Here, quite belatedly, are the winners of the April 2001 Anagrammy Awards. I had this announcement ready to post last night, but but crashed my computer before saving it . My apologies about the website going down during the voting. I had upgraded the webserver account with cgi-bin and ran into major problems uploading the files. All is finally fixed and evetything seems to be working now. It has been a stressful few days sorting it out. This may have effected the number of voters that visited this month. There were 25 votes cast well under the usual 30+. There seems to have been a drop off in the number of lurkers, newbies and occasional members over the last two months. ---------------- GENERAL CATEGORY As usual there was a good standard here and we will be giving 3 awards here from the May Anagrammies onwards. Don Fortier was the leader through much of the competition, but a strong finish from Richard G pushed him back into 2nd place. 1st. Richard Grantham with: 27 Bottles of hydrogen peroxide = Good tip there for sexy blonde. 2nd. Don P. Fortier with: 20 "Are you the Messiah?" = "Ah, so true. Yes, I am He." 3rd. Jaybur with: 19 A little gem = Let it gleam! ---------------- ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY A near-record field of 13 (the record is 14 - June 2000) started here. There were only two serious contenders with Richard G finishing soundly to move ahead by 5 points. 1st. Richard Grantham with: 27 Oscar Wilde's "De Profundis" = Prison life cued sad words. 2nd. Meyran Kraus with: 22 Vincent Van Gogh's Self Portrait With Severed Ear = Provocative strength, as ever, in the self-drawing. 3rd. Ernesto Guiraldes with: 16 Screen actors Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner = Drown gowned actress near recreational boat. ---------------- TOPICAL CATEGORY Mey looked very strong here, but David finished the last two days with 11 points from the last 5 voters, against Mey's 6. This will be a nice little surprise for David to come home to from his honeymoon. 1st. David Bourke with: 31 The American spyplane = Chinese play mean trap. 2nd. Meyran Kraus with: 27 Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic = Envious cops storm fiend's roomy Belgrade villa. 3rd. Dan Fortier with: 22 San Diego council bans the word 'minority' = Racism in doubt, saying "non-white-colored". ---------------- RUDE CATEGORY Now this was close. One of our new members, Adrian Hickford, led most of the time and had to weather a serious late challenge from Richard G to win by one point. 1st. Adrian Hickford with: 29 Empty penis? Yep, I'm spent. 2nd. Richard Grantham with: 28 Real Men don't eat quiche = Queer male can do it, then? 3rd. Tom Myers with: 22 Net erotica -- yes, it's unsafe! = It often causes eye strain! ---------------- SPAM CATEGORY This was a one-sided contest. Richard scored the higheset points of all the categories this month. Of the 23 who voted in this category, 12 gave their primary vote to him and 9 gave their second vote. 1st. Richard Grantham with: 54 !!!!!!P O R N O M A N I A!!!!!! Fifty Naked Beauties! [snip] 2nd. Meyran Kraus with: 31 The Work at Home Network with our company was reviewed and published - Wall Street Journal Business Week, Home PC, Forbes [snip] 3rd. Adrian Hickford with: 17 Send me an email I'll send you a list [snip] ---------------- LONG SPAM CATEGORY This was the last of the Long Spam as it will now amalgamate with the Spam Category. Only 4 members have ever won this category in the 17 times it ran and Richard G won 10 of them. It was fitting to see him pick up this last one and a Double Spammy to boot. 4 wins this month, gives Richard 14 for the year and 70 all up. I was just happy to get within 3 points of him. 1st. Richard Grantham with: 35 Hi! My name is Betty Wilson. [snip] 2nd. Larry Brash with: 32 HELP PEOPLE LOSE 10 TO 30 INCHES AN HOUR GUARANTEED! [snip] 3rd. David Bourke with: 21 LESBIAN LOVERS [snip] ---------------- LONG CATEGORY At times in this month's Anagrammies, I led both the Long Spam and the Long, but nearing the end it looked like I would lose both. Fortunately, I had a strong last 2 days and shot clear of David and Don. My 4th win this year, giving me 52 altogether. 