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__NOTOC__ The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (BLFC) is a tongue-in-cheek contest held annually and is sponsored by the English Department of San Jose State University in San Jose, California. Entrants are invited "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels" – that is, deliberately bad. According to the official rules, the prize for winning the contest is "a pittance".〔(Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest: Rules )〕 The 2008 winner received $250, while the 2014 winners' page said grand prize winner received "about $150".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2014 Contest Winners )〕 The contest was started in 1982 by Professor Scott E. Rice of the English Department at San Jose State University and is named for English novelist and playwright Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, author of the much-quoted first line "It was a dark and stormy night". This opening, from the 1830 novel ''Paul Clifford'', continues floridly: The first year of the competition attracted just three entries, but it went public the next year, received media attention, and attracted 10,000 entries.〔(History of the BLFC ) (page down)〕 There are now several subcategories, such as detective fiction, romance novels, Western novels, and purple prose. Sentences that are notable but not quite bad enough to merit the Grand Prize or a category prize are awarded Dishonorable Mentions. ==Winning entrants== The winning entries are available at the (contest website ). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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