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21 April 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 11:22 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Organisers of an annual female comedy competition have apologised after an online row with comics over charging a \u00a315 entrance fee.<\/p>\n

Sarah Millican, Shappi Khorsandi and Jo Caulfield were among those who took to Twitter criticising Funny Women.<\/p>\n

Responding in a blog post, Funny Women accused the comedians of “a knee jerk reaction” to the decision.<\/p>\n

Organiser Lynne Parker has since apologised, saying she had been “hugely hurt” by the comments.<\/p>\n

In announcing the launch of the competition on Tuesday, organisers said the registration fee would go towards its running costs.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the BBC News website on Thursday, Ms Parker said she was now “reviewing the situation and taking some of the more positive responses on board”.<\/p>\n

The organiser said the competition – which is now in its ninth year – lost its sponsorship two years ago.<\/p>\n

Twitter row<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I am a great personal fan of some of my worst critics and just so sorry that this has all been taken out of context. I really hope that we can all get past this and move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

End Quote<\/span> Funny Women organiser Lynne Parker<\/span><\/div>\n

Ms Parker said the registration fee was to be used to fund two part-time staff and promotion.<\/p>\n

But comedians criticised the registration fee as no other comedy competition currently charges for entry.<\/p>\n

Millican wrote:<\/a> “Advice to any budding female comedians, no need to pay to play… just be funny, write loads and work very hard.”<\/p>\n

Caulfield, who was previously hired to be the face of the Funny Women Awards for three years, wrote:<\/a> “@funnywomen have finally proved it is harder for women in comedy because men aren’t charged \u00a315. Please reconsider this ridiculous idea.”<\/p>\n

“As the website face of FunnyWomen I advise all new comics not to enter my competition,” she added.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, an anonymous blog post<\/a> on Funny Women’s website responded: “Female comics are constantly battling the stigma that they are nothing but bitchy and irrational bodies.<\/p>\n

“It would appear that there are still a number of female comics hell-bent on perpetuating this debilitating stereotype.”<\/p>\n

Male comedians also commented on the fee, with Richard Herring saying:<\/a> “All comedians, new and old, male and female, good and crap (especially crap) should oppose pay to play.”<\/p>\n

Australian comedian Tim Minchin<\/a> said: “I think #funnywomen outrage is valid. But amusing to a muso: songwriting\/band comps always charge to enter, often a lot.”<\/p>\n

An apology was posted on the Funny Women blog on Thursday with Ms Parker saying the earlier post was because she “was so shocked at the responses” to the decision.<\/p>\n

“I am a great personal fan of some of my worst critics and just so sorry that this has all been taken out of context. I really hope that we can all get past this and move on,” the post added.<\/p>\n

Previous winners of the Funny Women competition include CBBC presenter Miss London in 2009 and Stand Up for the Week star Andi Osho, who won in 2007.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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