Latest Updates http://sciwrite.org 24 May 2008 5/24/08. Michelle Franci has created a Flickr page for uploading photos of the workshop: http://www.flickr.com/groups/santafesciencewriting/. There is also now a direct link from the workshop homepage. http://sciwrite.org 14 May 2008 5/14/08. We've posted a link to a Google map showing the main venues on the workshop homepage. http://sciwrite.org 10 May 2008 5/10/08. We've posted the class list. (The link is on the main workshop page.) There are currently two people on the waiting list.) http://sciwrite.org 26 Apr 2008 4/26/08. Though the workshop is full, the waiting list is rapidly shrinking and we are still accepting applications. For those already enrolled, please remember the payment deadline of May 1. If there will be a delay, please tell us as soon as possible. We depend on having a full house, and last-minute cancellations can wreak havoc with our budget. We're looking forward to seeing everyone soon. http://sciwrite.org 11 Apr 2008 4/11/08/ We have three people on the waiting list and are anticipating a few cancellations. http://sciwrite.org 03 Apr 2008 4/3/08. We'll be going through the latest applications this weekend. Barring some cancellations (we're expecting a few) the workshop is full, but please apply for the waiting list. http://sciwrite.org 20 Mar 2008 3/20/08. We've posted more advanced reading/homework at http://sciwrite.org/sciwrite/homework.2008.html. (If anyone out there knows how to write an xml style sheet to allow for clickable links in this update feed, please let us know.) http://sciwrite.org 16 Mar 2008 3/16/08. We've responded to all the complete applications on hand. There are now only four openings left. http://sciwrite.org/index.html 14 Mar 2008 3/14/08. We'll be going through the latest batch of applications this weekend. We're expecting a few cancellations, so we still have some openings. Please remember that we can't process your application without the essay/personal statement, and that we need to receive a payment within 30 days to hold your spot. (If that's not possible, just let us know. We're very flexible.) http://sciwrite.org/index.html 08 Mar 2008 3/8/08. We've now accepted a total of 40 people into the workshop leaving just five more openings. If you applied and haven't heard back, please let us know. http://sciwrite.org 06 Mar 2008 3/6/08. After a bit of a delay, we'll be going through more applications this weekend. Thanks for your patience. There still are some openings. http://sciwrite.org 20 Feb 2008 2/20/08. We've received another wave of applications and will be going through them during the next week. We've also posted a link to some homework/reading material on the main page of the website. http://sciwrite.org 15 Feb 2008 2/15/08. We've accepted 32 people into the workshop. That leaves about a dozen openings. http://sciwrite.org 02 Feb 2008 2/02/08. We've posted a draft of the daily schedule. http://sciwrite.org/index.html 01 Feb 2008 2/1/08. We're starting to put together the hour-by-hour schedule and will be posting a draft over the weekend. Meanwhile we're pleased to announce that the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe (some of you might know it by its former name, the School of American Research) will be the site of this year's news conference: "Religion, Society, and Political Leadership. SAR has evolved over a century into a world anthropological research center. Two of its scientists will describe their research into how biology and culture conspire to bring about the emergence of religious leaders in ancient and modern societies: the Anasazi of Chaco Canyon and the American Christian Right. John Kantner, an archeologist and vice president of SAR, will begin with his work on social structures at Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico. After a coffee break, Omri Elisha, a resident scholar visiting from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Fordham University, will present an anthropological perspective on the modern evangelical movement. Students may use these talks as the basis for a writing assignment, which will be critiqued during the workshop sessions. Please see the FAQ for details.) http://sciwrite.org 1/22/07. We've responded to all the applications received so far. If you applied and have not heard back, something is amiss. Please send us an email so we can reconnoiter. We're about half full now and ready for the next wave of applications. http://sciwrite.org 1/17/07. We've received 24 applications so far. Again, this is a record number for so early on. We'll be responding to them over the weekend. There is still plenty of time to apply. http://sciwrite.org We're pleased to announce that Michelle Nijhuis and Christie Aschwanden, two very successful independent science writers (and Santa Fe alumni), will be joining us again to conduct a session on freelancing. http://sciwrite.org 12/17/07. We've received a dozen applications so far -- a record number for so early in the process. We'll be going through the first batch in mid January. http://sciwrite.org 11/14/07. We are now taking applications. http://sciwrite.org An addition to the program: David Corcoran, deputy science editor of the New York Times will be joining us. http://sciwrite.org The 13th annual Santa Fe Science-Writing Workshop will begin Monday evening, May 19, 2007, and run through Saturday morning, May 24, at Ghost Ranch Santa Fe in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico. The workshop is directed by Sandra Blakeslee, a New York Times science writer and the author, with Matthew Blakeslee, of The Body Has a Mind of its Own and numerous other books, and George Johnson, a New York Times science writer, whose books include Miss Leavitt's Stars, Fire in the Mind, and In the Palaces of Memory. This year's other instructors will be Laura Helmuth, senior science editor for Smithsonian magazine; David Kestenbaum, a science correspondent for National Public Radio; and Kenneth R. Weiss, an environmental reporter for the Los Angeles Times and winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. http://sciwrite.org