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Picking the best of all the exciting entries in the Jezebel (Very) Short Fiction Contest was difficult indeed — but at long last, we have a winner! Well, two winners, to be precise. More »
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Want to show off your storytelling chops, and win some great books? Now's your chance to do both by entering our (very) short fiction contest. It's easy! More »
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We're giving away a 16GB Wi-Fi iPad to one lucky newsletter subscriber! Don't subscribe? Enter your email address below to get one great story a day in your inbox. Don't worry, we hate spam as much as you do. More »
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Another weekend, another chance at free stuff—it's what makes the world go 'round! Make a grab for it with this week's Bounty Contest, which rewards your clever cleverness. More »
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We're giving away a 16GB Wi-Fi iPad to one lucky newsletter subscriber! Don't subscribe? Enter your email address below to get one great story a day in your inbox. Don't worry, we hate spam as much as you do. More »
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Do you hum "More Than Words" in the shower? Consistently sing "Patience" at karaoke? Show your emotions by waving your lighter in the air? And do you like the internet? Then this may be for you. More »
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We asked you to create a Mad Men-style ad for popular infomercial products, and the response was highly impressive. But only one ad could win the big prize; here are our favorites and the lucky winner. More »
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Don't forget: submissions to our Mad Men Barbie contest are due by 8pm EDT. Full details on the contest can be found here. More »
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A new Malaysian reality TV show has contestants performing some very unusual challenges, including preparing bodies for burial and counseling unwed mothers, all in the hopes of becoming an Imam. Kind of makes Fear Factor sound downright wussy. More »
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To celebrate Sunday's season four premiere, we're giving away a set of four Mad Men Barbie dolls. To score these treasured items, you must prove that you and your Photoshop skills could cut it at Sterling Cooper. More »
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After going through over a thousand entries for the dumbest must-get-laid story, we narrowed it down to ten tales of lust and loss. But now the votes are in, and there can be only one winner... More »
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Last week, we asked readers to share their dumbest "must get laid" stories, resulting in over a thousand different tales of the pursuit of tail. Here are the ten best. More »
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Because women do stupid shit for sex, too. Because it's not always that simple. Because you want a free sex toy. Tell us your story: What's the weirdest thing you've done in hopes of getting some? I'll start: More »
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After sorting through the entries, Stephen Fry picked the "most beautiful" tweet: "I believe we can build a better world! Of course, it'll take a whole lot of rock, water & dirt. Also, not sure where to put it." [Mirror] More »
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Anyone who typed "Google" into their browser yesterday was treated to the work of Missouri third-grader Makenzie Melton. "I chose this doodle because the rainforest is in danger," she said of the drawing that won her a $15K scholarship. [Newser] More »
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I hate Sarah Palin as much as the next rational person, but you know what's even worse than Palin's politics? A "sexy" lookalike contest , with proceeds going to the Tea Party. Seems kind of backwards. [Mediaite] More »
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Yesterday, a few of our readers wondered if we paid actual money for the copy of Going Rogue we reviewed. We did, but you can win it back — to turn into awesome Palin art. Details after the jump. More »
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As a big fan of advertising icons, I'm intrigued by the contest to guess Mrs. Butterworth's first name. Is it wrong to hope it's not Mary? Xiomara, Zahara, or Quintana FTW! [EW] More »
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Duct Tape sponsors an annual competition, "Stuck at Prom", in which high school students make duct tape formalwear. The incentive? Scholarship money - and, one presumes, a totally waterproof gown. [Mental-Floss] More »
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Even though the November issue of Vogue has a lovely fashion spread featuring Natalia Vodianova, her husband and kids, it was too busy to LOL. On the other hand, the "Chill Factor" spread, inspired by global warming and vacations (no, really) was almost too boring to LOL: How many times can we see an expressionless moddle on a beige background, jumping? Even though the shoot is dull, it's good fun to try and LOL anyway; and there's a contest, too! After the jump, as usual: We're in ur magazeen, puttin werds on ur moddles. More »
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Over the past week, Interns Anna and Margaret have done the tireless work (and we mean tireless) of adding up all of the expensive shit in the hefty September issues of the major women's magazines. Today saw a Gucci studded motorcycle jacket for $5,395; Elizabeth Arden Prevage Anti-Aging Treatment that'll cost you $155; a $1,750 Tiffany sapphire and platinum necklace — in Teen Vogue (!!!) — and previously, a $135,000 Louis Vuitton diamond-encrusted watch, a Chanel dress which would set one back $17,355 and a Fendi 24K-gold mink coat for $64,300. Earlier in the week, we asked you to guess the final total dollar amount of the crap in all the September issues, without going over. We have a total, and a winner! Results, after the jump. More »
