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Title: 2007 Bulwer-Lytton Winners Announced
Post by: Yeratel on July 31, 2007, 12:36:28 AM

For the very best examples of really bad (and funny) writing, check out the contest web site: http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/2007.htm

Title: Re: 2007 Bulwer-Lytton Winners Announced
Post by: blgarver on August 09, 2007, 04:24:03 PM

Oh man those are hilarious.  My favs are the one about Samson getting a haircut and the detective trailing the mailman.

Why haven't we started our own BL contest type thread somewhere in these boards?  Because I think we should.

Title: Re: 2007 Bulwer-Lytton Winners Announced
Post by: Yeratel on August 13, 2007, 05:01:22 AM

I like the winner in Children's Literature, for some reason:

Danny, the little Grizzly cub, frolicked in the tall grass on this sunny Spring morning, his mother keeping a watchful eye as she chewed on a piece of a hiker they had encountered the day before.
Dave McKenzie
Federal Way, WA