Re: [Fhsst-authors] Science Writing Competition

[Vanessa McBride]

Hi Everyone

Unless I've got hold of the wrong end of the stick, I thought the objectives of 
the two
competitions were very different:

FHSST competition 
-aims to provide content for a textbook for in depth education of young people
-content will include equations 
-worked examples and lots of repetition to get the concepts across

SAASTA competition 
-aims to entertain as well as educate readers of the Saturday Star
-will probably not have equations!
-more emphasis on generating public interest rather than in-depth understanding

Based on this, I don't think it will be a good idea to merge the competitions.  
However, SAASTA
entries - if we can get hold of them like Kevin suggests - will probably 
provide valuable input for
the "essays" in FHSST.

Take care,
Vanessa





On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 10:38:57 +0200
 Kevin <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Mark
> I thought I had sent you news of this when I first heard about it. If I 
> didn't,
> then I sincerely apologise - it could have been one of many emails that I had
> on my to do list and didn't do yet! 
> Anyway, I vote collaboration - though there may be some politics involved.
> Ok, between the last line and this one I called around and spoke to the lady 
> in
> charge of SAASTA's compettition - Ena Roos (012 392 9317) - and gave her a
> quick run down on FHSST and stuff and got her quite excited about things. 
> Their
> deadline is the end of May! However, we spoke about having access to the 
> entries
> and she says that they intend to use the winning entries to publish in one of
> the big newspapers - she wasn't sure about any copyrights or ownership by
> SAASTA. Anyway I asked if we could have the database of entries and authors so
> that we could contact them personally and ask for their contributions for our
> use and she said that would be totally cool. Thought perhaps we could contact
> all entrants and ask them to modify old/send new stuff? 
> Ok, I gotta run - big experiment on the go.
> chat soon
> kg
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting Mark Horner <address@hidden>:
> 
> > Hi all
> > 
> > I just received the email below from the secretary of the South
> > African Institute of Physics. Its just like our idea for a competition
> > for content for the books - but they got there first.
> > 
> > I am a little nervous about having two competitions out there but their
> > deadline is before the June/July holiday for students in SA and so my 
> > proposed time for our competition (i.e. over the holiday) wouldn't overlap.
> > 
> > We could contact them about a collaboration? What do people think?
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: {SAIP}:  Science Writing Competition
> > Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:35:00 +0200
> > From: SAIP Secretary <address@hidden>
> > Reply-To: address@hidden
> > Organization: South African Institute of Physics
> > To: address@hidden,              address@hidden
> > 
> > CALLING YOUNG SCIENTISTS!
> > 
> > Grab this chance to stir the public's imagination and win wonderful
> > prizes.
> > 
> > The competition will give scientists aged 20 - 35 at South African
> > higher education institutions and science councils the opportunity to
> > write a 700-word article on any scientific or science-related
> > subject, to inform and entertain the readers of Saturday Star. Here's
> > your chance to help bridge the gap between the public's perception of
> > scientists and the world of science itself. Show how you can convey
> > the excitement of science in plain English and you could
> > WIN...WIN...WIN!
> > 
> > PRIZES INCLUDE:
> > Three R10 000 cash prizes
> > See your article published in Saturday Star
> > A trip to the American Association for the Advancement of Science's
> > meeting in St. Louis, Missouri in February 2006.
> > 
> > DEADLINE: 31 MAY 2005
> > Please pass this message on to young researchers in your group if you
> > yourself do not qualify.
> > 
> > Enquiries: address@hidden; or fax: (012) 320-7803.
> > 
> > For more information, rules, guidelines, and an online entry form
> > visit the website www.saasta.ac.za/sciencewriters
> > 
> > Watch the pages of Saturday Star for updates on the competition.
> > 
> > Organised and sponsored by the South African Agency for Science and
> > Technology Advancement (a business unit of the NRF) and Saturday
> > Star.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > --
> > Mark Horner 
> > 
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> > 
> > 
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