Bad Sex in Fiction Award

The Bad Sex in Fiction Award is an award given annually to the writer who produces the worst description of a sex scene in a novel.

The award is in the form of a semi-abstract trophy representing sex in the 1950s. It has been presented each year since 1993 by the Literary Review, a London literary journal. The award was originally established by Rhoda Koenig, a literary critic, and Auberon Waugh, then editor of the Literary Review.

Winners of the Bad Sex in Fiction award include:

• 1993: Melvyn Bragg, A Time to Dance
• 1994: Philip Hook, The Stonebreakers
• 1995: Philip Kerr, Gridiron
• 1996: David Huggins, The Big Kiss: An Arcade Mystery
• 1997: Nicholas Royle, The Matter of the Heart
• 1998: Sebastian Faulks, Charlotte Gray
• 1999: A. A. Gill, Starcrossed
• 2000: Sean Thomas, Kissing England
• 2001: Christopher Hart, Rescue Me
• 2002: Wendy Perriam, Tread Softly
• 2003: Aniruddha Bahal, Bunker 13