[Trilby]

Judged by the English Dept at San Jose University, this scintillating bit of prose won first place:

"The sun oozed over the horizon, shoved aside darkness, crept along the greensward, and, with sickly fingers, pushed through the castle window, revealing the pillaged princess, hand at throat, crown asunder, gaping in frenzied horror at the sated, sodden amphibian lying beside her, disbelieving the magnitude of the frog's deception, screaming madly, 'You lied!' "

Sadly, they didn't identify the author of this blue-ribbon entry. Just as well, I suppose.