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📣 Booking deadline extended! You now have until Thursday, 28 May, to secure your place for the workshop Turning your topic into a story. Book now! absw.org.uk/events/turning… 📆 Thursday, 4 June 2026 ⌚14:00-16:30 📍Dana Research Centre and Library, London

📣 Booking deadline postponed! You now have until Thursday, 28 May, to secure your place for the workshop Turning your topic into a story. Book now! absw.org.uk/events/turning… 📆 Thursday, 4 June 2026 ⌚ 14:00-16:30 📍Dana Research Centre and Library, London

#ABSWmembers Will you join us today at the ABSW Coffee Shop on Discord? We meet on the last Monday of every month at 13:30 (UK time). 🍵🍹🧋🥪 zurl.co/1ygAW Are you not an ABSW member yet? Join now! 🔗 zurl.co/hALjF

⚠️ LAST CALL!!! ⚠️ TURNING YOUR TOPIC INTO A STORY #pitching #journalism 🔗 Register now! zurl.co/4OCCs This workshop will delve into what makes a great story and will help you hone the skills needed to find story ideas within your topic.

Turning your topic into a story Register now! zurl.co/du3xW 🎫 Tickets ABSW Student Member - £20.00 ABSW Member - £40.00 Non Member Student - £50.00 Non Member - £100.00 Join ABSW 🔗 zurl.co/QeFbw

What you will leave with 💪 • A toolkit for interrogating any topic to find the story inside it • A draft feature pitch for your own story idea • Worksheets to use for developing and pitching future stories Check the schedule! zurl.co/du3xW

TURNING YOUR TOPIC INTO A STORY 🎫 Register by 13:00 on Wed, 20 May zurl.co/du3xW Early-career science journalists who want to up their feature-writing game and land more commissions. You don’t need previous training, but bring a topic you want to write about.

#ABSWmembers In one week's time, you can join us at the ABSW Coffee Shop on Discord for a coffee and a pleasant chat. We meet on the last Monday of every month at 13:30 (UK time). 🍵🍹🧋🥪 zurl.co/1ygAW Join ABSW now! 🔗 zurl.co/hALjF

✏️ Claire Ainsworth, freelance and experienced science writing trainer ✏️ Aisling Irwin, award-winning feature writer and ABSW board member 📆 Thu, 4 June 2026 ⌚ 14:00-16:30 📍Dana Research Centre, London 🎫 Book by 13:00 on Wed, 20 May 🔗 zurl.co/k3man

TURNING YOUR TOPIC INTO A STORY After a very popular workshop at our Science & Technology Journalism Summer School 2025, the ABSW brings you another opportunity to improve your skills. 👀 Have a look zurl.co/2XDWB Register for #workshop 👉 zurl.co/k3man

#workshop Turn your great idea into an amazing pitch and your topic into a story with the help of @Aisling_Irwin and @ClaireAinsworth. 📆 Thursday, 4 June 2026 ⌚ 14:00-16:30 📍Dana Research Centre and Library, London 🎫 Book by 13:00 on Wed, 20 May 🔗 zurl.co/k3man

🌟 Meet the #YSWA2026 judging panel. We're enormously grateful to the leading science journalists and communicators lending their expertise to this year's Award. Thank you for your generosity, rigour and care. Read more about our judges 👇 🔗 zurl.co/Zc9Sn #YSWA26

#ABSWmembers 🎯 Pitching Session on Discord Ever wondered how to pitch your ideas to editors? Or how to turn a spark of inspiration into a story that fits the brief? Join us today, Tuesday, 12 May, at 13:30 (UK time), on Discord. 🍵🥪✏️📰zurl.co/KT9XD

@sciencemuseum @BBCScienceNews #YSWA26 #ScienceWriting #ScienceCommunication #STEM #YoungWriters #FutureTalent

It has been a particularly strong year for the competition, and this publication is a wonderful reminder of what this award can help young writers go on to achieve.

We are delighted to share that the 2025 Young Science Writer Award winning essay has now been published by @newscientist zurl.co/qUCHd Written by Hasset Kifle, the piece explores the rise of so-called “super shoes” in elite running .

#ABSWmembers Join us for an informal lunchtime chat with a senior editor — test your pitches, ask questions, and build confidence in your science writing ideas. Next Tuesday, 12 May 🍵🥪✏️📰zurl.co/KT9XD Not an ABSW member yet? Join now! 🔗 zurl.co/2P33s

⚠️ABSW is postponing the workshop. 👉This is an important topic for our community, and one we remain strongly committed to. 🤝To make sure the session is as accessible, inclusive and useful as possible, we will take this time to review and restructure the workshop. 👀Stay tuned!