The results of San Jose State University’s annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest — finding deliberately bad writing — are out. The winner’s entry begins:
“As he stared at her ample bosom, he daydreamed of the dual Stromberg carburetors in his vintage Triumph Spitfire…”
– From Dan Gillmor
Mine: “It was a dark and stormy night. Karl Rove stared out the window at the tall turgid Washington Monument, partly shrouded in dark swirling clouds, and unbuttoned his shirt …”
