X2!The winners of the inaugural Science Seeker Awards have been announced! My posts got nods as finalists in two categories: Best Biology Post and Best Life-in-Science Post. Thank you so much to the judges for these honors, and a huge congrats to all of the winners and other finalists. I strongly suggest reading through the list of winners and finalists, and checking out all of the fabulous posts!
Nominations are over, and two of my posts are in the running, included among an impressive list of science blogs. Go peruse the nominees, get a feel for your favorites, then GO VOTE. You have until midnight this Saturday to do so!
Mine are in the S’s under “Science Sushi” if you want to vote for me – which you do, right? 😉
Here are the two posts in the running:
Every year, the amazing crew over at 3 Quarks Daily offers a prize for great science writing online judged by an esteemed scientific mind. This year, the judge is Sean Carroll – previous 3QD winner, incredible science blogger, practicing scientist, and the author of great science books like From Eternity to Here. Any science blog post from May 29th, 2011 until May 29th, 2012 is eligable – all you have to do is nominate it by leaving a comment with a link on this announcement post. You have until June 9th to submit your nominations!
And, on the topic of shameless self promotion, if you wanted to submit one of mine, here are my favorites:
Of course, please submit whatever posts you like the best, from the amazing plethora of science blogs out there.
On a similar note, you can now submit nominations for the AAAS Kavli Awards for science journalism. Science blogs are perfect for the online category – so nominate your favorite science blogs for that prize, too!
