In what it's billing as civilization's first-ever "network-sanctioned, collaborative writing event" Showtime is sponsoring a funny little collaborative 'L Word' episode-writing online contest.

Each week through March 31, 2006, millions of fans of THE L WORD will be invited online to write, read, rate and discuss short scenes based on an instructive "scene mission" provided by a member of the writing team from the hit cable series. Fans submit their original scenes, the online community votes, and at the end of each week, the most popular fan-submitted scene will be added to the script in progress. The process will repeat each week with a new "scene mission" until the entire script is complete.

The episode won't be produced (thank god, although it could be pretty hilarious), but various prizes will be offered.