An inquest is to be held on a man who died during a contest to see who could eat the most fairy cakes. picked by topofall 2 years ago

Japan's greatest sex doll company, Orient Doll, is holding its second annual CandyGirl Photography contest right now. Everyone who has a blow up doll from this company and knows how to angle her beautifully has a fair shot at winning the grand prize of 200,000 yen ($1700) picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

...held a contest to decide which one to keep... picked by topofall 9 months ago

"The Simpsons" is giving one lucky contest winner the chance to make others yellow with envy by creating a character for the animated TV series.

Entries are expected to describe the character's traits, including his or her name or nickname; age; appearance; occupation and catch phrases (think Homer Simpson and "D'oh!"). picked by bingo 1 month ago

It's here, boys and geeks, the biggest DIY Halloween contest there is! This year's contest is sponsored by Microchip, and together we've got rad prizes to give to the best in microcontroller Halloween projects. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

A Singapore radio station was fined for organizing a contest in which women were asked to remove their bra as quickly as possible from under their clothes. picked by punthe 2 years ago

Words to live by, from a warning label on a small tractor: "Danger: Avoid Death." That warning was selected Wednesday as the winner of the 11th annual "Wacky Warning Label Contest," sponsored by Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch. The contest is part of an effort to show the effects of lawsuits on warning labels. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Ogri2003's great artwork showing the proper method of dealing with spammers has won the first ever Plime Photoshop Contest. Subobisis took 2nd place, and D3SPiTE took 3rd.
**Please do not upvote this. Either upvote their forum postings or their reply below** picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Today's Worth1000 photoshopping contest strikes gold with the magna-ification of screen idols. Vincent Price is a natural for the dewy-eyed treatment.

*Big shout out to boingboing for recognizing Worth1000* picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

A 43-year-old German man was taken to hospital in critical condition after he fell off a second storey balcony during a spitting contest with his 12-year-old son. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A woman vying for a $250 prize for dancing like Shakira slipped on the bar and injured her knee. Now she's suing the Manhattan bar that sponsored the contest. picked by capriccio 3 years ago

Ready, set, watch: Contestants battle it out in grueling coach-potato TV sports contest picked by tundramonkey 3 years ago

Crying contest ... some 70 babies less than a year old took part in the annual "Baby-cry Sumo" in Tokyo today, where their wailing skills were put to the test in a competition thought to bring good health. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Dust off those tricorders, go to warp now and enter the 1st Annual Genre Traveler Photo Contest!

image courtesy of Worth1000 picked by suebe 3 years ago

In case you missed the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest here are all the highlights picked by hombrefeo 3 years ago

Hillary Clinton may be Secretary of State but she does have to deal with the debt remaining from her 2008 presidential campaign. Which is why strategist James Carville sent an e-mail to Clinton supporters, telling them that if they contribute, they could be entered in contest to win one of three prizes: "Spend a day with President Clinton" in NYC, "attend the American Idol season fi... read full post picked by suebe 8 months ago

I don't make films...but I know a few of you do. This looks cool. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

This guy sing the Little Mermaid song for a contest. It is pretty amazing. picked by cartoonmotion 2 years ago

Richard LeFevre ate 247 Jalapenos in eight minutes and won $2000. He says, 'I love to eat, and I love to compete, so the two go pretty well together'. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

Voting open til June 29. Some outstanding work this year! picked by bevissimo 2 years ago