The Clark/Payne Award is intended to encourage young science writers by recognizing outstanding reporting in all fields of science. It is given each year in memory of journalists Ev Clark and Seth Payne, who offered friendship and advice to a generation of young reporters. The winner will receive $1,000 and expenses to attend the annual meeting of the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) and the New Horizons briefing of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW).
All entrants must be age 30 or younger. The deadline will be June 30 each year, and the award will be presented in late October. Please submit entry material to Clark/Payne Science Award, National Press Foundation, 1211 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 310, Washington, DC 20036.
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APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
The award is limited to non-technical, print and online journalism. Articles published in newspapers, magazines, newsletters, online only publications and websites are eligible. Both freelancers and staff writers are eligible. (Books, as well as articles in technical journals and trade association publications are not eligible.
Science writing includes, but is not limited to, writing in the biological, physical, environmental, computer, and space sciences, along with technology, mathematics, health, and science policy.
Entries will be judged on the basis of accuracy, clarity, insightfulness, fairness, resourcefulness, and timeliness.
Applicants must be age 30 or younger. The 2010 Award will be limited to those applicants whose 31st birthday is June 30, 2010 or later.
Applicants may submit a single article or series, or up to four individual pieces. Articles must be published between June 30, 2009 and June 29, 2019, but an entire series will be accepted if most parts are published between those dates. Applications may be submitted by the author or on the author's behalf.
Entries should not be elaborate. Simply send an application form, along with one original tearsheet (if possible), or printed pdf, or print-out from an online version, plus five photocopies of each article.
All applications and submissions must be received by June 30, 2010. Submissions will not be returned. Send to:
Clark/Payne Science Award
National Press Foundation
1211 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Suite 310
Washington, DC 20036
JUDGES
The award will be judged by a panel of science writers and scientists selected by the National Association of Science Writers and the Clark/Payne Fund. The award will be announced by August 15, 2010.
PRESENTATION
The 2010 award will be presented at the banquet during the meeting of the National Association of Science Writers/Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, the weekend of November 6, 2010, in New Haven, CT. The winner's travel and up to three days of hotel expenses will be paid.
The award is given in memory of Ev Clark, a veteran journalist at BusinessWeek, The New York Times, and Newsweek; and Seth Payne, his long-time friend and colleague at BusinessWeek and a founder of the Award. It is designed to carry on the work of both men, who offered friendship and advice to generations of young journalists.
The Award is given by the Clark/Payne Fund and NASW, in conjunction with the National Press Foundation, which administers the endowment.
