Free contest, AMOS Student Essay Competition 2011 (theme: atmospheric/ oceanographic science), top prize: $300

Deadline: 5 September 2011

AMOS is seeking review essays on any topic of atmospheric or oceanographic science for
the 2011 Student Essay Competition.

The winner will receive a prize of $300 and their essay will be published in the AMOS Bulletin. Honourable Mentions may also receive $100.

Word Limit: 5000 words

Target Audience: readers of the AMOS Bulletin

Entries are invited from current undergraduate university students (up to but not including Masters level). Why not adapt the literature review of your thesis, or turn that assignment you have slaved over into an entry, and give yourself a chance at winning $300 and of having a publication and prize to add to your CV? Finalists’ essays may also be published in the AMOS Bulletin.

Entries should be supplied via email as a pdf or in a format readable by Open Office, and accompanied by details of the entrant’s contact address and his or her university enrolment and a declaration that the essay is the student's own work..

Past copies of the AMOS Bulletin may be downloaded from:
http://www.amos.org.au/publications

For more details see the Education web page: http://www.amos.org.au/education
or contact the convener of the AMOS Education Committee, Philip Riley, at
p.riley@bom.gov.au.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: p.riley@bom.gov.au

For submissions: p.riley@bom.gov.au

Website: http://www.amos.org.au/education