1st. Larry Brash with: 37 Two households, both alike in dignity [snip] 2nd. Don P. Fortier with: 32 WOMEN [snip] 3rd. David Bourke with: 31 TRAINSPOTTING [snip] ---------------- PEOPLE'S NAME CATEGORY This is certainly one of Jaybur's strong categories with 4 previous wins here. She started a lttle slow in Adrian's wake, but soon caught him and cruised home comfortably. 1st. Jaybur with: 35 M. Etienne de Silhouette = The esteemed in outline. 2nd. Adrian Hickford with: 26 Stevie Wonder = Er, doesn't view. 3rd. Richard Grantham with: 22 Wilfred Edward Salter Owen = Left dead in World War sewer. ---------------- OTHER NAME CATEGORY If Janet's performance was good in the above, she was better here and easily picked up the Double Name, as she did it October 2000. These wins gave her 5 for this year and 17 all up. 1st. Jaybur with: 33 The Israeli Airline = El Al: I rise in the air! 2nd. Larry Brash with: 19 The Medical Profession = Fine doctors please him. 3rd. Mick Tully with: 17 "Slimmer of the Year" = Fearsomely trim, eh! ---------------- SET CATEGORY Say goodbye to this category, the one that I never could win. Maybe my subject matter and anagrams here this month did not improve my chances so much. Adrian Hickford always look like a winner here, but he was again severely challenged towards the end by Richrd G and James Young. This is two winners for Adrian this month. I suspect we will see many more. 1st. Adrian Hickford with: 22 Five classic authors of the horror genre whose take on life is downright macabre and slightly loopy: [snip] 2nd. Richard Grantham with: 21 Ê[snip] = "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There" by Lewis Carroll. 3rd. James H. Young with: 20 Here we have quite a brief story of art music all listed in an order according to dates. = [snip] ---------------- SPECIAL CATEGORY Another big field of 13 here (it would have been 15 had not Richard G withdrawen two of his). Humour won out her with the three top placegetters, with James Young's great spoof on the FAQ winning by a solid margin. This was his first Anagrammy - well done, James. David's win gave him 2 this month, 6 for the the year and 26 in total, giving him a clear 6th place in the All Time List. Mey's slow starting poem picked up momentum and gave him one win (and had some close seconds above). He continues in 2nd place in the All Time List. 1st. James H. Young with: 29 WHAT ARE THE HALLMARKS OF A GOOD ANAGRAM? [snip] 2nd. David Bourke with: 20 Mambo No 5 - Lou Bega [snip] 3rd. Meyran Kraus with: 17 We want to spend less time on the busy freeways [snip] ---------------- AWARDSMASTER'S CHALLENGE 15 took part in this month's contest attesting to the popularity of the event. Mike Keith was always going to win this with a brilliant reworking of Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky. 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. 1st. Mike Keith with: 37 He, Lewis, grabbed the vibrant role, Assembled dreams and rhymes with glee, But vowed that one most mighty goal: Originality. 2nd. David A. Green with: 16 I'm the Revd. Lutwidge Dodgson, I wrote this inane rhyme: Love rabbits, algebra, the hymen, small gals Who beg a story at bedtime. 3rd. Richard Grantham with: 12 'Twas hell: the bawdy virile boys Rimmed virgin lemmings in a boat: And lethal were the red-hot toys, As the mob buggered goats. ---------------- AWARDSMASTER'S CHOICE AWARD FOR THE BEST NON-WINNING ANAGRAM. When you look like winning 2 categories and walk away with none, it feels bad. Don Fortier had that misfortune, but this should soften the blow. His General Category entry was very good. Don P. Fortier with: "Are you the Messiah?" = "Ah, so true. Yes, I am He." ---------------- DANIEL F. ETTER MEMORIAL AW