| The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year, originally known as the Diagram Group Prize for the Oddest Title at the Frankfurt Book Fair, commonly known as the Diagram Prize for short, is a humorous literary award that is given annually to the book with the oddest title. The prize is named after the Diagram Group, an information and graphics company based in London, and The Bookseller, a British trade magazine for the publishing industry. Originally organised to provide entertainment during the 1978 Frankfurt Book Fair, the prize has since been awarded every year by The Bookseller and is now organised by the magazine's diarist Horace Bent. The winner was initially decided by a panel of judges, but since 2000 the winner has been decided by a public vote on The Bookseller's website. Controversy arose since the creation of the awards; there have been two occasions when no award was given because no titles were judged to be odd enough, Bent has complained about some of the winners chosen by the public, and the 2008 winner, The 2009–2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais, proved controversial because rather than being written by its listed author, Philip M. Parker, it was instead written by a machine of Parker's invention. The most recent winner, in 2014, was How to Poo on a Date by Mats & Enzo. |
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Check all the Awards, Winners and Nominations for the Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year since 1978. |
Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year2010Check all the winners of 2010 Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year.(Click on the Award Name or Winner name to get list of all awards/winners) |
Michael R. YoungHonored for : Managing a Dental Practice: The Genghis Khan Way |
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