Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 15:48:24 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <wsfalist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Oddest Title Winner . .
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

(http://www.writersservices.com/wsmag/m_diagram_prize.htm)
"The winner has just been announced of my favourite
competition of the year, run by columnist Horace Bent in
the Bookseller (the UK book trade weekly) with input from
dedicated odd title hunters from all over the world. The
prize, set up in association with the Diagram Group, has
been running since 1978.

As always, they have come up with some stupendously
funny and quite incredible titles, but all are guaranteed
authentic. Pity the poor judges - it's been a tough job
choosing from a truly bizarre 2002 line-up.

The 2002 longlist

Melons for the Passionate Grower
Passing Gas
First you Take a Leek
Red-haired Irishwomen on the Bog
The Do-it-yourself Lobotomy: Open Your Mind to Greater Creative Thinking
After the Orgy: Towards a Politics of Exhaustion
Forensic Examination of Rubber Stamps
Wigglers, Undulators and Their Applications
Second-hand Parrots: A Complete Owner's Pet Manual
Without Regret: A Handbook for Owners of Canine  Amputees
Women and Integrated Pest Management
Postmortem Collectibles

The 2002 shortlist
After the Orgy: Towards a Politics of Exhaustion
Living with Crazy Buttocks
Melons for the Passionate Grower
Six-Legged Sex: The Erotic Lives of Bugs
Without Regret: A Handbook for Owners of Canine Amputees
Women and Integrated Part Management

The 2002 winner
Living with Crazy Buttocks
published by Penguin US and Australia

(please note that, contrary to what you may think, all
entries for the Prize must be genuine titles of books actually
being published - no cheating allowed)"

mjw