Call for entries:
the first-ever SWARM writing awards

SWARM is happy to announce our first-ever writing awards! Bring us your best work of the year for a chance to win fabulous prizes, unending glory, and the undying admiration of your peers.

 

Contest rules:

 

• Entries will be accepted in three categories: Science Journalism (written), Institutional Science Communication (written), and Multimedia (any type of content).

• The deadline for entries is 11:59 p.m. MT on November 1, 2025.

• Prizes are TBD, but there will be a monetary prize for first place in each category, and likely additional prizes.

• Only dues-paying members of SWARM are eligible to enter. If you're not sure if you are a paying member, log in to your account in the upper right-hand corner of this page and look under 'My Subscriptions'.

• One entry per category per member.

• Multiple-authored entries are fine as long as the person entering is a SWARM member and played a major role in the production of the piece.

• Work without a byline will be accepted with proof of authorship.

• There is no entry fee.

• Entries must have been published or broadcast between January 1, 2025, and November 1, 2025.

• Entries should be no longer than 3,000 words for written pieces or 10 minutes for multimedia pieces. 

• Entries will be judged by members of the SWARM board. SWARM board members are not eligible to enter the contest.

• Individual judges will recuse themselves from judging entries in which they have a substantial professional or personal conflict of interest.

• Judges reserve the right to not award in a category at their discretion.

• Winners will be announced at the annual SWARM holiday party in December.

• Any questions? Email sciwrirockies-at-gmail-dot-com.

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How to enter: Go HERE to submit your entry by November 1.