The Unsw Press Bragg Prize For Science Writing

Entries for the Bragg Prize closed on 31 March 2024. The winner will be announced in November 2024. Submissions for the UNSW Press Bragg Student Prize for Science Writing 2023 opened in April 2023. See link to the Student Prize for more information on the student winner.

The UNSW Bragg Student Prize for Science Writing is a joint initiative of UNSW Press, UNSW Science and Refraction Media. Its aim is to encourage and celebrate young science writers, researchers and leaders, with prize vouchers of $500 and $250 for the winner and two runners-up.

Nov 10, 2023 The UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing is an annual prize for the best short non-fiction piece on science written for a general audience. It is named in honour of Australias first Nobel laureates, William Henry Bragg and his son William Lawrence Bragg. The Bragg Prize winner receives $7000 and two runners-up each receive a prize of $1500.

Oct 29, 2021 The UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing is an annual prize for the best short non-fiction piece on science written for a general audience. It is named in honour of Australias first Nobel laureates, William Henry Bragg and his son William Lawrence Bragg. The Bragg Prize winner receives $7000 and two runners up each receive a prize of $1500.

Nov 2, 2021 Innovation and Engagement. Edition 21 2021. Ceridwen Dovey is the winner of the 2021 UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing. The 2021 Bragg Prize has been awarded to Ceridwen Dovey for her essay, Everlasting free-fall, which explores the little-known threat of orbital overcrowding and negative impacts on astronomy by commercial satellites.

Oct 20, 2015 The annual Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing is named in honour of Australias first Nobel laureates William Henry and William Lawrence Bragg and is supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. First prize is $7000 and two runners-up receive $1500 each. The shortlisted pieces are: . Why Arent We Dead Yet?

Oct 30, 2022 Awards. Edition 20 2022. Lauren Fuge wins the 2022 UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing. The 2022 Bragg Prize has been awarded to Lauren Fuge for her essay Time travel and tipping points, which explores our geological understanding of time and how it might help us understand our future.

Oct 28, 2022 Lauren Fuge wins the 2022 UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing. Published on the 28 Oct 2022 by Yolande Hutchinson. Lauren Fuge, the 2022 Bragg Prize winner. Photo: Cassandra Hannagan. Media contact. Yolande Hutchinson. UNSW Sydney External Engagement. 0420 845 023. [email protected].

Nov 3, 2014 The annual Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing recognises the best piece of writing and is named in honour of Australias first Nobel laureates, William Henry Bragg and his son William Lawrence Bragg. It is supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. First Prize is $7000 and two runners-up will receive a prize of $1500 each.

The book will be officially launched by scientist and engineer Emerita Professor Mary OKane, followed by the announcement of 2023 Bragg Prize for Science Writing. Two of the Bragg Prize finalists will join Mary on stage in a conversation with Professor Merlin Crossley.

Oct 19, 2023 The Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing is for short nonfiction pieces of science writing that have been written for a general audience. It is named in honour of Australias first Nobel laureates, William Henry Bragg and his son William Lawrence Bragg. For more information about the prize, visit the UNSW Press website.

The Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing has been awarded to a leading astronomer, Professor Fred Watson, for Here come the ubernerds: Planets, Pluto and Prague. Professor Watson is Astronomer in Charge of the Anglo-Australian Observatory at Coonabarabran and a regular commentator on ABC radio.

10 May 2021. The UNSW Bragg Student Prize for Science Writing is a competition for Year 7-10 students in Australia. Topic: The STEM in Everyday Life. Science, technology, engineering and maths is part of everything around us, from our response to the pandemic, to the tech we use for play.

The UNSW Bragg Student Prize for Science Writing is an initiative of UNSW Press, UNSW Science and Refraction Media, and is designed to encourage and celebrate the next generation of science writers, researchers and leaders, with prize vouchers of $500 and $250 for the winner and two runners-up.