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Become a science blogger for the UK’s Guardian newspaper

The Guardian newspaper  in the UK has a small network of science blogs which they are wanting to expand. At this point, they are looking for UK-based science bloggers but there is a hint that soon the invitation to make a submission will be extended to bloggers from other parts of the world.

From the Jan. 27, 2012 posting by Alok Jha, science correspondent for the Guardian,

Just under 17 months ago, the Guardian launched a small network of science blogs. Each blogger – Martin Robbins, Evan Harris, Jon Butterworth, GrrlScientist and Mo Costandi – was given complete freedom to write about whatever they wished, as often as they wished, independent of any oversight (other than legal) from Guardian editors. We hope that, in the intervening time, they’ve managed to do what I tentatively promised at the time of launch: to entertain, enrage and inform.

These blogs and websites (and the associated reader and Twitter conversations that run in parallel with them) have demonstrated an ever-growing thirst for science on the web. As such, we’re pleased to announce that the Guardian’s science blogs network is easing itself out of experimentation mode and into rapid growth.

Our plan, to start with, is to find some of the best UK-based science bloggers and add them to the network. If you already run a blog or website and think it would fit well into our existing network, let us know by filling in the form below. We particularly want to encourage applications from women bloggers and people who write about subjects that are not already covered in our current mix. We’re particularly interested in space, cosmology, palaeontology, Earth science, mathematics, chemistry and genomics, for example.

You might be a practising scientist, a journalist or just a fan of science. We want to hear from you. You may be an experienced blogger or someone who’s just started. Either way we’d love to hear from you.

As I recall, there was serious criticism about the dearth of female science bloggers on the Guardian Science Blogs network when it was launched. I imagine that’s why they are particularly interested in women bloggers.

The closing date for submissions from UK-based science bloggers is Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 at 9 am (GMT I assume). The rest of us will have to wait. The submission form follows Jha’s Jan. 27, 2012 posting.

Questions cover such subjects as your qualifications (formal and informal), favourite blog to read (doesn’t have to be science), how often you post, why should they pick you, etc.