2009 Bulwer-Lytton contest results

archerjoe · Jun 30, 2009

http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2009.htm

I've been chuckling over this Dishonorable Mention:

Tinkerbell landed softly on the bedpost in a sparkle of Industrial Light & Magic, handed the packet of cigarettes to a rather stubbly 'Pete' Pan and, seeing his little green tights strewn carelessly on the floor and a still sleeping Wendy lying naked beside him, quickly realized they were now a very long way from Never Never Land.
Hugh Trethowan
Bath, U.K.

Lisa Cox · Jun 30, 2009

This one made me giggle:

As Oedipus watched his mother gracefully glide across the great hall, he felt a stirring in his loins which he immediately regretted but then quickly dismissed, for he knew if these wanton desires for his mother were wrong then someone would have named the condition by now, thus proving once again that where his emotions were concerned there was only one description for Oedipus . . . complex.

And this:

Towards the dragon's lair the fellowship marched -- a noble human prince, a fair elf, a surly dwarf, and a disheveled copyright attorney who was frantically trying to find a way to differentiate this story from "Lord of the Rings."

2009 Bulwer-Lytton contest results

archerjoe

Lisa Cox