The competition is open to students, postgrads and early career scientists (typically within 10 years of graduation) anywhere in the world.
If you are passionate about science and keen to communicate it widely, the Chemistry World Science Writing competition offers a fantastic opportunity to do just that. Winning entries will be published by Chemistry World and awarded a cash prize.
There are two categories for entries, writing and multimedia, and your chosen topic should be related to the chemical sciences:
- Written entries should be no more than 800 words and may be in any style e.g. news, policy, opinion or feature
- Multimedia entries may be video or audio, should be no longer than five minutes and may be in any style e.g. documentary, animation, interview etc.
HOW TO ENTER
Enter your details in the MyRSC online registration form and click on Submit.
Upload your entry by either:
- Emailing your written entry (PDF or word doc) to the address provided.
- Embed/Upload your multimedia entry via the link and complete the submission form – tag your entry with CW competition.
You will receive an acknowledgement that your entry has been received.
The Chemistry World Science Communication competition is being run as part of ChemCareers, the RSC's online careers fair.
PRIZES AND EVENING RECEPTION
20 shortlisted entrants will be invited to an evening reception to be held at The Chemistry Centre in London on October 10 2012; sponsored by Procter & Gamble. As well as publication in Chemistry World, the winner of each category will be awarded a £300 cash prize. A runner-up from each category will receive £100 cash.
COMPETITION RULES
The competition is open to students, postgrads and early career scientists (typically within 10 years of graduation) anywhere in the world.
The competition is open only to new science writers; those whose main source of income is through science writing or who have professional science writing experience are ineligible to enter.
One entry per person per Category is permitted. The Categories are Writing and Multimedia
All submissions must be original, solely the work of the author(s) and not published anywhere else in any format.
Entries to the writing category must be the work of a single author; multimedia entries may have multiple contributors, all of whom must be named.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The competition opens at 09:00 on 28/05/2012 and closes at 00:00 on 31/08/2012 - entries received after this date will not be included.
Entries must be submitted through MyRSC. Therefore by entering the competition, entrants agree to sign up for a free MyRSC account and to be bound by the MyRSC Terms and Conditions regarding use of the site which are located at: http://my.rsc.org/terms.
Shortlisting of entries will be done by a team of RSC staff who regularly contribute news articles to Chemistry World. The team will be looking for clarity of communication, timeliness of the topic and, in the multimedia category, creativity of approach.
Shortlisted entries will be notified by MyRSC on or before 14/09/2012.
Shortlisted entries will be viewable online at ChemCareers 2012 on MyRSC from 8th – 10th October 2012.
Shortlisted entries will be judged by a panel of judges drawn from science communication and research backgrounds and shortlisted entrants will be invited to an event at The Chemistry Centre in London on 10th October 2012 (“Evening Reception”).
The winners will be announced at the Evening Reception and any shortlisted entrants who are unable to attend will be notified via MyRSC the following day. The names of the winners will then be available to view at http://my.rsc.org/chemcareers until 31/01/2013.
One winning entry and one runner-up from each Category will be chosen; the winning entries will be published in Chemistry World. Winning entrants will also receive a £300 cash prize with a £100 cash prize awarded to each runner-up.
Prizes and an Evening Reception are being sponsored by Procter and Gamble.
Please note that no travel expenses will be paid and that all shortlisted entrants will be required to make their own travel arrangements to the Evening Reception and pay for their own travel costs. Overnight accommodation will be paid for by the RSC only for those having to travel for over 2.5 hours each way.
In the event that shortlisted entrants located in countries outside the United Kingdom choose not to travel to the UK to attend the Evening Reception, the RSC will endeavour to facilitate their participation remotely.
By submitting an entry, an entrant thereby gives permission to the RSC to publish the content of the entry on the MyRSC platform and in Chemistry World both online and in print.
By entering this competition, entrants confirm that their entry is original, solely the work of the entrant, is not published anywhere else in any format and that no third party rights including copyright are being infringed.
Employees of the RSC are not eligible to enter.
Use of a false name or email address will result in disqualification.
The judges’ decision is final.
The decisions of the RSC will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
In the event that any of these terms and conditions are deemed invalid, illegal or otherwise unenforceable, they shall be severed from these terms and the remaining clauses will remain in force.
Link: FAQs
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries: myrsc@rsc.org
For submissions: register here
Website: http://my.rsc.org
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