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(November 2019)">self-published source</span></a></i>]</sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1979<span class="noprint">; 45 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1979</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Based in</th><td class="infobox-data">London</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://literaryreview.co.uk">literaryreview<wbr />.co<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0144-4360">0144-4360</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Literary Review</b></i> is a British <a href="/wiki/Literary_magazine" title="Literary magazine">literary magazine</a> founded in 1979 by <a href="/wiki/Anne_Smith_(writer)" title="Anne Smith (writer)">Anne Smith</a>, then head of the Department of English at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a>. Its offices are on Lexington Street in <a href="/wiki/Soho" title="Soho">Soho</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mediakit_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mediakit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The magazine was edited for fourteen years by veteran journalist <a href="/wiki/Auberon_Waugh" title="Auberon Waugh">Auberon Waugh</a>. The current editor is Nancy Sladek. </p><p>The magazine reviews a wide range of published books, including fiction, history, politics, biography and travel, and additionally prints new fiction. It is also known for the annual <b>Bad Sex in Fiction Award</b> that it has run since 1993. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bad_Sex_in_Fiction_Award">Bad Sex in Fiction Award</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literary_Review&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Bad Sex in Fiction Award"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each year since 1993, <i>Literary Review</i> has presented the annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award to the <a href="/wiki/Author" title="Author">author</a> it deems to have produced the worst description of a sex scene in a <a href="/wiki/Novel" title="Novel">novel</a>. The award is symbolically presented in the form of what has been described as a "semi-abstract trophy representing sex in the 1950s",<sup id="cite_ref-2002award_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2002award-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> depicting a naked woman draped over an open book. The award was established by Rhoda Koenig, a literary critic, and Auberon Waugh, then the magazine's editor. </p><p>The aim of the award 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".<sup id="cite_ref-2002award_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2002award-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The enduring relevance of this rationale has been questioned, based on concerns about censorious <a href="/wiki/Public_shaming" class="mw-redirect" title="Public shaming">public shaming</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Online_shaming" title="Online shaming">online</a>) of authors of serious <a href="/wiki/Literary_fiction" title="Literary fiction">literary fiction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gough2019_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gough2019-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Winners">Winners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literary_Review&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Winners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Melvyn_Bragg" title="Melvyn Bragg">Melvyn Bragg</a>, <i>A Time to Dance</i><sup id="cite_ref-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1994: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Philip_Hook&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Philip Hook (page does not exist)">Philip Hook</a>, <i>The Stonebreakers</i><sup id="cite_ref-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Philip_Kerr" title="Philip Kerr">Philip Kerr</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Gridiron_(novel)" title="Gridiron (novel)">Gridiron</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1996: <a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Huggins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Huggins (page does not exist)">David Huggins</a>, <i>The Big Kiss: An Arcade Mystery</i><sup id="cite_ref-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Royle" title="Nicholas Royle">Nicholas Royle</a>, <i>The Matter of the Heart</i><sup id="cite_ref-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Faulks" title="Sebastian Faulks">Sebastian Faulks</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Gray_(novel)" title="Charlotte Gray (novel)">Charlotte Gray</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/A._A._Gill" title="A. A. Gill">A. A. Gill</a>, <i>Starcrossed</i><sup id="cite_ref-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Knox_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Knox (author)">Sean Thomas</a>, <i>Kissing England</i><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hart_(novelist)" title="Christopher Hart (novelist)">Christopher Hart</a>, <i>Rescue Me</i></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Perriam" title="Wendy Perriam">Wendy Perriam</a>, <i>Tread Softly</i><sup id="cite_ref-2002award_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2002award-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Aniruddha_Bahal" title="Aniruddha Bahal">Aniruddha Bahal</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bunker_13" title="Bunker 13">Bunker 13</a></i></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Wolfe" title="Tom Wolfe">Tom Wolfe</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/I_Am_Charlotte_Simmons" title="I Am Charlotte Simmons">I Am Charlotte Simmons</a></i></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Giles_Coren" title="Giles Coren">Giles Coren</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Winkler_(novel)" title="Winkler (novel)">Winkler</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Iain_Hollingshead" title="Iain Hollingshead">Iain Hollingshead</a>, <i>Twenty Something</i><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Norman_Mailer" title="Norman Mailer">Norman Mailer</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Castle_in_the_Forest" title="The Castle in the Forest">The Castle in the Forest</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Johnson" title="Rachel Johnson">Rachel Johnson</a>, <i>Shire Hell</i>; <a href="/wiki/John_Updike" title="John Updike">John Updike</a>, Lifetime Achievement Award<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Littell" title="Jonathan Littell">Jonathan Littell</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Kindly_Ones_(Littell_novel)" title="The Kindly Ones (Littell novel)">The Kindly Ones</a></i></li> <li>2010: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rowan_Somerville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rowan Somerville (page does not exist)">Rowan Somerville</a>, <i>The Shape of Her</i><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/David_Guterson" title="David Guterson">David Guterson</a>, <i>Ed King</i><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Huston" title="Nancy