Jul 10, 2009

Bad Writing Awards 2009

2009 winners of the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels. (It is actually the subject matter that is bad, not the writing.)

My favorite:

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."


NPR's All Things Considered interviews the grand prize winner.