Even though it’s billed as a bad writing contest, I tend to choose sentences that are well-written but weird and funny, which ...

The first Turing Test may have been conducted at the ball in My Fair Lady. Professor Higgins has wagered with his friend, Pickering, that he can transform a flower girl into a lady through the science ...

For four decades, an English professor at San Jose State University has run a fiction contest for a single opening sentence to "the worst of all possible novels." He has decided to retire the contest.

When it comes to recognizing good literature, you've got all kinds of prizes - the National Book Award, the Nobel, the Booker. But when it comes to recognizing truly bad writing, there's the ...