Winners in each category receive a cash prize of $2,500, to be awarded at a reception on October 26, 2017, at the 10th World Conference of Science Journalists taking place this year in San Francisco.
The final judging committee consisted of Pamela Weintraub (Aeon), Alison Bass (West Virginia University) and Curt Suplee (Freelance). The Science in Society awards committee was co-chaired by Amber Dance (Freelance) and Alla Katsnelson (Freelance).
In addition to the final committee, NASW thanks the volunteers who served on the preliminary committees: Eric Bender (Freelance), Silke Schmidt (University of Wisconsin-Madison), David Biello (TED), Lindsey Konkel (Freelance), Peter Friederici (Northern Arizona University), Jude Isabella (Hakai), M. Mitchell Waldrop (Freelance), Kitta MacPherson (Rutgers University), Francie Diep (Pacific Standard), Emma Marris (Freelance), Evelyn Strauss (Freelance), Clara Moskowitz (Scientific American), Michael E. Newman (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Lucas Laursen (Freelance), Jyoti Madhusoodanan (Freelance), and William Schulz (Freelance).
Entries for next year's competition, for material published or broadcast in 2017, are due February 1, 2018. Entry forms will be available at www.nasw.org in December 2017.
The largest organization devoted to the professional interests of science writers, the National Association of Science Writers fosters the dissemination of accurate information regarding science through all media normally devoted to informing the public. Its 2,470 members include science writers and editors, and science-writing educators and students.