Posts from the ‘Best First Sentence Contest’ Category
It was an exceptional contest — one which because of the sheer number of first-rate entries took me over a week to decide. Here, in no particular order, are some of my favorites: Shonda Royall: I woke up, dying. Jeremy J: Not again, she thought. QUINN-TUP: With closed eyes, she stumbled to the blood-spread of […]
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UPDATE II: WINNER ANNOUNCED HERE Journal Pulp is offering a $100.00 cash prize for the following: Best first sentence for a novel about a clever but silent twelve-year-old girl who’s an only child and who one dark night traveling with her mother and father falls asleep in the backseat of the car — and wakes […]
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It was another difficult decision over which I heartached for one week. Here, in no particular order, were the finalists: She sat down exhausted. — Shannon Murray After a lifetime of incubation, she now carried the fatal disease. — Scott The Ark lay in shadow, its golden angels covered in thousands of years of dust. […]
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Journal Pulp is offering a $100.00 cash prize for the following: Best first sentence for a novel about a monomaniacal archeologist who discovers for certain the actual resting place of the Ark of the Covenant, and who resolves that, despite its being so heavily guarded, she will open the golden lid of the Ark — […]
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Best first sentence for a novel about a lovely librarian who secretly burns the books she loves because she wants no one else to read them. And the winner is — but before I announce the winner, let me say something about the selection process: Invariably when I choose a winner for the Best First […]
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[UPDATE: CONTEST CLOSED, WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED] The Journal Pulp is offering a $100.00 cash prize for the following: Best first sentence for a novel about a lovely librarian who secretly burns the books she loves because she wants no one else to read them. Rules and guidelines: No outrageous run-ons. You can submit anonymously […]
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Best first sentence for a novel about a modern-day prophet who does not believe in God … And the winner is C-CAT: “Thank God for atheist cops,” she said with a wink to the cross-wearing parking attendant who had, quite reasonably, been persuaded to spare her. I chose this sentence first for its paradoxical nature and […]
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UPDATE: CONTEST CLOSED — WINNER ANNOUNCED HERE The Journal Pulp is offering a $100.00 cash prize for the following: Best first sentence for a novel about a modern-day prophet who does not believe in God — who is neither left nor right, who preaches reason and the philomathic, concerning which things she’s almost psychopathic […]
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Just over 300 entries (both sites combined) the vast majority of which were beautiful and brilliant. The winner: rapideyemvmt The sentence: He came there every day, before and after work, but he didn’t notice the tattoo of a single hydrogen atom on the nape of her neck until today. This elegant sentence has a hint […]
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UPDATE: WINNER ANNOUNCED. READ THE WINNING ENTRY HERE: The Journal Pulp is offering a $100.00 cash prize for the following: Best first sentence for a novel about a genius waitress who discovers the secret to unlocking the power of deuterium — and the customer who loves her, but loves her discovery even more. Rules and […]
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There were over 300 entries, the majority of which were very well written, and I’m a one-man outfit. I apologize for taking ten days to decide. But I gave each entry multiple and thorough readings — and the winner is: Kayla Here is Kayla’s sentence: When I recognized the face staring back at me with […]
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WINNER ANNOUNCED HERE UPDATE: CONTEST CLOSED. The Journal Pulp is offering a $200.00 cash prize for the following: Best first sentence for a novel about a famous atheist-astronomer who one star-sprent summer evening glimpses God in the bottom of his whiskey glass. Rules and guidelines: No outrageous run-ons. You can submit anonymously or under […]
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