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Y'all have 30 minutes before we stop considering submissions for our Charity Case contest. Here's what you have to do: Go to this post and, in the comments, guess the total dollar amount of the priced merchandise appearing in the September issues of the following ladymags: Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, W, Marie Claire, Allure, Teen Vogue, Lucky & Glamour. The winner who comes closest to the actual number will have $200 donated to the charity of her or his choice. (The winner will be announced on Friday.) More »
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As you know, we've been adding up the items in the thick September issues of the major women's magazines. And the extravagance is really quite vulgar! So far we've seen a $135,000 Louis Vuitton diamond-encrusted watch, a Chanel dress which would set one back $17,355 and a Fendi 24K-gold mink coat for $64,300. All this conspicuous consumption has given us an idea, with an urge to give back. And so, we present to you: A contest. Not just any contest! A conscience-clearing contest! Here's the deal: More »
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Did you catch yesterday's "Label Whores", the experiment in which we pretended to pass off cheap clothes to consignment stores as high fashion designs? Well, to atone for those sartorial sins, we're going to pass off those cheap clothes to you... for free. That's right, we've created a sort of Jezebel giveaway for our readers, so if you're looking for some snappy — and may I say, work appropriate-ish — H&M duds let us know. But obviously, you are going to have to work for them: More »
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Last week, Julia Galvin travelled from Ireland to Finland to find a "husband" to carry her over a 253-meter track to win her weight (120 kg or 264 pounds) in beer. The contest Galvin competed in was an international affair held on July 4 said to stem from a 19th century legend in which a notorious thief, Ronkainen the Robber, made wannabe members of his posse carry grain or swine along a course. (So women are the natural replacement for pigs and grain?) Others claim that the contest stems from the "tribal practice of wife-stealing" (hence the need for fake husband and wife teams). Of course "wife stealing" was actually a tactic of war practiced all over Europe, but making it sound like an exotic "tribal practice" certainly does put a quaint spin on things! [Reuters] More »
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It's time for the big reveal for our unretouched cover-image contest, and, well, our winner is the July cover of Redbook, on which country singer Faith Hill (and, on a separate cover, her hubby Tim McGraw) appeared as beautiful and accessible-seeming as usual. What's uncanny about this cover is that when the image was passed our way, we had just been flipping through Redbook, reminding ourselves that we'd stop hating women's magazines as soon as our lives became shitty enough to warrant reading Redbook and our husbands and immune systems suddenly replaced celebrities and consumerism on our personal Most Toxic lists, when we paused to think, "Wow, Faith Hill is really hot." We'd had this thought before about Faith Hill, probably in the context of a Revlon display at the CVS or something, but reading this spread in the July Redbook we had one of those moments we often have with Katie Holmes wherein we were like, "Wow. She is just really really really pretty. Although we don't much like her taste in men." Anyway, after the jump, we present the before and after of Faith Hill, Redbook magazine, July 2007. We'll be posting more on this throughout the day, including a point-by-point annotation (read: close-ups!) of just what Redbook editors/art directors found so abhorrent about an already-above-average 39-year-old country music star and mom to three that they had to retouch her into something more befitting the cover of Cosmopolitan. More »
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Remember how, way back on May 21 we announced we'd bestow $10,000 to the individual courageous enough to send us an amazing cover photo from a women's magazine in all its hideously fat, wrinkled and cruelly unretouched radiance? Well, over the past few weeks we got a bunch of entries (thank you, working-class heroes!) and we're happy to announce that someone has won the contest, which means he/she got paid what takes us months to make by stealing something off the boss's server and hiring a hot courier to bring it to our office with a funny note. Of course, aggressively-retouched photos are nothing new, or even in and of themselves shameful, but the older we get, the crazier they make us, in a manner akin to the way magazine cover-lines starting with numerals and/or ending with the phrase "we can't live without" makes us want to hole up in our closets and get back into cutting. Magazine editors, please, stop the inanity! More »
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Last week we informed you that we're offering a $10,000 reward for the best unretouched women's magazine cover you people can cough up. Since then, we've got lots of juicy emails and tidbits* (including one from a magazine staffer who says her particular publication is scared shitless... yay!). But we want you to know that our offer still stands. As always, we promise your identity will remain anonymous... whether you win or lose. Send your submissions to tips@jezebel.com (standard Gawker Media contest rules apply). And as we said before, may the best (meaning: the most natural-looking) woman win! More »
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