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2006-02-24 14:41:03

ParkBench Posts: 0	Dave Barry to Judge Benchley Society Humor Award BOSTON, February 24, 2006 -- Dave Barry, Pulitzer Prize winning humorist, author of the New York Times best seller, Dave Barry's Money Secrets, and life-long fan of Robert Benchley, has agreed to judge finalist entries in the 2006 Robert Benchley Society Award for Humor competition sponsored by the Robert Benchley Society. "We're looking for the next Robert Benchley," said David Trumbull, chairman of the Robert Benchley Society, and Dave Barry, America's leading Humorist, has agreed to help." "If you have a funny bone and can write, you can be a part of it. All you have to do is write a short original article (500 words or less), in the style of Robert Benchley and send it to the Robert Benchley Society, no later than April 15th. We and Dave Barry will do the rest," Trumbull said. The Robert Benchley Society, a not-for-profit organization, was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 2003. It has since grown to include members in several countries. Information about the Society may be found at www.robertbenchley.org -30-

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2006-02-24 19:46:44

Jet-Propelled Wendy Posts: 0	Re: Dave Barry to Judge Benchley Society Humor Award I <3 Dave Barry.

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2006-02-25 06:14:49

lindydivaus Posts: 11	Re: Dave Barry to Judge Benchley Society Humor Award Check out the Benchley Society, then (I'm prejudiced, I'm on the board), but you'll like it. Lots of good information and links. And we had the most hilarious weekend last year! Great stuff.

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2006-07-06 10:38:16

lindydivaus Posts: 11	Re: Dave Barry to Judge Benchley Society Humor Award <a href="http://www.robertbenchley.org/2006_competition/winners.htm" target="_blank">http://www.robertbenchley.org/2006_competition/winners.htm</a> The winner has been announced: Winners in 2006 Robert Benchley Humor Prize Competition BOSTON, JULY 6, 2006 -- David Trumbull, Chairman of the Robert Benchley Society extends thanks to all 106 entrants in the Second Annual Robert Benchley Humor Prize Competition, to the members of the Robert Benchley Society who did such a superb job of judging the many excellent entries, and to Pulitzer Prize winning and New York Times best selling humorist Dave Barry for making the final selection. Said Mr. Barry: "With some difficulty, I selected these as my top four:" W. Bruce Cameron of Santa Monica, California for Golf for the First Time W. Bruce Cameron's very funny essay has a number of lines that strongly remind me of the master, my favorite being: "To make the sport less boring, course designers have carefully built in a series of obstacles called 'geese.'" A wonderful read from beginning to end. --Dave Barry Click on the link above for more information...and, folks, you can click on the blue links at the RBS Society to read the four selected essays. I was lucky enough to be one of the judges, and I can tell you that there were some gems (and a few stinkers [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img] ) to sort. -Eileen

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