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Looking for something to do during the holiday doldrums? Here at SciShortform, we're looking for new volunteers who can help "scout" potential stories for our round-ups. Scouts read the internet & nominate well-written science news stories for our round-up. DM us if interested!

311 stories have been nominated for "Best Shortform Science Writing: July-December 2021" so far! To throw your hat in the ring, tag us with a link to the piece! We have categories for essays, blog posts, and press releases. #scicomm

Yes, PIOs, please take note: "Best Shortform Science Writing" has an Institutional category dedicated to your writing! Press releases, university outreach blog entries, & alumni magazine stories are eligible. To nominate your work (or work by a colleague), tag us with links!

The Victor K. McElheny Award recognizes outstanding coverage of science, public health, technology, or environmental issues at the local or regional level with a $5,000 prize. Enter by Jan 31: ksj.mit.edu/award/

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS (Please RT!): We're crowdsourcing nominations for the edition of "Best Shortform Science Writing" covering July-Dec 2021. Nominated stories should clock in at 1200 words or less. Tag or DM SciShortform with a link to the story. Noms due Jan 10th!

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With 399 nominations so far, we're entering the final hours of collecting nominations for "Best Shortform Science Writing: July-December 2021" We'll definitely hit 400 noms, but can we hit 450? Help us out by sending links to your favorite recent science stories!

Update: 416 noms & counting! The nomination closes in about 9 hours (midnight PST), so get those recommendations in! It's a great way to support writers, editors, & publications you admire.

My school's library got a big grant to buy new books and they're asking for faculty suggestions so plz recommend me some physics/physics-adjacent books by folks who are not white cishet men. I thought of a few from recent yrs but I def don't read enough so help a teacher out

LAST Call for "Best Shortform Science Writing: July-December 2021" nominees! We'll officially close the form at 11:00PM ET/8:00 PM PT. If you know of any 2021 news stories, essays, or blog posts we should consider please point us toward them! (And pls RT!) #scicomm

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Yes, indeed! If you like reading science news stories & sharing your opinions, we need more readers to sift through our enormous spreadsheet of science writing links! You can DM us here, or DM Diana for details.

Valentine's Day always brings a flurry of stories on the #psychology of love. What have been your favorites this year?

This is my first reported feature for The Open Notebook, and I'm very proud of it! Also, huge thanks to my sources & wonderful editors/mentors (especially Sarah Zhang & Siri Carpenter). How to navigate scientific controversies as a science journalist? 🤔 Read on 😁 👇🏽

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CALL for NOMINATIONS: We're looking for the best published "shortform" (under 1200 words) science news stories of 2022 so far! Send us your hot takes on environmental and public health issues, as well as stories about studies that have intrigued you. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

We're still collecting story nominations for Jan-June 2022. So far, we've received 117 nominations, but only 10 "Institutional" pieces. PIOs, send us links to your favorite recent press releases & university publication stories! #scicomm #science