Bent Spoon Award

The Bent Spoon Award is an award given by Australian Skeptics, "presented to the perpetrator of the most preposterous piece of paranormal or pseudoscientific piffle". In a tongue-in-cheek fashion, Australian Skeptics described the construction of the trophy as a piece of gopher wood supposedly from the Noah’s Ark, upon which affixed a spoon that was rumoured to have been used at the Last Supper. The spoon was bent by energies unknown to science and was gold plated by an Atlantean process.[1] Although established in 1982 and first awarded in 1983, only one copy of the trophy exists, as "anyone wishing to acquire the trophy must remove it from our keeping by paranormal means" and no winner has yet overcome this obstacle.[1]

The winner should either be an Australian or have carried out their activities in Australia.[1]

The New Zealand Skeptics have a similar Bent Spoon Award.[2]

List of winners

The award has always been announced at Australian Skeptics' annual convention. Prior to 1989, when the convention was held over Easter weekend, the award covered activity occurring during the calendar year prior to the convention, and the year designation reflected when the winner conducted his or her activities. At the 1989 convention, the organisation moved its conventions to later in the year, and also changed the award period to cover the time between conventions. Therefore, there was no 1989 award, and since that time the year designation has reflected the year in which the award was announced.[1]

See also

Other mock awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Williams, Barry. "History of the Bent Spoon Award". skeptics.com.au. Australian Skeptics. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  2. "Ken Ring coverage wins skeptics' Bent Spoon award". The New Zealand Herald. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  3. "2016 Skeptics awards – Spoon to Wilyman, Skeptic of the Year to Harvey and Vickers". www.skeptics.com.au. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  4. "Skeptics name winners of Bent Spoon award". pharmacynews.com.au. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  5. Mitchell, Georgina (18 October 2015). "Pete Evans given award which recognises 'quackery'". MSN. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "The Bent Spoon Award, Nominations, Past Winners". skeptics.com.au. Australian Skeptics. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  7. Smith, Bridie (3 December 2012). "Skeptics confer spoon accolade". The Age. Victoria, Australia. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  8. "Meryl Dorey and the AVN win 2009 Bent Spoon". Australian Skeptics. 29 November 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  9. Williams, Robyn (presenter); Williams, Barry (guest) (1 December 2007). "Australian Skeptics Awards 2007". The Science Show. transcript. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Radio National.
  10. News from The Australian
  11. "Mortal, pestle and bent spoon". 6minutes.com.au. Cirrus Media. 30 November 2006. Archived from the original on 8 September 2007.
  12. 1 2 Dayton, Leigh (29 November 2006). "Bad slot for mumbo jumbo". Science & Nature. The Australian. Archived from the original on 9 December 2006.
  13. Rodrigues, Marilyn (8 December 2002). "Conversation: Michael Willesee, journalist and producer -…the presence of Jesus". The Catholic Weekly. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  14. Dale, David; Knox, Malcolm, eds. (6 December 1995). "Stay In Touch: Visionaries". News and Features. The Sydney Morning Herald. Melbourne. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  15. Walker, David (7 July 1993). "Seven earns a bent spoon". The Age. Victoria, Australia. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  16. 1 2 West, Andrew (30 March 1988). "The 1988 Bent Spoon award is up for grabs". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
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