The Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing

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The Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing was established in 2012 to recognise excellence in Australian science writing. The annual prize of A$7,000 is awarded to the best short non-fiction piece of science fiction with the aim of a general audience. Two runners up are awarded $1,500 each.

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The prize is named in honour of Australia's first Nobel Laureates, father and son team William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg. The prize is supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund and the UNSW Faculty of Science.

An associated anthology, The Best Australian Science Writing (NewSouth Publishing) [1] collects the best of the year's science writing.

Winners

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  2. ↑ "Prize for Science Writing". NewSouth Publishing. University of New South Wales Press . Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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  13. ↑ Smith, Deborah (11 November 2016). "Essay on eucalypts wins science writing prize". Newsroom.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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