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	Bad Sex in Fiction Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award is an award given annually to the writer who produces the worst description of a sex scene in a novel.
		The award is in the form of a "semi-abstract trophy representing sex in the 1950s" [1], which depicts a naked woman draped over an open book.
		The given rationale is "to draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel, and to discourage it".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bad_Sex_in_Fiction_Award (212 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Bad sex was just good irony, says Wolfe
		Now the American author Tom Wolfe has turned the tables, saying that the British literary judges who awarded him a prize for the year's worst sex in fiction simply did not understand that his description of a first encounter was meant to be ironic.
		The publication, described by Wolfe as a "very small, rather old-fashioned magazine" awards the annual prize "to draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel".
		Rejecting criticisms that he was the first recipient of the Bad Sex award to fail to attend the prizegiving ceremony, Wolfe responded that he had not been invited.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,3604,1378011,00.html (456 words)

	Bad sex award goes to Indian author. \| Publishing Industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The award for the year's most embarrassing and ridiculous description of sex in fiction has gone to Indian author Aniruddha Bahal, for the sexual encounters in his book 'Bunker 13'.
		The Literary Review's Bad Sex In Fiction award was given to Bahal for his descriptions of a women with a swastika shaved in an intimate area, and comparing a couple's technique to certain types of cars.
		"Bad sex award goes to Indian author." is an article from the Publishing Industry category.
	www.allbusiness.com /periodicals/article/695728-1.html (455 words)

	The bad sex award goes to... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The prize, awarded late on Wednesday at the In and Out club in London's St James, is a statuette of a naked woman draped over the pages of an open book and is presented by novelist and journalist Auberon Waugh's magazine, The Literary Review.
		Sean Thomas, 37, who was acquitted of rape 15 years ago after spending two months in jail in the company of murderers and rapists, won the award for a description of Alex, a character in the novel Kissing England, as he compares his lover to compact electronic equipment.
		His portrayal of sex, he told The Times, was "meant to be provocative, funny and totally outrageous.
	www.news24.com /News24/Archive/0,6119,2-1659_948115,00.html (241 words)

	BBC News \| ARTS \| Erotic editor wins bad sex prize
		Mr Hart, who is also the literary editor of the Erotic Review, was presented with the award by Jerry Hall at a ceremony on Tuesday evening.
		The annual award is organised by the Literary Review, and was founded by the literary critics Rhoda Koenig and the late Auberon Waugh in 1993.
		Presenting the award, a semi-abstract statue representing sex in the 1950s, Jerry Hall said: "Bad sex writing is like bad sex - both are better than nothing.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/arts/1693278.stm (362 words)

	Wolfe 'slithers' to bad sex writing award. 14/12/2004. ABC News Online
		The prize is awarded each year "to draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel".
		The winner of the award, organised by the London-based Literary Review, is given an Oscar-style statuette and a bottle of champagne - but only if he or she goes to the awards ceremony in person.
		Organisers said Wolfe, who is based in New York, was the first writer in the 12-year history of the competition to decline his invitation.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200412/s1264500.htm (396 words)

	Bunion book wins Bad Sex award - theage.com.au
		Perriam accepted her award from celebrity interior designer Nicky Haslam at London's In And Out Club.
		Her winning entry was a scene in which the 30-something heroine, sent to a geriatric nursing home to convalesce after a botched bunion operation, has sex with her husband while fantasising about her foot surgeon.
		"Sex was never discussed either at home or at school and I never had any sex education.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/12/04/1038950081875.html (221 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Arts \| Author Wolfe wins 'bad sex' prize
		The prize is awarded each year for "crude, tasteless" sexual depictions in published literature.
		It is awarded by Literary Review magazine in an attempt to discourage authors from writing such accounts.
		Slither slither slither slither went the tongue, but the hand that was what she tried to concentrate on, the hand, since it has the entire terrain of her torso to explore and not just the otorhinolaryngological caverns.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/4091643.stm (303 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| News \| Stiff competition for Bad Sex award
		The longlist for this year's Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction award, announced last Friday, confirms that Mars-Jones's prediction was on the money.
		There is also what one must assume is intentional humour in Ben Elton's description of a nurse and her cries of "gosh!" and "tally ho!" during sex from The First Casualty.
		Last year's winner, Tom Wolfe, was one of the very few recipients to fail to attend; he later criticised the judges for failing to recognise the irony contained in the winning passage from I Am Charlotte Simmons.
	books.guardian.co.uk /news/articles/0,6109,1652789,00.html (500 words)

