Seed Media Group

The World's Fair

All manner of human creativity on display

Search this blog

Profile

profile.gif David Ng is Director of the Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory at the University of British Columbia - this is a just a fancier way of calling himself a science teacher.

profile.gifBenjamin Cohen is an Asst. Professor of Science, Tech., and Society at the University of Virginia. He studies the place of S & T in environmental history, policy, and ethics. He also writes other stuff.

mappsmall.gifTrying to find your way around this place? Like most expositions, we offer a map: Map of The World's Fair


Need a car? Of course you do. Try this one:

Car%20for%20Sale%20sm.jpg




Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Archives

Links

Blogroll

And so forth...

« Today is a contest day. First up: any ScienceBlog readers currently at the University of British Columbia? | Main | Today is contest day: The Science Creative Quarterly invites you to be scientifically funny (plus a bit with mathematical notation) »

Today is contest day: Terry's writing challenge, limericks, and $1500 worth of book prizes

Category: About writing generally
Posted on: September 29, 2006 11:42 AM, by David Ng

(terry.ubc.ca is a webzine on global issues that I coordinate at UBC)

TERRY'S WRITING CHALLENGE

There once was a website named Terry1
That wanted to make people wary
Of things going on
In the world that are wrong
Without making it all seem too scary.

So this is a call for submissions
To write or create things worth dishing
Pragmatic or pretty
Might help to be witty
It's quality stuff that we're wishing

To sweeten the bait for you all
A contest we'll once again call
Some say it's illustrious
We hear it's stupendious
Much fun should be had with it all.

Three categories2 we've placed in the mix
And in each, three prizes we've fixed
Dollar amounts start at fifty,
One hundred, Three Fifty
In UBC bookstore certificates3.

We'll publish the entries throughout
Quietly noting the ones that stand out
Whereby the first day of spring4
Is when all should be in.
And the nine winners then will be flouted.

Curious?

About $500 of the prizes are set aside for non-UBC folk. Click here for full details, but note that the best part of this contest is that it's happy to look at term papers, as well as things like really good blog entries.

Post a Comment

(Email is required for authentication purposes only. Comments are moderated for spam, your comment may not appear immediately. Thanks for waiting.)





Having problems commenting? (UPDATED)

Blogs in the Network

Advertisement

Top Five: Most German

Search All Blogs

Top Science Stories

powered by SEED - seedmagazine.com