Summary

The website recounts the origins of a decades-long contest started in 1983, where participants submitted poorly written opening sentences for fictional novels. It highlights the unexpectedly large number of entrants and acknowledges the significant contribution of the founder’s daughter, EJ, over the last few years.

Title

Home | The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

Description

A whimsical literary competition for the worst possible opening sentences to novels never written.

Keywords

contest, years, lytton, have, entrants, over, page, archive, noble, fiction, like, keeping, good, generations, rice, july, will

NS Lookup

A 185.230.63.186, A 185.230.63.171, A 185.230.63.107

Dates

Created 2026-03-09

Updated 2026-03-09

Summarized 2026-03-10