The UNSW Bragg Student Prize for Science Writing is a competition for Year 7-10 students in Australia.
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Read the winners of the 2024 UNSW Bragg Student Prize for Science Writing:
Winner: Butterfly counts
Reena Du delves into the importance of counting butterflies and what it can tell us about the health of the environment, as well as the important work carried out by Brisbane’s Big Butterfly Count. Read Reenda’s essay in full here.
Runner-up: Green is the new grey
Northern Beaches Secondary College student Jiayi Fang wrote a creative and thought-provoking piece about what each of us can do to assist conservation and protection of our biodiverse environment. Read Jiayi’s essay in full here.
Runner-up: Roots of conservation
North Sydney Girls High School student Richelle Jang explores the integration of Indigenous values into modern conservation practices and how it’s a crucial step towards a sustainable future. Read Richelle’s essay in full here.
About the UNSW Bragg Student Science Prize
The Bragg Prize is an annual award celebrating the best non-fiction science essay written for a general audience. An initiative of UNSW Press, UNSW Science and Refraction Media, the UNSW Bragg Student Prize for Science Writing is designed to encourage and celebrate the next generation of science writers, researchers and leaders. For an aspiring university Dean of Science or Walkley Award-winning journalist, this could be the first entry on their CV.
The Bragg Prizes are named for Australia’s very first Nobel Laureates, the father-and-son team of William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg. 2015 marked the centenary of their Nobel Prize win in Physics for their work on the X-ray analysis of crystal structures. William Henry Bragg was a firm believer in making science popular among young people. His lectures for students were described as models of clarity and intellectual excitement. More information about the Bragg prizes can be found here.
UNSW Bragg Student Prize for Science Writing archives
Bragg Prize winner: Butterfly Counts
Reena Du delves into the importance of counting butterflies and what it can tell us about the health of the environment, as well as the important work carried out by Brisbane’s Big Butterfly Count.
Bragg Prize runner-up: Green is the New Grey: Our Biodiverse World
Northern Beaches Secondary College student Jiayi Fang wrote a creative and thought-provoking piece about what each of us can do to assist conservation and protection of our biodiverse environment.
Bragg Prize runner-up: Roots of Conservation
North Sydney Girls High School student Richelle Jang explores the integration of Indigenous values into modern conservation practices and how it’s a crucial step towards a sustainable future.
CLOSING SOON! The UNSW Bragg Student Prize For Science Writing 2024
Hurry up and get your entries in. The UNSW Bragg Student Prize for Science Writing is closes on Friday 23 August 2024 at 5pm
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