	USATODAY.com - Tom Wolfe wins Bad Sex award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		LONDON (AP) — It's the literary award no author wants to win, and this year it's gone to Tom Wolfe.
		The nearly 700-page novel is set at fictional Dupont University in Pennsylvania, chronicling the bright, naive Charlotte Simmons' entry into a hedonistic world filled with heavy drinking and casual sex.
		The Bad Sex prize, in its 12th year, is intended to "draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel," its judges say.
	www.usatoday.com /life/books/news/2004-12-13-tom-wolfe_x.htm (233 words)

	Bad Sex in Fiction Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Wendy Perriam, who has been nominated for the prize three times in a row, said that she was "stunned but pleased" by her win, insisting that the winning scene had been intended to be humorous.
		Even literature awards have their lighter side (or dark side, dependent upon your view).
		The most dreaded of British literary prizes is considered by some to be the Bad Sex in Fiction Award.
	www.literature-awards.com /bad_sex_in_fiction_award.htm (502 words)

	Bad sex award was good for my book: Bahal - Sify.com
		Bad sex award was good for my book: Bahal - Sify.com
		Bad sex award was good for my book: Bahal
		Aniruddha Bahal won the Literary Review Bad Sex Award in December for a passage from his book 'Bunker 13'.
	sify.com /news/pioneer/fullstory.php?id=13347106 (268 words)

	BOOKS-Wolfe-Bad-Sex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		LONDON (AP) - It's the literary award no author wants to win, and this year it's gone to Tom Wolfe.
		The Literary Review gave Wolfe its annual Bad Sex award Monday for his best-selling novel I Am Charlotte Simmons.
		Judges said the book's sex scenes were "ghastly...
	www.cp.org /english/online/full/oddities/041213/K121310AU.html (180 words)

	Ananova - Bunker 13 author wins bad sex award
		Indian writer Aniruddha Bahal has had the dubious honour of winning the Literary Review's Bad Sex In Fiction award.
		Excerpts from his award-winning sex scene - involving a woman who drops her trousers to reveal a swastika shaven into an intimate area - were read out to the audience.
		The award honours the year's most embarrassing and inept description of sexual intercourse in a novel.
	www.ananova.com /news/story/sm_843972.html?menu=news.weirdworld.sexlife (238 words)

	Wolfe wins bad sex award - Books - www.smh.com.au
		The American author and journalist Tom Wolfe has won one of the world's most dreaded literary accolades - the British prize for bad sex in fiction.
		It is awarded each year "to draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel".
		The winner of the award, organised by the London-based Literary Review, is given an Oscar-style statuette and champagne - but only if he or she attends the awards ceremony.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/12/14/1102787079563.html (323 words)

	British novelist wins Bad Sex award - smh.com.au
		British novelist Wendy Perriam was yesterday awarded the Literary Review's Bad Sex In Fiction award.
		It is third time unlucky for Perriam - she was nominated last year and the year before for similar efforts, and is the only author to have been nominated three years in succession.
		Perriam said: "I am absolutely stunned to win, particularly for a novel about bunions." Convent-educated Perriam attributed her love of explicit scenes to her strict religious upbringing.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/12/04/1038950093165.html (138 words)

	Polar Exploration Wins Bad Sex Award - @forums
		The thread "Polar Exploration Wins Bad Sex Award" has not received any replies for a year.
		We have asked repeatedly that old threads not be bumped, but it seems as if you cannot abide by such a simple request, so we are abiding by the request for you.
		LONDON (Reuters) - A description of an unwelcome seduction that compares it to a polar exploration has won one of Britain's least coveted literary prizes -- the Bad Sex in Fiction Award.
	www.atforumz.com /showthread.php?t=97386 (379 words)

	Birmingham Words - Bad sex, or Just Plain Irony? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Last month, Tom Wolfe, he of the white suit, was given the bad sex award.
		that most prestigious literary award given to the writer of the most toe-curlingly awful sex scene of the year before.
		Obviously upset by the award, Wolfe has claimed, reversing the usual charge, that the Brits (who are responsible for the prize) just don't understand American irony.
	www.birminghamwords.co.uk /content/view/343/2 (140 words)

	CNN.com - Sting to present UK Bad Sex award - Dec. 2, 2003
		Sting will be handing out the award for worst description of sexual intercourse in a novel.
		No embarrassment will be spared on Wednesday when rock star Sting presents one of Britain's least-desired literary awards -- the Bad Sex in Fiction Award.
		Now in its 11th year, the dubious honor is awarded by the Literary Review magazine for the most inept description of sexual intercourse in a novel.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/12/02/uk.sting.sex.reut (298 words)

