[SydPhil] AAP Media Prize and Media Professionals' Award - reminder call for entries

[Eliza Goddard]

*AAP Media Prize*

The Australasian Association of Philosophy offers an annual prize of $500
for the best philosophical piece(s) published by a professional philosopher
in the popular media in Australasia. First awarded in 1999, the main
criterion for the award of the prize is the ability of the piece(s) to
engage the interest of the general public in philosophy or some
philosophical issue. Consideration is also given to the quality of the
philosophical discussion and to the size of the audience reached. Previous
winners of the AAP Media Prize include Matthew Beard (2016), Henry Martyn
Lloyd (2015), Patrick Stokes (2014), Damon Young (2013), Paul Biegler
(2012), Peter Slezak (2011), Caroline West (2010) and John Armstrong (2009).

The AAP invites entries/nominations for media work from professional
philosophers in Australasia (including postgraduates and also retired
academic philosophers) published in *2016*. Entries/nominations may come
from the author or from others. The closing date for entries is *28th
February 2017*.

Further information about the AAP Media Prize, including conditions of
entry, can be found at: http://www.aap.org.au/AAPmediaprize

*AAP Media Professionals' Award*

The Australasian Association of Philosophy offers an occasional award of
$500 to journalists and other media professionals for excellence in the
presentation of philosophy or philosophical issues in the media. The main
criterion for the award of the prize is the ability of the piece to engage
the interest of the general public in philosophy or some philosophical
issue. Consideration is also given to the quality of the philosophical
discussion and to the size of the audience reached. Previous winners of the
AAP Media Professionals' Award are Scott Stephens & Waleed Aly (The
Minefield), Tim Dean (The Conversation), Antonia Case (New Philosopher),
Natasha Mitchell (All in the Mind) and Alan Saunders (Philosopher's Zone).

The AAP invites entries/nominations for media work from journalists and
other media professionals based in Australasia published in *2016*.
Entries/nominations may come from the author or from others. The AAP
Media Professionals'
Award is offered no more than once each year, and may not be made every
year. The closing date for entries is *28th February 2017*.

Further information about the AAP Media Professionals' Award, including
conditions of entry, can be found at:
http://www.aap.org.au/mediaprofessionalsaward

-- 
Dr Eliza Goddard
Executive Officer, Australasian Association of Philosophy
GPO BOX 1978, Hobart 7001, Australia
www.aap.org.au

ACN 152 892 272
ABN 29 152 892 272
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