Huston">Nancy Huston</a>, <i>Infrared</i><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Manil_Suri" title="Manil Suri">Manil Suri</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_City_of_Devi" title="The City of Devi">The City of Devi</a></i></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Okri" title="Ben Okri">Ben Okri</a>, <i>The Age of Magic</i><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Morrissey" title="Morrissey">Morrissey</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_Lost" title="List of the Lost">List of the Lost</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Erri_De_Luca" title="Erri De Luca">Erri De Luca</a>, <i>The Day Before Happiness</i></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Bollen" title="Christopher Bollen">Christopher Bollen</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Destroyers_(novel)" title="The Destroyers (novel)">The Destroyers</a></i></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/James_Frey" title="James Frey">James Frey</a>, <i>Katerina</i></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Didier_Decoin" title="Didier Decoin">Didier Decoin</a>, <i>The Office of Gardens and Ponds</i> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Harvey_(novelist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Harvey (novelist) (page does not exist)">John Harvey</a>, <i>Pax</i><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2020: Not awarded, citing that people have been "subjected to too many bad things this year" already.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2022: Not awarded, but according to the judges, if there had been an award, it would have gone to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Suleika_Dawson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Suleika Dawson (page does not exist)">Suleika Dawson</a> for <i>The Secret Heart</i><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contributors">Contributors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literary_Review&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Contributors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Contributors to the magazine have included <a href="/wiki/Diana_Athill" title="Diana Athill">Diana Athill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingsley_Amis" title="Kingsley Amis">Kingsley Amis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Amis" title="Martin Amis">Martin Amis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beryl_Bainbridge" title="Beryl Bainbridge">Beryl Bainbridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Banville" title="John Banville">John Banville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julian_Barnes" title="Julian Barnes">Julian Barnes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maile_Chapman" title="Maile Chapman">Maile Chapman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boris_Dralyuk" title="Boris Dralyuk">Boris Dralyuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hilary_Mantel" title="Hilary Mantel">Hilary Mantel</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Mortimer" title="John Mortimer">John Mortimer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Bradbury" title="Malcolm Bradbury">Malcolm Bradbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/A._S._Byatt" title="A. S. Byatt">A. S. Byatt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Johnson_(writer)" title="Paul Johnson (writer)">Paul Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Starkey" title="David Starkey">David Starkey</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Gray_(philosopher)" title="John Gray (philosopher)">John Gray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Harris_(novelist)" title="Robert Harris (novelist)">Robert Harris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Hornby" title="Nick Hornby">Nick Hornby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Ingrams" title="Richard Ingrams">Richard Ingrams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_O%27Neill_(writer,_born_1964)" title="Joseph O'Neill (writer, born 1964)">Joseph O'Neill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Barber" title="Lynn Barber">Lynn Barber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derek_Mahon" title="Derek Mahon">Derek Mahon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oleg_Gordievsky" title="Oleg Gordievsky">Oleg Gordievsky</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Sutherland_(author)" title="John Sutherland (author)">John Sutherland</a> and <a href="/wiki/D._J._Taylor_(writer)" title="D. J. Taylor (writer)">D. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 November</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Third+time+%27lucky%27+for+bad+sex+winner&rft.date=2005-12-03&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Fentertainment%2F2540197.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALiterary+Review" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Gough2019-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Gough2019_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGough2019" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Julian_Gough" title="Julian Gough">Gough, Julian</a> (28 November 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/28/bad-sex-award-julian-gough">"I was nominated for the Bad sex award. Don't laugh"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>. <q>It is possible that the Bad sex award had a point when it was established back in 1993. After the collapse of Britain's obscenity laws, and before the internet, authors were occasionally encouraged to add some gratuitous sex in order to sell books, giving us the bonkbuster. But that era is long gone... I find the Bad sex award, at this point in its history, in bad faith. Its basic premise – that authors are adding unnecessary and lazy sex to increase sales – is not just wrong, it's the reverse of the truth. The award very deliberately avoids shortlisting actual pornography or erotica and instead targets authors who are trying to be honest about desire and sex, however distasteful the results may be. It deliberately and successfully encourages the worst, and dumbest, misreading of fiction; the conflating of authors with their characters in order to publicly shame them.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=I+was+nominated+for+the+Bad+sex+award.