it's an honor just to be nominated...

I have happened upon two entertaining competitions under way:

To uncover the world's worst ex, Lindsayism.com and TMFTML are hosting The Cruddy Award. Boy oh boy, are there some episodes from my 20s that could rival the best of them, but I will not participate.

Every month over at Nerve, excerpts are pitted against one another for The Henry Miller Award, given to the best literary sex scene. Since it's almost impossible to describe sex in writing without completely taking the magic out of it, many other interesting literary style choices are brought to the forefront.