We’ve sent out the first batch of acceptance notices to early applicants. Please let us know if you applied but haven’t heard back. There is still plenty of time to apply.

We are now taking applications for the 21st annual Santa Fe
Science Writing Workshop, which will begin on Monday evening, May 2, 2016, and run through Saturday morning, May 7, in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico.

To apply please go to our website.

This year’s instructors are

• Michael Specter, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives

• Rhitu Chatterjee, a contributing correspondent for Public Radio International whose work has also appeared in Science magazine and on NPR

• David Corcoran, longtime editor of Science Times and editor of The New York Times Book of Science: More than 150 Years of Groundbreaking Scientific Coverage

• Sandra Blakeslee, longtime science writer for the New York Times and co-author of The Body Has a Mind of its Own and seven other books

• George Johnson, two time winner of the AAAS Science Journalism Award for stories in the New York Times and author of The Cancer Chronicles and eight other books

The Santa Fe Science Writing Workshop is a 501c3 nonprofit.

We are pleased to announce the name of our fifth instructor, Rhitu Chatterjee, a contributing correspondent for Public Radio International whose work has also appeared in Science magazine and on NPR.

We will soon be taking applications for the 21st annual Santa Fe
Science Writing Workshop, which will begin on Monday evening, May 2,
2016, and run through Saturday morning, May 7, in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico. This year’s instructors are

• Michael Specter, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives

• David Corcoran, longtime editor of Science Times and editor of The New York Times Book of Science: More than 150 Years of Groundbreaking Scientific Coverage

• Sandra Blakeslee, longtime science writer for the New York Times and co-author of The Body Has a Mind of its Own and seven other books

• George Johnson, two time winner of the AAAS Science Journalism Award for stories in the New York Times and author of The Cancer Chronicles and eight other books

• and one more to be announced shortly

We’re putting together the details for the next workshop, May 2-7, 2016, at the Inn of the Governors in downtown Santa Fe. Please check back soon for more information.

Thanks to everyone for a wonderful workshop, strange weather and all. We hope everyone got home safely. Please stay in touch.

Two science journalists will join us to talk about their careers:
Rhitu Chatterjee, a contributing correspondent for Public Radio International’s The World, and Christie Aschwanden, the lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight and a health columnist for The Washington Post. Both are currently journalism fellows at the Santa Fe Institute.

We’ve posted the class list.

We’ve posted an update to the daily schedule — almost done.

We’re now taking applications for the waiting list. With the workshop six weeks away, it is still likely that we will have openings. If you applied but haven’t heard back please let us know. And if you plan to stay at Inn of the Governors, it is important to reserve right away by telephone at (800) 234-4534. Tell them you will be attending the Santa Fe Science Writing Workshop. They will ask for one night’s deposit by check or credit card to hold your room.