October 2, 2026

In 1985, Martha Simpson of Glastonbury, Connecticut won this annual American writing contest, and in 1990 Linda Vernon of Newark, California took home the same title. The contest is named after a 19th-century English novelist. Which literary contest has honored these writers?

A Pulitzer Prize
B Goldsmiths Prize
C Lambda Literary Awards
D Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

Martha Simpson of Glastonbury, Connecticut won the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest in 1985, and Linda Vernon of Newark, California took the title in 1990.

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