	Bibliobibuli: Bad Sex, Good Sex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Others use sex effectively, not only to get deep inside their characters' skins, but to underline the message of their novel.
		Didn't put her into the article because she was writing erotica and I was looking at sex in lierary fiction...
		Yes visitor - I wrote about tom wolfe getting last year's bad sex award.
	thebookaholic.blogspot.com /2005/11/bad-sex-good-sex.html (239 words)

	CBC Arts: Bad sex was ironic: Tom Wolfe
		NEW YORK - Author Tom Wolfe says the sex scenes in his novel I am Charlotte Simmons — which won him a prize for bad writing — were meant to be ironic.
		The purpose of the award is to "draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel."
		In giving the prize, the judges said the descriptions of sex in Wolfe's book are ghastly, inept and unrealistic.
	www.cbc.ca /story/arts/national/2004/12/21/Arts/wolfe041221.html (791 words)

	Indian reporter wins Bad Sex in Fiction Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Indian reporter Aniruddha Bahal of the tehelka fame has won a prize that he wouldn't exactly relish.
		The Literary Review magazine has given him the Bad Sex in Fiction Award, thanks to a passage from his novel Bunker 13.
		Now in its 11th year, the prize is awarded for the most inept description of sexual intercourse in a novel.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/dec/04bahal.htm (195 words)

	Tom Wolfe wins ‘bad sex’ award - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		American author and journalist Tom Wolfe has won one of the world’s most dreaded literary accolades — the British prize for bad sex in fiction, reports Reuters from London.
		The prize is awarded “to draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the novel”.
		Organised by the Literary Review, the winner is given an Oscar-style statuette and a bottle of champagne only if he or she comes to the awards ceremony in person.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/dec152004/f6.asp (251 words)

	Booksquare » Bad Sex, The Finalists
		It should go without saying that someday we hope to be honored with a little plaque or trophy for our contribution to the oeuvre.
		Oh sure, we’re going to have to work hard — this is not a prize awarded to rank amateurs.
		The longlisted passages for the Bad Sex in Fiction award
	www.booksquare.com /archives/2005/12/01/1681 (367 words)

	Romancing Paradise: Bad Sex Award
		It's the time when The Guardian (UK) bestows its bad sex award.
		The article excerpts the nominees, but you can read the full passages here.
		I can't choose, they're so bad in their badness.
	lynnrayeharris.blogspot.com /2005/12/bad-sex-award.html (219 words)

	Blogcritics.org: Bad Sex Awards - Tom Wolfe has the Right Stuff
		The Literary Review awarded it's 12th annual Bad Sex Award to Tom Wolfe for his new book "I Am Charlotte Simmons".
		Hoyt began moving his lips as if he were trying to suck the ice cream off the top of a cone without using his teeth.
		Apparently it got the Literary Review Bad Sex award for its bad description of sex in a novel.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2004/12/14/101010.php (1245 words)

	entertainment.iafrica.com \| books \| news Tom Wolfe gets 'Bad Sex' award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It's the literary award no author wants to win, and this year it's gone to Tom Wolfe.
		He gained fame in the 1960s in the vanguard of the New Journalism movement with works including 'The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test' and 'The Right Stuff'.'The Bonfire of the Vanities', his scathing satire of New York in the 1980s, was a top-10 bestseller of the decade.
		The Bad Sex prize, in its twelfth year, is intended to "draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel", judges say.
	entertainment.iafrica.com /books/news/398897.htm (325 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Entertainment - Arts - Tom Wolfe wins Bad Sex Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		THE acclaimed author Tom Wolfe has landed one of the most dreaded prizes in literature - the Bad Sex Award.
		He was not present to pick up his Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award at last night’s ceremony in London.
		Another strong contender for the award was Andre Brink, whose work Before I Forget describes female genitalia as "a large exotic mushroom in the fork of a tree".
	news.scotsman.com /arts.cfm?id=1426452004 (434 words)

	Dvorak Uncensored » Giles Coren wins bad sex award
		A passage from his debut novel, Winkler, describing a male character’s genitalia as “leaping around like a shower dropped in an empty bath” won the 13th annual Literary Review award for Bad Sex in Fiction for food-critic-turned-novelist Giles Coren last night.
		Salman Rushdie, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Paul Theroux and John Updike were among the 11 contenders for this year’s prize, with Rushdie, Theroux and Updike all boasting previous nominations.
		I thought only good Catholics had bad sex.
	www.dvorak.org /blog?p=3444 (684 words)

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