Bragg science writing prize shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year’s UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing has been announced.
Shortlisted pieces are:
- “The Unexpected Poetry of PhD Acknowledgements” by Tabitha Carvan
- “The Night I Accidentally Became a Corpse Flower’s Bedside Manservant” by Angus Dalton
- “‘Earth Poetry’ in the Arctic” by Lucinda Duxbury
- “From Hypnotised to Heretic: Immunising Society Against Misinformation” by Linda McIver
- “A Freediver Finds Belonging Without Breath” by Sally Montgomery
- “Air Conditioning Quietly Changed Australian Life in Just a Few Decades” by James Purtill.
The UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing is awarded annually for the best short nonfiction piece on science written for a general audience. The prize is named in honour of Australia’s first Nobel laureates, William Henry Bragg and his son William Lawrence Bragg.
This year’s winner receives $7000, and 2 runners-up each receive $1500.
All shortlisted entries feature in The Best Australian Science Writing 2025 (edited by Zoe Kean & Tegan Taylor, NewSouth, November).
“Writers from all over Australia submitted stories for this anthology,” said the anthology’s editors. “Our inbox was brimming with fabulous pieces from inspiring writers, and for every story that is included in this anthology there were 4 or 5 more we weren’t able to include.”
The winner will be announced on 5 November.
Last year’s prize went to Cameron Stewart for his essay “Heroes of Zero”.
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