Oh, the day after Labor Day is such torture. Work gets busy again, the weather starts to get crappy, and you can't even wear your favorite white shoes anymore. But at least you aren't back in school like all the kids in America! Let's celebrate by sharing our worst stories of those school daze.

Behold, we have a new Air Guitar World Champion! Aline "The Devil's Niece" Westphal from Germany took this year's title in a hotly contested battle free of any talent whatsoever in Oulu, Finland. Yes, I understand it's about being wacky and all that, but is hosting a World Championship for 16 years in a row really necessary? Finland hosts all kinds of crazy things, like the Sauna World Championships, which I fully support because that takes endurance, stupidity and you might even die on your path to victory. But air guitar? Give me a break.

Meet Roland Bunce, of Belfast, Northern Ireland! Roland, uncharitably described by The Sun as "this fat bloke," is has won the voting round of this year's "Make Me the Next Model" competition, by about 65,900 votes.

Yoda, a 14-year-old Chinese-crested Chihuahua mix, is officially the World's Ugliest Dog this year, beating out last year's winner Princess Abby for the title at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in California. Yoda's owner, Nicole Schumacher, found her in an alleyway, believing at first she had stumbled upon a rat. [all images via AP]

Next Thursday evening, June 16, Gawker is hosting a screening of Page One, Andrew Rossi's new documentary chronicling a year in the life of the New York Times media desk, on our roof deck. And we have an extra pair of tickets, just for you!

We asked for your most shocking tales from summer employment, and boy did you all deliver. While there were plenty of stories that were amazing (and sad and gross and scary), there was only one that was good enough to be the winner.

Yes, it's that time of year when high school and college kids partake in the great ritual of finding a summer job. Seasonal employment sucks and usually entails meager pay, physical labor, embarrassing costumes, or putting up with swarms of pesky kids. But now your torture could win you a prize.

We asked our beloved commenters for their best and worst breakup stories. We received lots of tales of heartbreak that would make even the most diehard romantic hate Valentine's Day. But, naturally, there could only be one winner.

We are about to enter the manufactured romantic season of Valentine's Day with all its candies, cards, and flowers. Boo! Instead of having a candlelight dinner, we're going to celebrate the darker side of romance: the breakup.

Now that Comcast is officially taking over NBC Universal today, the cable company has unveiled a horrible new logo for the famed broadcaster. The response hasn't been too kind. But we know you can come up with something better!

After getting a look at John Krasinski's prom photo, we asked for your embarrassing prom pictures. And, boy, were you people some awesomely awkward teens! We got lots of great submissions, and here are the best of the worst.

We all have embarrassing prom photos, and here's one of John Krasinski of The Office that a friend of Gawker sent in. It's not that embarrassing—for a prom photo. Is yours worse? You can win a prize!

We asked for your stories about receiving horrible gifts for Christmas, and they turned out to be even worse (or is that better?) than we ever expected. Here are some of our favorites, and the well-deserved winner.

Between the travel, bad weather, and family functions, Christmas can be perilous. But nothing is more fraught than the act of gift giving. We know you people have gotten some awful gifts, and we want to hear about it.

Because Gawker is nothing if not a philanthropic organization, we're giving away two prints from the book Special Photographer, a collection of late, great Hollywood photographer Leo Fuchs' work. How to win one? Easy! Just enter a caption contest.

Our second annual Thanksgiving Horror Stories contest generated many more tales of woe than last year's edition. But out of the thousands of awful holidays, these are the worst—or are they the best—as well as this year's winner.

This Thanksgiving did you get groped by the TSA? Did your cat use the dinner table as a toilet? Did you burn the turkey? Share your Thanksgiving horror stories and win a case of booze to ease the pain.

Last year we had so much fun hearing your accounts of holidays gone horribly awry, we decided to do it again. Like grandma getting drunk and cursing you out, it's a new Thanksgiving tradition!

Because Gawker is nothing if not a philanthropic organization, we're giving away four copies of the book Special Photographer, a collection of late, great Hollywood photographer Leo Fuchs' work. How to win one? Easy! Just enter a caption contest.

Do you people love Halloween or what? We put out the call last week for your best Halloween costumes and we sure received some spectacular entries. Here are the best of the best, and our spectacular winner.