>They are merely joke-ettes, puns, unto themselves

Yeah, I kept wondering whether or not a novel would, or could follow these oneliners, and if so, whether anyone might actually read them. Perhaps the judges were getting confused between the 'wittiest' and the 'worst' - I mean you gotta ask yourself, how does one get elected to judge such a competition anyway?
Regardless of the individual artistic motivation of each author though, I think they're a pretty funny dumb laugh.