Deadline: 30 June 2025
The Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting seeks to honor a writer for a body of work published or broadcasted within the last five years which, for reasons of uncommon clarity, accuracy, breadth of coverage, enterprise, originality, insight and narrative power, has made a profound and lasting contribution to public awareness and understanding of critical advances in medical science and their impact on human health and well-being.
Prize Information
- The honoree receives an award of $5,000 and a certificate. The prize is presented at a joint awards ceremony held in conjunction with Science Writers, a conference that combines CASW’s New Horizons in Science briefings and the National Association of Science Writers’ workshops. Awardee travel expenses to the award ceremony are covered.
Nomination Criteria
- Editors, colleagues, scientists and others familiar with the candidate’s body of work may proffer nominations.
- Individuals may nominate themselves, but are encouraged to submit at least one letter of support from a knowledgeable colleague.
- Nominators of candidates for the 2025 prize may submit up to five examples of the candidate’s journalistic endeavors, all published or aired since January 2020.
- Eligible writing includes work appearing in digital media. Books are not eligible. Submitted work must be published in English-language media that reach a US audience.
- Letters of nomination should include an assessment of the nominee’s body of work along with a biographical sketch.
For more information, visit CASW.
