For Competition No 4305, set by Leonora Casement, they want “unlikely second lines to well-known firsts.”
This is the sample they offer:
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky
For if I stop in Downing Street, they’ll lynch me by and by.
Although they don't say specifically that the “well-known firsts” have to be first lines from poems, that seems strongly implied. I doubt that something like “Call me Ishmael. But don't call me in the middle of the night.” would stand much of a chance.
The maximum number of entries is ten. The deadline is January 2.
comp@newstatesman.co.uk