FYI: Bad Writing is rewarding!

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alan harris

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Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 10, No. 506. Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities (Princeton/Rutgers) Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London Information at http://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/ [1] From: Paul Richard Blum <106233.1104@COMPUSERVE.COM> (62) Subject: fwd:Bad Writing Contes CALL FOR ENTRIES. Philosophy and Literature announces the third Bad Writing Contest. Please cross-post the following announcement on related lists for humanities, culture theory, philosophy, social sciences, criticism, editing, etc. ********************************* The Philosophy and Literature Bad Writing Contes The challenge of the Bad Writing Contest is to come up with the ugliest, most stylistically awful single sentence from a published scholarly book or article. Ordinary journalism, fiction, etc. not allowed, nor is translation from other languages into English. Entries must be non-ironic, from actual serious academic journals or books--parodies cannot be admitted in a field where unintentional self-parody is so rampant. Winning entries will be checked by our researchers before prizes are awarded. Judging will be by editorial staff of Philosophy and Literature. Finder of the winning sentence will have first choice from among the following titles, second prize will be a choice of the remaining books, and so on. The seven prize books are: Rewriting the Soul, by Ian Hacking (Princeton), The Magician's Doubts: Nabokov and the Risks of Fiction, by Michael Wood (Princeton), Dilemmas of Enlightenment, by Oscar Kenshur (California); Killing Time, by Paul Feyerabend (Chicago); Anti-Mimesis from Plato to Hitchcock, by Tom Cohen (Cambridge); Compulsive Beauty, by Hal Foster (MIT); Georges Bataille, by Michael Richardson (Routledge). If necessary, there will be a eight prize (a copy of the journal Social Text) and ninth prize (two copies of Social Text). We've fine prizes for this third contest, so join the fun! Please use the subject heading "Bad writing entry" and copy the posting directly to Denis Dutton, editor of Philosophy and Literature, so we can keep track of the entries: d.dutton@fina.canterbury.ac.nz. The contest deadline: 31 January 1997. ********************** Anyone may join Philosophy and Literature's internet discussion group, PHIL-LIT, by sending the message SUBSCRIBE PHIL-LIT Your Name to: LISTSERV@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU ********************** FORWARD END Internet: c.koellerer@magnet.a FIDO: 2:315/3.22 Fax: ++43 662 420236 (24h)