The basic criteria for entries are accessibility of the piece by the general public, relevance to acoustics, accuracy, and the quality of the entry. Entries may be from a variety of media, including video, World Wide Web sites, books, newspapers, magazines, audio tapes, audio broadcasts, etc. Entries should have been published, issued, or broadcast between January 1, 2002 and December 31, 2002. Submissions of entries need not be made by the author. Multiple entries by a single author are accepted.
The most recent ASA science writing award for journalists went to "Snap, Crackle and Pop" by Bennett Daviss, which was published in the July 21, 2001 issue of New Scientist. The winner of the ASA science writing award for acoustics professionals was "Acoustic Surgery" by Shahram Vaezy, Roy W. Martin & Lawrence A. Crum in the August 2001 issue of Physics World.
To enter, please send 4 copies of each entry (legible photocopies are acceptable if originals are not available) making sure that it includes author name, publication name, and publication date, publisher's address, and author's complete contact information (including email address) by April 15, 2003 to:
Elaine Moran
Acoustical Society of America
Suite 1NO1, 2 Huntington Quadrangle
Melville, NY 11747-4502
For more information, please contact:
Ben Stein, American Institute of Physics, 301-209-3091, bstein@aip.org
or Elaine Moran, Acoustical Society of America, 516-576-2360, elaine@aip.org