ScienceWrite mentoring programme
Deadline: 16 January 2023, applicants must be 18+
Application: https://forms.gle/DdTCHcxigZV4jAku8
The ScienceWrite Programme, supported by The Royal Society, aims to help early-stage science writers from minoritised backgrounds to advance their professional development. At ScienceWrite we think of 'science' in the broadest possible terms, including technology, engineering, mathematics, health, climate, sustainability, the history of science and so on.
Successful applicants will attend:
* An in-person training day in London
* Followed by five virtual sessions to be held on Monday evenings
The in-person event will include talks and workshops on how the book publishing industry works, as well as giving insights into the different routes to science journalism. You will also have an opportunity to provide and receive feedback on your own written work and meet your cohort, along with more experienced science writers, editors and agents.
The follow-up virtual sessions will be held from 6.30pm till 9pm and involve two parts: a talk from a prominent science writer with Q&A, and group feedback on up to three of your pieces in the presence of a more experienced science writer.
We want to create a community of writers that can support each other and encourage you to work with your cohort throughout the programme, including outside of the formal sessions.
We welcome applications from folks from minoritised groups, including (but not limited to) people who are:
* BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour)
* Disabled
* from Disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds
* Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender + (LGBTQIA+)
* from Marginalised genders
* have Mental health challenges
* Neurodiverse
* Any other self-defined minoritisation
We look forward to receiving your application!
Deadline: 16 January 2023, applicants must be 18+
Application: https://forms.gle/DdTCHcxigZV4jAku8
The ScienceWrite Programme, supported by The Royal Society, aims to help early-stage science writers from minoritised backgrounds to advance their professional development. At ScienceWrite we think of 'science' in the broadest possible terms, including technology, engineering, mathematics, health, climate, sustainability, the history of science and so on.
Successful applicants will attend:
* An in-person training day in London
* Followed by five virtual sessions to be held on Monday evenings
The in-person event will include talks and workshops on how the book publishing industry works, as well as giving insights into the different routes to science journalism. You will also have an opportunity to provide and receive feedback on your own written work and meet your cohort, along with more experienced science writers, editors and agents.
The follow-up virtual sessions will be held from 6.30pm till 9pm and involve two parts: a talk from a prominent science writer with Q&A, and group feedback on up to three of your pieces in the presence of a more experienced science writer.
We want to create a community of writers that can support each other and encourage you to work with your cohort throughout the programme, including outside of the formal sessions.
We welcome applications from folks from minoritised groups, including (but not limited to) people who are:
* BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour)
* Disabled
* from Disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds
* Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender + (LGBTQIA+)
* from Marginalised genders
* have Mental health challenges
* Neurodiverse
* Any other self-defined minoritisation
We look forward to receiving your application!
Terms of Reference
For ScienceWrite:
* We will run a one day in-person training day in London (your travel will be funded, along with overnight accommodation if required)
* We will host five virtual sessions, each with a theme, including a talk from a prominent science writer
* At each virtual session, up to three pieces of work from the mentees (which will have been pre-submitted) will be given constructive feedback by the group and more experienced science writers
* Your work will be confidential within the group: your writing will not be shared with anyone else, without prior agreement
* ScienceWrite will not be expected to share personal contacts in the industry (e.g. literary agents, magazine editors) with the cohort.
For applicants:
* You will be based in the UK
* You will have a non-fiction science / STEM writing project to develop, which could be a book proposal, science blog, feature length article, submission for scientific journals, or similar
* You will be committed to developing that project during the programme as per an agreed goal
* You will commit to attending all of the sessions: the in-person event + five virtual sessions
* You will prepare for your session, which includes:
- Reading up about about the guest speaker and coming up with questions or discussion points
- Reading the pre-submitted pieces and preparing constructive feedback to pass on
- Submitting one of your own pieces of work to the group at least two weeks in advance for an allocated session for feedback
* You will keep your cohort's writing projects confidential, and provide a supportive environment for you all to progress in your writing
* At the end of the programme, you will provide feedback to the group, regarding their experiences, via a short, informal questionnaire.
For ScienceWrite:
* We will run a one day in-person training day in London (your travel will be funded, along with overnight accommodation if required)
* We will host five virtual sessions, each with a theme, including a talk from a prominent science writer
* At each virtual session, up to three pieces of work from the mentees (which will have been pre-submitted) will be given constructive feedback by the group and more experienced science writers
* Your work will be confidential within the group: your writing will not be shared with anyone else, without prior agreement
* ScienceWrite will not be expected to share personal contacts in the industry (e.g. literary agents, magazine editors) with the cohort.
For applicants:
* You will be based in the UK
* You will have a non-fiction science / STEM writing project to develop, which could be a book proposal, science blog, feature length article, submission for scientific journals, or similar
* You will be committed to developing that project during the programme as per an agreed goal
* You will commit to attending all of the sessions: the in-person event + five virtual sessions
* You will prepare for your session, which includes:
- Reading up about about the guest speaker and coming up with questions or discussion points
- Reading the pre-submitted pieces and preparing constructive feedback to pass on
- Submitting one of your own pieces of work to the group at least two weeks in advance for an allocated session for feedback
* You will keep your cohort's writing projects confidential, and provide a supportive environment for you all to progress in your writing
* At the end of the programme, you will provide feedback to the group, regarding their experiences, via a short, informal questionnaire.
