We’ve accepted 20 people so far into the workshop. We are awaiting essays from three more. If you haven’t heard back from us please let us know.

We’ve responded to the applications we have received so far. While there is no set deadline, we urge you to apply as soon as possible to ensure your choice of instructor.

We have received 10 applications so far and will soon be sending responses.

In addition to Sandra Blakeslee and George Johnson, this year’s instructors will be

— Tim Appenzeller, editor of Nature
—David Dobbs, who writes about science and other matters for the Atlantic, the New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Wired, and other publications
— Maryn Mckenna, a journalist and author specializing in infectious disease, public health, global health and food policy.

We will soon be updating the website and beginning the application process.

The workshop will be at Inn of the Governors in downtown Santa Fe, May 7-12.

We’ve negotiated a special rate that will include breakfasts and lunches. Details to be posted soon. By the end of October we expect to announce the names of the instructors and will begin taking applications.

The workshop will run from May 7-12 at a hotel in downtown Santa Fe — name to be announced. We’ll also soon post the names of the instructors who will join Sandy and I.

George Johnson

We’re still locking in the dates and other details for the May 2012 workshop. Please check back for details.

Here is a very generous evaluation of this year’s workshop by participant David Kroll:

http://cenblog.org/terra-sigillata/2011/06/11/central-science-represent/

Thanks to everybody for a wonderful workshop, which has spawned a blog by Nora Miller and Shruti Priya Bapna with notes, lessons and observations about science writing:

http://sciwrite2011.blogspot.com/

Please also see this posting by Mark Meloon: http://markmeloon.com/uncategorized/lessons-from-the-2011-science-writers-workshop/

For Gareth Cook’s talk:

Desperate parents chase a stem-cell miracle

Absence of data on clinic’s thearapies provokes skepticism