The basic criteria for entries are accessibility by the general public, relevance to acoustics, accuracy, and the quality of the entry. Entries may be from a variety of media, including video, major Internet sites, books, newspapers, magazines, audio tapes, audio broadcasts, etc. Entries should have been published, issued, or broadcast between January 1 and December 31, 2001. Submissions of entries need not be made by the author. Multiple entries by a single author are accepted.
The recipient of the 2000 ASA science writing award for journalists was Graham Lawton for his article, "They're Playing My Tune," which appeared in the September 9, 2000 issue of New Scientist. There were two recipients for the science writing award for acoustics professionals: Colin Gough for "Science and the Stradivarius," which appeared in the April 2000 issue of Physics World; and Thomas Rossing for his book, "The Science of Percussion Instruments," published by World Scientific.
To enter, please send 4 copies of each entry (legible photocopies are OK if originals are not available) making sure that it includes author name, publication name, and publication date, publisher's address, and author's complete contact information (including email address) by April 15, 2002 to:
Elaine Moran
Acoustical Society of America
Suite 1NO1, 2 Huntington Quadrangle
Melville, NY 11747-4502