Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
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The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is an annual humorous writing competition that invites entrants to compose deliberately bad opening sentences to imaginary novels.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2551852 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Context triple: [Edward Bulwer-Lytton, parodiedBy, Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest]
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The Century
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Le Siècle
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C.
The Battle of the Books
The Battle of the Books is a satirical prose work by Jonathan Swift that humorously stages a mock-epic conflict between advocates of ancient and modern learning.
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D.
The Horseshoe
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E.
The Spoils of War
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Target entity description: The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is an annual humorous writing competition that invites entrants to compose deliberately bad opening sentences to imaginary novels.
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A.
The Century
The Century is a notable Art Deco luxury apartment building on Manhattan’s Central Park West, recognized for its twin-towered design and landmark status.
-
B.
Le Siècle
Le Siècle was a prominent 19th-century French newspaper known for publishing major literary works and influencing public opinion in France.
-
C.
The Battle of the Books
The Battle of the Books is a satirical prose work by Jonathan Swift that humorously stages a mock-epic conflict between advocates of ancient and modern learning.
-
D.
The Horseshoe
The Horseshoe is the iconic, horseshoe-shaped football stadium at The Ohio State University, officially known as Ohio Stadium.
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E.
The Spoils of War
The Spoils of War is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Anfal, an eighth chapter of the Qur’an that addresses issues of warfare, distribution of war gains, and obedience to God and His Messenger.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual competition
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humorous literary contest ⓘ writing contest ⓘ |
| aim |
celebrate playful bad writing
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encourage humorous literary creativity ⓘ |
| awardGivenFor | worst opening sentence to an imaginary novel ⓘ |
| basedOn | opening sentence of a novel ⓘ |
| competitionType |
bad writing contest
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literary parody ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| entryRequirement |
English language submission
ⓘ
original opening sentence ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | humor ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
adventure
ⓘ
children’s literature ⓘ crime ⓘ fantasy ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ horror ⓘ miscellaneous ⓘ purple prose ⓘ romance ⓘ science fiction ⓘ vile puns ⓘ western ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
email submissions
ⓘ
online submissions ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Grand Prize
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category awards ⓘ dishonorable mentions ⓘ |
| inception | 1982 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s style
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opening line "It was a dark and stormy night" ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage |
magazines
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newspapers ⓘ online news sites ⓘ |
| motto | Where "WWW" means "Wretched Writers Welcome" ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Edward Bulwer-Lytton ⓘ |
| notableFor |
deliberately bad opening sentences
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satirizing purple prose ⓘ |
| organizer | San Jose State University ⓘ |
| sponsor | San Jose State University Department of English and Comparative Literature ⓘ |
| subjectOf | parody of bad opening sentences ⓘ |
| typicalDeadline | mid-year ⓘ |
| typicalPrize |
certificate
ⓘ
small cash award ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bulwer-lytton.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Description of subject: The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is an annual humorous writing competition that invites entrants to compose deliberately bad opening sentences to imaginary novels.
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