Science Communication Awards 2023-2025
The 2025 awards include content created between 1 March 2023 and 1 October 2025. Each award recipient will receive a cash prize of $2500 and travel support to attend an ASA meeting where the awards will be presented.
Short Multimedia Category
Winner: A Cathedral of Sound
Authors: Madeleine Schwartz, Malika Khurana, Mika Gröndahl and Yuliya Parshina-Kottas
New York Times Magazine online, 3 March 2023
Honorable mention: Notre-Dame Whispers: An immersive audio-guide
Brian FG Katz
Sorbonne University, 2025
Long Multimedia Category
Winner: The Science of Sound, a two-part episode within the “Where What if Becomes What’s Next” Podcast
Presenter: Laurie Heller
BurstMarketing Executive Producer: Rob Simon
BurstMarketing Chief Content Officer: Marisol Murano
BurstMarketing Senior Audio Engineer: Jeremy Brieske
BurstMarketing Podcast Host: Randy Scott
Carnegie Mellon University Co-Producer: Varun Rambhala
Carnegie Mellon University Co-Producer: Jimmy Zackal
Carnegie Mellon University, 17 and 31 July, 2025
Honorable mention: Vaulted Harmonies: Archaeoconcert at Notre-Dame
Brian F.G. Katz
Sorbonne University, 2025
Long Print Category
Winner: Pistols in St Paul’s: Science, Music, and Architecture in the Twentieth Century
Author: Fiona Smyth
Manchester University Press, September 2024
Honorable mention: Fantastic Acoustics
Olivier Robin
Collaborative effort between artists and research students from Université de Sherbrooke, École de Technologie Supérieure, McGill and Université du Québec à Rimousk, 2025
Short Print Category
Winner: The Sonic Soul of Notre Dame
Author: David Levin
Brandeis Magazine, Summer 2025
Honorable mention: Calling in from the Cold: On vocal communication in the little auk
Ann Osiecka
Self-published zine, January 2025