You don’t have to rush your entry into the competition (from a May 3, 2016 AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) notice received via email),
We are accepting entries in the 2016 competition for the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards. The deadline is August 1, 2016. Entries must have been published, broadcast or posted online during the contest year: July 16, 2015, to July 15, 2016. Thanks to a doubled endowment by The Kavli Foundation, we accept entries from journalists worldwide in all categories. Nearly 40 percent of our winners in 2015 — the inaugural year of the global competition — were international entrants.
We present two awards in each category: a Gold award ($5,000) and a Silver award ($3,500). The categories are as follows: large newspaper, small newspaper, magazine, television spot news/feature, television in-depth, audio (radio or podcast), online and children’s science news.
Contest rules can be found here,
The contest year is 16 July 2015 through 15 July 2016. All entries must be submitted online on or before midnight 1 August 2016. Entries must have been originally published, broadcast or posted online during the contest year. There is no entry fee.
The awards are open to reporters doing work for independent news organizations around the world. Print articles must be readily accessible to the public by subscription or newsstand sales. If the submitted work was published or broadcast in a language other than English, you must provide an English translation. See online FAQ for further discussion.
A story or series of stories may be entered in one category only.
The following are not eligible for the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards:
- Items exclusively concerning health or medical treatment. (See the online FAQ for further discussion.)
- Items published originally in AAAS publications or produced by AAAS.
- Items by employees of AAAS or The Kavli Foundation.
- Winners of the 2015 awards are not eligible. Individuals who have won three times are no longer eligible.
Read the official contest rules
Submission guidelines can be found here and submissions can be made from this page (scroll down).