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As links to Lyttle Lytton were posted on various social networks over the course of the past year, I was interested to read that quite a few people initially found the contest mean-spirited, but changed their minds when they learned that the vast majority of entries are written for the contest and that the Found division is subordinate. This was quite a contrast to the guy who interviewed me for a BBC program, who didn't care for the original entries at all and was only interested in the "find and showcase bad professional writing" aspect. Which brings me to this year's winner of the Found division. When I saw this, I couldn't believe it, and sure enough, when I read up on it, it turned out to be tongue-in-cheek. For a moment I thought that should disqualify it for the Found division, since the author is in on the joke… but then I thought, wait, what's wrong with that? The point of this contest isn't to make fun of anyone, but to find that sweet spot of "intentional unintentional comedy," and this certainly qualifies. So, the winner of this year's Found division:

"I draw a hot sorrow bath in my despair room."
- Keanu Reeves, Ode to Happiness
quoted by Katherine Morayati

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...also, that winning entry was mine. :|
which is making me ecstatically happy how the one year I finally win, Keanu gets a mention too. :')

congrats to both of you ! ;) :D