My favorite Lyttle Lytton contest entry is the creator's first
example, which I've quoted many times over the years: Jennifer
stood there, quietly ovulating.
As to Mary Dell's desire ("I've always wished the Bulwer-Lytton
awards were given for actual published first lines that were
unintentionally bad"), the Guardian does something along these
lines with its annual choice of the worst sexual passages from
mainstream books: the
Guardian's Bad Sex contest winning entries. When a friend
originally sent me some of these, I thought they were
Bulwer-Lytton entries!
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