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2. And you could have been a contender

Tue Nov 11, 2025, 04:17 AM

Tuesday

With the opening line of "I am inconsolable, devastated, and grieved beyond measure." (Thank you for sharing this news, niyad. It makes me sad too.)

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I have very sad news to report. The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest* is no more. [View all] niyad Tuesday OP

Aw man! I always enjoyed those! n/t Coventina Tuesday #1

As did I. niyad Tuesday #5

And you could have been a contender Dear_Prudence Tuesday #2

Curiously, Bulwar-Lytton's intro followed Hemingway's famous dictum nuxvomica Tuesday #3

More like hemingway copied him? niyad Tuesday #8

That's a genuine shame. Paladin Tuesday #4

As will I. niyad Tuesday #9

I regret I never got to enter my novel's opening sentence nuxvomica Tuesday #7

It is a shame that you did not enter it! niyad Tuesday #10

I had not heard of this. Sounds hilarious. Disappointing to see it go. electric_blue68 Tuesday #11

You can check out the website, as the whole contest is archived. niyad Tuesday #13

Cool! I will. TY. electric_blue68 Tuesday #16

Reminds me of the story of the doorman at an exclusive London club. malthaussen Tuesday #12

Awww, thank you for that delightful story. niyad Tuesday #14