The Third Annual Academics with Cats Awards!
Meeeeow! The Third Academics with Cats Awards launches today!
How to enter
Tweet your finest cat pics (preferably with an amusing caption) to #AcademicsWithCats. We’ll collate them and our expert panel will shortlist the best.
Entries close Wednesday 30 November.
CATegories
We’ll automatically put your cat pics into the appropriate category, feel free to get creative:
- Academics and their Cats
- Writing
- Outreach
- Teaching
- Bonus: Academics without Cats! By popular demand, we'll pick a non-feline furry friend to represent the academics *sans chat*!
Dates
- Friday 18 November: Launch!
- Wednesday 30 November: Entries close
- Monday 5 December: Voting opens
- Sunday 11 December: Voting closes
- 12-16 December: Winner announcements
The shortlisting panel
The shortlist will be diligently put together by the following panel of experts.
Chris Brooke @chrisbrooke Chris is a Lecturer at Cambridge and co-winner in the first Academics with Cats Awards.
Deborah Fisher @DrDeborahFisher Deborah is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University and co-winner of the first Academics with Cats Awards. 
**Nadine Muller **@Nadine_Muller Nadine is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature, a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker, and an academic with both cats and dogs.
**Cristina Rigutto **@cristinarigutto Cristina is an avid golfer, Sci Comm expert, and tweeter.
Glen Wright @AcademiaObscura Glen is the founder of Academia Obscura. A catless academic, he started #AcademicsWithCats to fill the void.
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