Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting 2023 (up to $3,000)
Deadline: 30th of June 2023
The Victor Cohn Award for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting 2023 is now accepting applications. The Victor Cohn Award for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting was created by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) in 2000.
The award, which is given annually, seeks to recognize a writer for a body of work that has been published or broadcast within the previous five years and that, due to its exceptional clarity, accuracy, breadth of coverage, enterprise, originality, insight, and narrative power, has significantly increased public knowledge of significant advances in medical science and their effects on human health and well-being.
Prize:
- The honoree receives an award of $3,000 and a certificate. The prize is presented at a joint
awards ceremony held in conjunction with ScienceWriters, a conference that combines
CASW’s New Horizons in Science briefings and the National Association of Science Writers’
workshops. - Awardee travel expenses to the award ceremony are covered.
Eligibility:
- Editors, colleagues, scientists and others familiar with the candidate’s body of work may
proffer nominations. - Individuals may nominate themselves but are encouraged to submit at least one letter of
support from a knowledgeable colleague. - Nominators of candidates for the 2023 prize may submit up to five examples of the
candidate’s journalistic endeavors, all published or aired since January 2018. Eligible writing
includes work appearing in digital media. Books are not eligible. - Submitted work must be published in English-language media that reach a US audience.
- Letters of nomination should include an assessment of the nominee’s body of work along
with a biographical sketch.
Application:
Nominators and candidates must submit materials during the submission window beginning each
January 1. Letters of support may be uploaded either as part of the nomination package or via a separate
submission form provided for recommenders.
The annual deadline for submission of nominations is June 30.
