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.
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