New Scientist Origin Day competition

Tree of Life blog readers might be interested in entering this New Scientist competition, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of On Origin of the Species on 24th November.

The prize is entry for two persons to the Origin Day events (a morning debate at the Royal Institution and evening party at 50 Albemarle Street), including travel expenses to and from London, two nights stay (23rd and 24th November) at Rocco Forte's five-star Brown's Hotel and subsistence costs.

Closing date for entries is 19 October.

Journalists: win a trip to an evolution conference in Egypt

The British Council's Darwin Now initiative, in association with the World Federation of Science Journalists, is funding a travel award for journalists to attend an international conference on Evolution and Society (14-16 November) in Alexandria, Egypt.

The competition is open to journalists from all world regions working in print, TV, radio or online. Deadline is next Friday, 18th September 2009.

For further details, please see the website.