How to join

Membership of the ABSW is open to science writers and journalists from all parts of the media – print, broadcast and electronic – covering the whole gamut of science, technology and medicine. However, non-UK applicants are strongly advised to join instead their own national associations.

The ABSW has three categories of members:

• Ordinary members: open to people whose principal source of earnings is science writing and/or broadcasting. Ordinary membership is not open to those chiefly occupied in public relations. Current annual subscription is £40.
   
• Associate members: open to those whose work advances the public awareness of science and technology, but who do not qualify as ordinary members. Associate members do not have voting rights. Current annual subscription is £36.
   
• Student members: open to anyone in a full- or part-time educational course directed towards advancing the public understanding of science and technology. Student members have no voting rights. It is expected that they will progress to ordinary or associate membership if they embark on an appropriate career upon completion of their course. Current annual subscription is £5.

Download PDF file of applications form.

Post the form, together with the joining fee of £5 and your first year's membership (refunded if your application is not successful), to: 

Association of British Science Writers
Wellcome Wolfson Building
165 Queen's Gate
London
SW7 5HD

Download a standing order for bank payments.