The Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award is an award given annually to the author who produces the worst description of a sex scene in a novel. An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative in prose. ...

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. It has been presented each year since 1993 by the Literary Review, a London literary journal. The award was originally established by Rhoda Koenig, a literary critic, and Auberon Waugh, then editor of the Literary Review. The 1950s was the decade spanning from the 1st of January, 1950 to the 31st December, 1959. ... See also: 1992 in literature, other events of 1993, 1994 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Literary Review was founded in 1979 for people who love reading. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Auberon Alexander Waugh (November 17, 1939 – January 16, 2001) was a British author and journalist. ...

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".

Winners of the Bad Sex in Fiction award include:

• 1993: Melvyn Bragg, A Time to Dance
• 1994: Philip Hook, The Stonebreakers
• 1995: Philip Kerr, Gridiron
• 1996: David Huggins, The Big Kiss: An Arcade Mystery
• 1997: Nicholas Royle, The Matter of the Heart
• 1998: Sebastian Faulks, Charlotte Gray
• 1999: A. A. Gill, Starcrossed
• 2000: Sean Thomas, Kissing England
• 2001: Christopher Hart, Rescue Me
• 2002: Wendy Perriam, Tread Softly
• 2003: Aniruddha Bahal, Bunker 13
• 2004: Tom Wolfe, I Am Charlotte Simmons
• 2005: Giles Coren, Winkler
• 2006: Iain Hollingshead, Twenty Something

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See also

• Purple prose

A term of literary criticism, purple prose is used to describe passages, or sometimes entire literary works, written in prose so overly extravagant, ornate or flowery as to break the flow and draw attention to itself. ...

External links

• "Sean Thomas wins the Bad Sex in Fiction Award", PR Newswire, 29 November 2000
• "Bad Sex Book Prize for Journalist", BBC News, Thursday, 1 December 2005
• "First-time author wins Bad Sex in Fiction honor", Associated Press, Wednesday, 29 November 2006