Entries for the 2016 Science in Society Awards are closed. Winners will be announced in September 2016. Entries for next year's contest open in December 2016. Stay tuned to nasw.org/scienceinsociety.
The National Association of Science Writers is pleased to announce the five winners of this year's Science in Society awards, which honor investigative or interpretive reporting about the sciences and their impact on society. Read more to meet the 2014 winning authors and read their work.
The winners of the 2013 Science in Society Journalism Awards, sponsored by the National Association of Science Writers, are: In the Book category, David Quammen; in the Science Reporting category, Douglas Fox; in the Longform category, Patricia Callahan, Sam Roe and Michael Hawthorne; in the Science Reporting for a Local or Regional Audience category, Hillary Rosner; and in the Commentary or Opinion category, Christie Aschwanden.
It's free to enter your best work from 2012. The Science in Society awards, now in their 41st year, are sponsored by the National Association of Science Writers with no outside subsidy and require no submission fee. To learn more and enter online, visit http://bit.ly/Y5fNiO. Authors need not be NASW members, so tweet your friends and encourage your fellow writers to enter. Be sure to check out this year's new category: longform science reporting.
From autism to animal migration, pollution to animal testing, winners of this year's Science in Society Journalism Awards tackled sensitive and controversial topics with reporting and storytelling skill. Read on to learn more about the winning entries.
Entries for the 2012 Science in Society Awards close today, but it's quick, easy, and free to enter online. The Science in Society Awards, now in their 40th year, are sponsored by the National Association of Science Writers with no outside subsidy and require no submission fee. To learn more and enter, visit https://www.nasw.org/2012-science-society-awards. Authors need not be NASW members, so tweet your friends and encourage other writers to enter.
Two days remain to apply for the fourth round of NASW Career Grants. Since 2009, we've awarded more than $84,000 to help science writers advance their careers. Details here. Also, the deadline for NASW's Science in Society awards competition is two weeks away. The awards provide recognition — without subsidy from any professional or commercial interest — for investigative or interpretive reporting about the sciences and their impact on society.
Entries for the 2012 Science in Society awards are open. We're proud to announce that this year's entry process is online. The Science in Society awards, now in their 40th year, are sponsored by the National Association of Science Writers with no outside subsidy and require no submission fee. To learn more and enter, see this page.