+Don%27t+laugh&rft.date=2019-11-28&rft.aulast=Gough&rft.aufirst=Julian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fbooks%2F2019%2Fnov%2F28%2Fbad-sex-award-julian-gough&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALiterary+Review" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Celebrating_25_years_of_the_worst_sex_scenes_in_literary_history_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRhind-Tutt2017" class="citation web cs1">Rhind-Tutt, Louise (27 November 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/25-years-bad-sex-awards-106373">"Celebrating 25 years of the worst sex scenes in literary history"</a>. <i>i</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=i&rft.atitle=Celebrating+25+years+of+the+worst+sex+scenes+in+literary+history&rft.date=2017-11-27&rft.aulast=Rhind-Tutt&rft.aufirst=Louise&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Finews.co.uk%2Fculture%2Fbooks%2F25-years-bad-sex-awards-106373&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALiterary+Review" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=60086">"Sean Thomas wins the Bad Sex in Fiction Award"</a>. <i>PR Newswire</i> (Press release)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 November</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Sean+Thomas+wins+the+Bad+Sex+in+Fiction+Award&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prnewswire.co.uk%2Fcgi%2Fnews%2Frelease%3Fid%3D60086&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALiterary+Review" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4488848.stm">"Bad sex book prize for journalist"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 1 December 2005<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 November</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Bad+sex+book+prize+for+journalist&rft.date=2005-12-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fentertainment%2F4488848.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALiterary+Review" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.today.com/popculture/first-time-author-wins-bad-sex-fiction-honor-wbna15952952">"First-time author wins Bad Sex in Fiction honor"</a>. Associated Press. 29 November 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 November</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=First-time+author+wins+Bad+Sex+in+Fiction+honor&rft.date=2006-11-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.today.com%2Fpopculture%2Ffirst-time-author-wins-bad-sex-fiction-honor-wbna15952952&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALiterary+Review" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7115451.stm">"Late Mailer wins 'bad sex' award"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 27 November 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 November</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Late+Mailer+wins+%27bad+sex%27+award&rft.date=2007-11-27&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fentertainment%2F7115451.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALiterary+Review" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFlood2008" class="citation news cs1">Flood, Alison (25 November 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/nov/25/bad-sex-johnson-updike-fiction">"Rachel Johnson 'honoured' to win Bad Sex award"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Rachel+Johnson+%27honoured%27+to+win+Bad+Sex+award&rft.date=2008-11-25&rft.aulast=Flood&rft.aufirst=Alison&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fbooks%2F2008%2Fnov%2F25%2Fbad-sex-johnson-updike-fiction&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALiterary+Review" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11867942">"Author Somerville wins 'bad sex' literary prize"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 30 November 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 November</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Author+Somerville+wins+%27bad+sex%27+literary+prize&rft.date=2010-11-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fentertainment-arts-11867942&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALiterary+Review" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://literaryreview.co.uk/bad-sex-report2011">"Jonathan Beckman - Bad Sex Report 2011"</a>. <i>Literary Review</i>. December 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Literary+Review&rft.atitle=Jonathan+Beckman+-+Bad+Sex+Report+2011&rft.date=2011-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fliteraryreview.co.uk%2Fbad-sex-report2011&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALiterary+Review" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaev_Kennedy2012" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Maev_Kennedy" title="Maev Kennedy">Maev Kennedy</a> (4 December 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/04/bad-sex-award-nancy-huston">"Bad sex award goes to Nancy Huston's 'babies and bedazzlements'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 December</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Bad+sex+award+goes+to+Nancy+Huston%27s+%27babies+and+bedazzlements%27&rft.date=2012-12-04&rft.au=Maev+Kennedy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fbooks%2F2012%2Fdec%2F04%2Fbad-sex-award-nancy-huston&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALiterary+Review" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://literaryreview.co.uk/twitching-fairy-penguin">"Jonathan Beckman - Twitching Fairy Penguin"</a>. <i>Literary Review</i>. December 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Literary+Review&rft.atitle=Jonathan+Beckman+-+Twitching+Fairy+Penguin&rft.date=2014-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fliteraryreview.co.uk%2Ftwitching-fairy-penguin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALiterary+Review" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34974869">"Morrissey wins Bad Sex in Fiction prize"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 1 December 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 December</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Morrissey+wins+Bad+Sex+in+Fiction+prize&rft.date=2015-12-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fentertainment-arts-34974869&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALiterary+Review" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://literaryreview.co.uk/bad-sex-in-fiction-award">"Literary Review - For People Who Devour Books"</a>. <i>Literary Review</i>. 17 August 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Literary+Review&rft.atitle=Literary+Review+-+For+People+Who+Devour+Books&rft.date=2023-08-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fliteraryreview.co.uk%2Fbad-sex-in-fiction-award&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALiterary+Review" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChandler2020" class="citation web cs1">Chandler, Mark (8 December 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/bad-sex-award-cancelled-spare-people-more-bad-things-1229010">"Bad Sex award cancelled to spare people from more bad things"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bookseller" title="The Bookseller">The Bookseller</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 December</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Bookseller&rft.atitle=Bad+Sex+award+cancelled+to+spare+people+from+more+bad+things&rft.date=2020-12-08&rft.aulast=Chandler&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebookseller.com%2Fnews%2Fbad-sex-award-cancelled-spare-people-more-bad-things-1229010&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALiterary+Review" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCroft2022" class="citation news cs1">Croft, Ethan (9 December 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-bad-sex-award-cancelled-john-le-carre-morrissey-tony-blair-winston-churchill-billie-eilish-b1046084.html">"Bad Sex Award cancelled, but John Le Carré's still a winner"</a>. <i>Evening Standard</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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