Calling all science writers: Deadline extended

[The GIST]

Thanks to everyone who has submitted to the Gist for the second
magazine! We have realised however (thanks to a couple of emails) that
many new students will have arrived too late to have received the
original call out email for articles. First year is an ideal time to
write an article, either about the PhD you are about to undertake, or
indeed about anything else (I wrote one about the science of cycling
to work!). As such, we have extended the submission date to the 5th
of November.

Below is the original call out email giving more details of how you
can get involved with Glasgow’s only science magazine written and
edited by Glasgow Students!

So, remember remember the fifth of November, write about science a
lot! I see no reason (though it’s cold and freezing) that science
should be forgot! (Apologies to the writer of the bonfire night
ditty!)

Many thanks,
Adam Stock (Deputy Editor of the Gist)

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Are you a student, researcher or just general science enthusiast
interested in writing about science?

Would you like to see your article about a scientific topic published
in a full colour glossy magazine distributed across Glasgow? Would you
like that article to also be shared with 7 billion people through the
world wide web? Then you're in luck, because the GIST (Glasgow
Insight into Science and Technology) are looking for submissions for
issue two of their magazine!

We are looking for articles of either 700 or 1300 words (give or take
30 or so) on ANY scientific topic you are interested in. This could
be an insight into your field of research/study or simply about a
scientific topic you have chosen for yourself. We're looking for
articles on: new developments in science, technology or engineering
from around the world; Stories based around research in Glasgow or
Scotland or novel approaches to old research. Above all the articles
should be engaging for readers with an undergraduate-level science
background.

Our last issue featured (amongst other things):

- The science of the zombie apocalypse
- Should Wolves be Reintroduced to the highlands?
- Cubesat satellites - the future of satellite systems
- Gay sex - should it be taught in sex ed classes?

You can find an online copy of the first issue here:
http://the-gist.org/2012/05/the-gist-issue-1/ and you can view the
website here: www.the-gist.org The complete guide to submitting is
given below:

- The body of the article should be either 700+/-30 or 1300+/-30
words in length.
- You do not need to worry about the formatting
- Your article should begin with a brief (~30 words) by-line e.g.
Tony Student investigates the noble history of monkeys in space.
- You should include a brief one or two sentence bio along with your
article. E.g. Tony Student is currently undertaking a PhD in
Procrastination at the University of Strathclyde and has a special
interest in online time-wasting.
- By submitting your article, you agree to licence it under a
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. This allows The
GIST (or anyone else) to publish or adapt the work in any form as long
as they attribute you as its author and copyright owner.
For more details see
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
- You are strongly encouraged to submit photographs or images with
your article, but you must ensure we are able to publish them. In
practice this generally means images which are in the public domain,
have a Creative Commons or similar open licence or
which you have taken/created yourself. You should make these facts
clear along with any images you submit.
- A writing style guide can be found at
http://the-gist.org/gist's-golden-rules-of-copyediting/.

Please send your articles to submi...@the-gist.org by the 5th November

Many thanks,
Adam Stock (Deputy Editor of the Gist)