O. Henry Pun-Off
The O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships is an annual spoken word competition founded in 1978, and held every May at the O. Henry Museum (now the William Sydney Porter House) in Austin, Texas, U.S.. == History == Started in 1978, the Pun-Off gathers fans of wordplay to celebrate the pun, which English poet and literary critic John Dryden called "the lowest and most groveling kind of wit." The Pun-Off is believed to have started as an informal gathering behind the O. Henry Museum during the Pecan Street Festival.