pittance". The 2008 winner received $250, while the 2014 winners' page said the grand prize winner received "about $150". The contest was started in 1982 by Professor Scott E. Rice of the English Department at San Jose State University and is named for English novelist and playwright Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, author of the much-quoted first line "It was a dark and stormy night". This opening , from the 1830 novel Paul Clifford, reads in full: It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness. The first year of the competition attracted just three entries, but it went public the next year, received media attention, and attracted 10,000 entries. There are now several subcategories, such as detective fiction, romance novels, Western novels, and purple prose. Sentences that are notable but not quite bad enough to merit the Grand Prize or a category prize are awarded Dishonorable Mentions. (en)
  • Der Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (BLFC) ist ein jährlicher Wettbewerb um den treffendsten Vorschlag dafür, wie der erste Satz des fürchterlichsten vorstellbaren Romans lauten könnte. Der Wettbewerb wird von der San José State University ausgetragen. (de)
  • Tenu régulièrement chaque année à la même date, le Bulwer–Lytton Fiction Contest est une compétition satirique organisée par le département d'anglais de l'université d'État de San José (Californie) qui vise à récompenser la pire première phrase d'un roman ou d'une nouvelle ; le concours doit son nom à l'écrivain Edward Bulwer-Lytton qui commença son roman (1830) avec une longue phrase alambiquée débutant par « It was a dark and stormy night » (qui peut se traduire par « c'était par une sombre nuit d'orage… »), formule devenue depuis un célèbre cliché du genre mélodramatique et abondamment parodiée, notamment avec les ambitions littéraires de Snoopy dans Peanuts. (fr)
  • 布爾沃·李頓小說獎是美國一個惡搞的文學獎，由加州聖荷西州立大學教授史考特·萊斯於1982年創立，以英國著名文學家的名字命名。這個文學獎每年頒發給最爛的小說開場白，勝出者可以獲得250美元的獎金。這個獎項設立的首年，只有三名參加者，發展到千禧年後，每年都吸引到數千名參加者遞交參賽作品。 (zh)
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  • Der Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (BLFC) ist ein jährlicher Wettbewerb um den treffendsten Vorschlag dafür, wie der erste Satz des fürchterlichsten vorstellbaren Romans lauten könnte. Der Wettbewerb wird von der San José State University ausgetragen. (de)
  • Tenu régulièrement chaque année à la même date, le Bulwer–Lytton Fiction Contest est une compétition satirique organisée par le département d'anglais de l'université d'État de San José (Californie) qui vise à récompenser la pire première phrase d'un roman ou d'une nouvelle ; le concours doit son nom à l'écrivain Edward Bulwer-Lytton qui commença son roman (1830) avec une longue phrase alambiquée débutant par « It was a dark and stormy night » (qui peut se traduire par « c'était par une sombre nuit d'orage… »), formule devenue depuis un célèbre cliché du genre mélodramatique et abondamment parodiée, notamment avec les ambitions littéraires de Snoopy dans Peanuts. (fr)
  • 布爾沃·李頓小說獎是美國一個惡搞的文學獎，由加州聖荷西州立大學教授史考特·萊斯於1982年創立，以英國著名文學家的名字命名。這個文學獎每年頒發給最爛的小說開場白，勝出者可以獲得250美元的獎金。這個獎項設立的首年，只有三名參加者，發展到千禧年後，每年都吸引到數千名參加者遞交參賽作品。 (zh)
  • The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (BLFC) is a tongue-in-cheek contest, held annually and sponsored by the English Department of San Jose State University in San Jose, California. Entrants are invited "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels" – that is, one which is deliberately bad. According to the official rules, the prize for winning the contest is "a pittance". The 2008 winner received $250, while the 2014 winners' page said the grand prize winner received "about $150". (en)
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  • Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (de)
  • Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (en)
  • Bulwer–Lytton Fiction Contest (fr)
  • 布爾沃·李頓小說獎 (zh)
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