Annual Satire News Competition
In January 2006 HumorFeed initiated an annual competition for its members using a panel of independent judges. The awards panel for the first two years included a range of noted humorists and journalists including Andrew Marlatt of SatireWire, John Markoff of the New York Times, Robert Zelnick of Boston University, Eric Weiner of National Public Radio, and Madeleine Begun Kane of "Mad Kane's Humor & Satire". For the third and fourth competitions, Fox TV reporter Dave Kartunen replaced Markoff.
Winners, best stories of 2005:
- 1st: BSNews.org, "Bush Sells Louisiana Back to the French"
- 2nd: Confusion Road, "Terry Schiavo Dies: Congress Orders Feeding Tube Reinserted"
- 3rd: BBspot, "Microsoft's AntiSpyware Tool Removes Internet Explorer"
Winners, best stories of 2006:
- 1st: Confusion Road, "Time Magazine Names Air 'Gas of the Year'"
- 2nd: All Day Coffee, "Iraq Study Group Caught Cheating"
- 3rd: BBspot, "Teen Using Myspace To Lure Bands to Los Angeles"
Winners, best stories of 2007
- 1st: Enduring Vision, "Ford to Market Car Bombs in Iraq"
- 2nd: Sports Pickle, "Homeschool Phenom Scores 118 Points Against His Mom "
- 3rd: The Gay Black Jew, "Bush Down to 8 Friends on Myspace"
Winners, best stories of 2008
- 1st: All Day Coffee, "Baristas Claim Obama's Coffee Not Black Enough"
- 2nd: The Specious Report, "Atheist Sees Image of Big Bang in Piece of Toast"
- 3rd: Avant News, "In Quest for Conservative Credentials, McCain Burns Witch"
Winners, best stories of 2009
- 1st: Satirical Political Report, "A Real War on Xmas: Outrage Grows Over Excessive Bonuses to Santa's Elves"
- 2nd: TheSkunk.org, "Jews Demote Madoff to Arab"
- 3rd: Confusion Road, "World Leaders Agree: Earth Has a Climate"
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