The winner of the 2011 SCRIPT Award will be announced in Spring 2012. To receive an email notification of the Award decision, please send a request to info@scriptmedical.com.

In general, we try to give positive feedback, to encourage aspiring writers. When judging the submissions, however, the reasons we discounted many submissions began to form a pattern. We thought it would be useful to share these criticisms with anyone interested in entering next year.

Common reasons epics didn't win:


• 1. They were not "epics" (i.e. stories with a grand theme). Many were simply political rants
• 2. Too many or too few words (must be exactly 100 words)
• 3. The author didn't have (or wasn't a student of) a postgraduate science degree
• 4. Spelling and grammar mistakes
• 5. Included editorial commentary "explaining" metaphors/comparisons to the reader – leave people to draw their own conclusion from your great writing!
• 6. Tried too hard to sound fancy/smart/scientific (remember that NON-scientific themes are encouraged)
• 7. Too cryptic*

*Note: It's hard to find a balance between being too cryptic and too obvious (see point 5). In the middle lies a winner.