2009
Annual Gathering
- Seventh Annual Gathering
- October 9-12, 2009
- Boston, Mass.
Robert Benchley Award for Humor
- Entries
- Judges
- Final judge to be announced, past judges have included DAVE BARRY and BOB NEWHART
- Preliminary judges to be announced
- Dates
- Deadline for entries: April 1st
- Announcement of ten semi-finalist: July 1st
- Announcemnt of winners: July 31st
2008
Annual Gathering
Robert Benchley Award for Humor
- Winners
- Madeleine Begun Kane of Bayside, N.Y. for Guide for the Opera Impaired
- Mike Tuck of Hopkins, Minn. for Welcome to America
- Jesse Levy of North Hollywood, Calif. for How to Watch a Sad Movie and Retain Your Manliness
- Denise G. Weeks of Richardson, Texas for How to Start Your Own Band
- Semi-Finalists
- Con Chapman of Weston, Mass. for My Memoirs, to the Best of My Knowledge
- Madeleine Begun Kane of Bayside, N.Y. for Guide for the Opera Impaired
- Jesse Levy of North Hollywood, Calif. for How to Watch a Sad Movie and Retain Your Manliness
- E. Mitchell of Palatine, Ill. for How to Avoid the Neighbors
- Joseph Nebus of Jackson, N.J. for What Do They Make Of Jelly?
- Brenda Pontiff of Los Angeles, Calif. for How to Wake Up
- John Thom of Los Angeles, Calif. for My Uncle Henry
- Mike Tuck of Hopkins, Minn. for Welcome to America
- Denise G. Weeks of Richardson, Texas for How to Start Your Own Band
- Sharon Elizabeth Wood of Cary, N.C. for How to Be Happy
- Entries
- Judges
- Final judge Bob Newhart
- Preliminary judges
RBS member Dwain Buck;
2005 Benchley Society award winner Horace J. Digby;
author of Robert Benchley An Annotated Bibliography, Gordon E. Ernst;
writer and RBS Director, Eileen Forster Keck;
puzzle designer RBS Vice Chairman, Chris Morgan;
radio personality and chairman of A Moderate State of Preservation Chapter (Ann Arbor, Mich.) of RBS, Tom Saunders; and
Robert Benchley Society Chairman David Trumbull
- Dates
- Deadline for entries: April 1st
- Announcement of ten semi-finalist: July 1st
- Announcemnt of winners: July 31st
2007
Annual Gathering
- Fifth Annual Gathering
- October 5-6, 2007
- New York, New York
- Held jointly with Dorothy Parker Society Parkerfest
Robert Benchley Award for Humor
- Winners
- Daniel Montville of Oak Park, Ill. for How to Write a Book
- George Waters of Pasadena, Calif. for T'ai Chi for Beginners," or "War and Peace"
- Ed Tasca of Toronto, Ontario for Hello again, Mr. Uh--!?
- Jennifer Byrne of Glassboro, N.J. for You Shouldn’t Have (Really)
- Semi-Finalists
- Jennifer Byrne of Glassboro, N.J. for You Shouldn’t Have (Really)
- David Carlyon of Larchmont N.Y. 10538 The Next Robert Benchley
- Mary Lyn Eagle, aka Marie Hawk, of Oroville, Wash. for Step by Step Instructions for Surviving a Computer Melt Down
- Diana Grove of New Orleans, Louisiana for A Perfectly Acceptable Pet
- Anthony Martinetti of Pawtucket, R.I. for While Reading THE RAVEN on Wikipedia
- Daniel Montville of Oak Park, Ill. for How to Write a Book
- John Parnell of Macon, Georgia for I stared at my executive editor's e-mail to me with a mix of revulsion and horror...
- Brenda Pontiff of Los Angeles, Calif. for A Warning Concerning Self-Help Propaganda
- Ed Tasca of Toronto, Ontario for Hello again, Mr. Uh--!?
- George Waters of Pasadena, Calif. for T'ai Chi for Beginners," or "War and Peace"
- Entries
- Judges
- Final judge Dave Barry
- Preliminary judges
2005 Benchley Society award winner Horace J. Digby;
author of Robert Benchley An Annotated Bibliography, Gordon E. Ernst;
President of the Dorothy Parker Society and RBS Director, Kevin Fitzpatrick;
writer and RBS Director, Eileen Forster Keck;
RBS Secretary, Sharon Lyon;
puzzle designer and RBS Vice Chairman, Chris Morgan;
Robert Benchley Society Chairman David Trumbull
- Dates
- Deadline for entries: April 1st
- Announcement of ten semi-finalist: May 14th
- Announcemnt of winners: July 21th
2006
Annual Gathering
Fourth Annual Gathering
November 10-12, 2006
Los Angeles, California
Robert Benchley Award for Humor
- Winners
- W. Bruce Cameron of Santa Monica, California for Golf for the First Time
- Christopher Perdue of Eugene, Oregon for Quitting Coffee: I'd Rather be Eaten by a Raptor
- Dan Burt of Millbrook, Alabama for Shuffling Cards at Work: Deal Me Out
- Ed Tasca of Toronto, Ontario for My six steps for taming any earthquake
- Semi-Finalists
- Dan Burt of Millbrook, Alabama for Shuffling Cards at Work: Deal Me Out
- Jennifer Byrne of Glassboro, New Jersey for How To Be Your Own Worst Enemy
- W. Bruce Cameron of Santa Monica, California for Golf for the First Time
- Sean Ellis of Amityville, New York for You Say you want a Resolution?
- Harmony Harrison of Bandon, Oregon for How to Chew or Pilates for Masticators
- Bill Hyder of Columbia, Maryland for Mr. MacGregor Comes Through
- Christopher Perdue of Eugene, Oregon for Quitting Coffee: I'd Rather be Eaten by a Raptor
- Mike Procter of Calgary, Alberta for Better Living Through Research
- Anthony E. Sorrentino of Milton, New York for Fruit for Thought
- Ed Tasca of Toronto, Ontario for My six steps for taming any earthquake
- Entries
- Judges
- Final judge Dave Barry
- Preliminary judges
2005 Benchley Society award winner Horace J. Digby;
author of Robert Benchley An Annotated Bibliography, Gordon E. Ernst;
RBS member Steven Jens;
writer and RBS Director, Eileen Forster Keck;
RBS Secretary, Sharon Lyon;
puzzle designer and RBS Vice Chairman, Chris Morgan;
radio personality and chairman of A Moderate State of Preservation Chapter (Ann Arbor, Mich.) of RBS, Tom Saunders; and
RBS member Ruth Smerling;
Robert Benchley Society Chairman David Trumbull
- Dates
- Deadline for entries: April 15th
- Announcement of ten semi-finalist: May 16th
- Announcemnt of winners: July 6th
2005
Annual Gathering
Robert Benchley Award for Humor
2004
Annual Gathering
- Second Annual Gathering
- September 1-3, 2004
- New York, New York
- Held jointly with Dorothy Parker Society Parkerfest
2003
Annual Gathering
- First Annual Gathering
- August 22-24, 2003
- New York, New York
- Held jointly with Dorothy Parker Society Parkerfest
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