MJA Christmas competition

And the winner is...

MJA 1997; 167: 656  

With December comes the now-traditional MJA Christmas competition. This year, our call for "Strange cases, freakish accidents, implausible imagery and irreproducible results" brought a flood of entries that included poetry, case reports, humorous images, historical observations and unlikely research papers. Our editorial staff rose to the task of judging these with their usual demands for bribes and Christmas bonuses, but as none were forthcoming they were forced to be impartial. With difficulty, the field was narrowed to 17 finalists, whose entries will appear in this and future issues of the Journal. Thanks to all our contributors. The winner -- for the second year running -- is Dr Douglas Gow for The crossing. He claims that his entry for this year's MJA Pulitzer Prize is essentially true, although he admits that his wife says it has been embellished by the retelling over many years and several glasses of Jameson's! He also assures us that she turned out better than the story might lead you to expect (but asks you not to quote him on that). Congratulations, Dr Gow. Your prize of two bottles of Jameson's Irish Whiskey (or would you prefer scotch?) is on its way to inspire your next literary effort. Second place was a dead heat between other regular competition contributors. Dr Craig Hore wins two bottles of a fine drop for Effect of postgraduate exams on putting performance, a subject sure to require further extensive research -- perhaps comparing Port Douglas with St Andrew's. Two bottles of wine also go to Dr Nicholas Buckley and Dr Janelle McDonald for "Hale-Bopp" and "Knocking on Heaven's Gate" -- hits of the Net, 1997: the Christmas issue would not be complete without their latest thoughtful insights into celestial and calendrical influences on self-poisoning. Dr Tim Green wins third prize of a bottle of wine for Out of the blue and into the pink, a new application for the trusty blue Y-fronts. Let this be a challenge to our readers: topple the champions and win alcohol and literary (in)fame(y) with an entry in next year's MJA competition.

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