The latest edition of this annual series, The Best American Science Writing 2011 offers a collection of the year’s most relevant and compelling science writing. This year’s guest editors, award-winning science writer and New York Times bestselling author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot and her father Floyd Skloot, an award-winning, non-fiction writer, poet, and past contributor to the series, have brought together a wide variety of works, providing a comprehensive overview of diverse and stimulating science writing. NASW members whose work is included in the anthology: Deborah Blum “The Trouble With Scientists” (from her blog Speakeasy Science); Amy Harmon “A Soft Spot for Circuitry” (published in the New York Times); and Carl Zimmer “The Singularity” (published in Playboy). NOTE: Ecco/Harper seeks submissions for The Best American Science Writing 2012. Send work, published in 2011, electronically to series editor Jesse Cohen at jesse.cohen5@verizon. net. Include a brief cover letter. Deadline: Dec. 31, 2011.