Announcing a Call for Entries
for the
2008 Frances Larson Memorial
Award
For Excellence in Writing a Medical Article
Published in 2007
The annual Frances Larson
Memorial Award given by the Pacific Southwest chapter is intended to recognize
medical writing of the quality represented by Ms. Larson’s work. A long-time
member of AMWA, Ms. Larson held many positions in the Pacific Southwest
chapter, including president. She served as managing editor of Hospital
Topics magazine and as medical editor
of Audio-Digest.
The winner of the Frances
Larson Memorial Award receives a $100 honorarium and a plaque. The winner will
be announced on the Pacific Southwest chapter’s Web site (www.amwa-pacsw.org).
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The competition is open
to all members of AMWA.
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The entry must be
written by an AMWA member.
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Entries must be a
medical article or essay written for either a lay or a professional audience.
Research articles (journal format) will not be considered.
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Entries must have been
published during 2007.
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Submissions are limited
to 1 entry (article or essay) per writer.
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Four copies of each entry must be submitted.
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Entries must be
postmarked by May 1, 2008.
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The submission fee is
$20. Checks should be made payable to “AMWA Pacific Southwest Chapter.”
Download the entry form here.
For additional information, contact Heather S. Oliff,
PhD at holiff@scicongroup.com.
1990 Gene White, “What’s Wrong With the Sleepy People”
1991 William Hewitt (posthumous) for his lifetime
commitment to medical writing
1992 H. Michael Zal, DO, FACN, “When Fatigue Is Chronic”
1993 Janice Hopkins Tanne, “Free at Last”
1994 Rennie Drummond, MD and Annette Flanagin, “Authorship!
Authorship! Guests, Ghosts, Grafters, and the Two-Sided Coin”
1995 Seth Torregiani, “Diabetes On-line,” and Beverly P.
Giordana, “Action Alert: Old and New Villains Are Threatening our Right to
Practice”
1996 Nancy Price Graff, “To the Outer Banks of the Soul”
1997 Gretchen Henkel, “1997 Employment Picture for People
With Cancer”
1998 Gabrielle Weiner, “Clinical Depression: An Illness
That Is Underdiagnosed, Undertreated, and Yet Highly Curable”
1999 Neil Osterweil, “Out of One, Many: Stem Cells Ignite
Scientific Inquiry, Controversy in 1999”
2000 Laura M. Schmidt, “Redefining End-of-Life Care for
People With Dementia”
2001 Gary E. Pakes, PharmD, “Writing Manuscripts Describing
Clinical Trials: A Guide for Pharmacotherapeutic Researchers”
2003
Ann E. Ferentz, PhD,
“Pharmacogenetics and the Development of Anticancer Agents”
2005 Michael
A. Veronin & Bi-Botti C. Youan, “Magic Bullet Gone Astray: Medications and
the Internet”
2006 Arnold
Melnick, DO, “Dog Bites Man is News—How Pediatricians can Spread the Word
to Parents and Patients.”