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2022 Science Writing Prize (and a science writing workshop)

If you are a current student carrying out health or wellbeing-related research at the University of Otago with an interest in communicating your science to a wider audience, the Otago Medical School Research Society Science Writing Award is for you.

We want you, in no more than 800 words, to tell us why your research matters in a way that would interest a non-scientific audience. Tell us about your research and why it is important. Why does it interest you? Why should it interest the reader?

The winning article will be published by the Otago Daily Times. The winner will receive a $500 cash prize with the runner up receiving a $200 prize sponsored by Kainic Medical Communications.

To help you prepare, a free workshop on science writing tips will be available for all from Professor Lloyd Spencer Davis

Stuart Professor of Science Communication, Centre for Science Communication, University of Otago

 

22nd July, 12 :00 – 2pm

Zoom: https://otago.zoom.us/j/98822026125?pwd=N0pNTytOYTQ1OGlEWTJxU3dPNGs5dz09
Password: 864158

Judging criteria

Your writing will be assessed on the following criteria:

The article must be based on the research you are doing or have done as part of your degree, diploma or summer project. This could be on the whole of the project or on one aspect, but it should not be a general review of the area.

The piece should be aimed at a non-specialist audience; written at a level that an interested member of the public could understand while conveying the significance of your research or key issues.

The rules