Stan Kegel M. D.
This will be Stan's 4th consecutive year on our judge panel as we suspect he
's using the trip from California as a tax deduction. Stan was honored as
Punster of the Year (P.O.T.Y.) in 2000 by the International Save the Pun
Foundation. In real life, Stan is a practicing pediatric cardiologist which,
as a profession, is heart to beat.

Lenore Newsom
Lenore Newsom first won the Pun-Off only one month after moving to Austin in
1982. Currently retired from competition as 3-time winner in High-Lies & Low
Puns, her place in history is secure as first woman to claim either of our
prestigious titles. A former Michener Fellow, she holds a Master's degree in
Creative Writing from UT. As a founding member of P.U.N.Y. she actually
wrote the first draft of our Rules of Competition in 1990. Now married to
her pun coach, Tommy, she happily resides in suburbia as the mother of Jake,
owner of Bed & Biscuit Kennel and confines her writing to occasional witty
and scathing letters to customer service people. I believe this is her 3rd
time to sit on our judge panel. Her automobile license plate reads,
"LV-2-PUN."

Mary Gordon Spence
Former First Grade VALENTINE Queen and the SWEETHEART of South Austin, Mary
Gordon Spence, has VOWED to PERFORM THE SERVICES of JUDGE. "I DO, declared
the BLUSHING BRIDE-like Ms. Spence when asked if she would LOVE, HONOR AND
CHERISH her role. "It would BE MINE pleasure to MOOCH with the other
OFFICIALS as we PRONOUNCE the BEST GROOMED at the Pun-Off. "And, I look
forward to TOSSING MY GARTER to the BEST MAN/WOMAN who WALKS DOWN THE AISLE
as the winner." When she's not OFFICIATING at the Pun-Off, Ms. Spence's
HEART lies in her business, Ask Mary Gordon (www.askmarygordon.com). "I DO
LOVE to speak for any ENGAGEMENT.

John Silverberg
John Silberberg was first introduced to the O. Henry Pun-Off in 1981 by a
close friend (now estranged). Mr. Silberberp has always been prone to
delusion, so he quickly became a participant. Over the next several years,
Mr. Silverfish was a key performer in building the Pun-Off from a small,
moronic embarrassment to its current status as a gigantic world-famous event
with an eerie, magnetic appeal to the world's paparazzi, hoi polloi, and
loop-de-loop. Mr. Sliverbird fondly recalls his bygone days as a
quick-witted punster, and believes he has won or been runner up in both
categories a few times, although nothing's very clear from them days. This
will be his first time to actually sit in judgement of his fallow punsters.