The Best Australian Science Writing 2015 (39 page)

A joint initiative of UNSW Press, UNSW Science and Refraction Media, with support from the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, the Prize is designed to encourage and celebrate the next generation of science writers, researchers and leaders. For an aspiring university Dean of Science or Walkley Award-winning journalist, this could be the first entry on their CV.

The winner receives a $500 JB HiFi voucher, publication in CSIRO's
Double Helix
magazine and on the
Cosmos
website, and an invitation to the launch of
The Best Australian Science Writing 2015
in Sydney. Two runners-up each receive a voucher worth $250. Schools whose students enter the prize receive a copy of this book.

The names of the winners and details about next year's competition are available on the NewSouth Publishing website: <
www.newsouthpublishing.com/braggstudentprize
>.

The Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing

2015 Shortlist

Idan Ben-Barak
Why aren't we dead yet?

Trent Dalton
Beating the odds

Christine Kenneally
The past may not make you feel better

James Mitchell Crow
Robots on a roll

John Pickrell
Messages from Mungo

Michael Slezak
Aliens versus predators

Winners announced in November 2015 at

<
newsouthpublishing.com/scienceprize
>

Judges of the Bragg UNSW Press Prize 2015

Professor Carla Catterall

Professor Merlin Crossley

Professor Tanya Monro

Professor Andy Pitman

Bianca Nogrady, editor of
The Best Australian

Science Writing 2015