Media Advisory: AGU Seeks Nominations for Sullivan and Perlman Journalism Awards

Science journalists are invited to submit nominations for the American Geophysical Union’s 2008 journalism awards, honoring outstanding reporting on Earth and space sciences:

The Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism—Features recognizes excellence in reporting, generally produced with deadlines of longer than one week, that explains the background of scientific discoveries or principles. It is named for Walter Sullivan of The New York Times, first recipient of the award.
The David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism—News recognizes excellence in reporting news of scientific advances, generally produced under deadline pressure of one week or less. It is named for David Perlman, Science Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle and 1997 winner of the AGU Award for Sustained Achievement in Science Journalism.

The awards consist of a plaque and a $2,000 stipend, to be presented at an AGU meeting in 2008. Nominations may be submitted for work first published between 1 November 2006 and 31 October 2007 and may be from any country, in any language (English translation required), and in any news medium, except books.

The only authoritative statement of the rules governing these awards is posted at http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/sci_awards.html. (Do not rely on the brief summary in this announcement.)

The deadline is 15 November 2007. Entries must be received (not postmarked) by that date to be considered for the awards.