The Fourth Annual Academics with Cats Awards

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 Saturday 2 December.

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! We’ll pick a non-feline furry friend to represent the academics sans chat!

Dates

• Saturday 25 November: Launch!
• Saturday 2 December: Entries close
• Monday 4 December: Voting opens
• Sunday 10 December: Voting closes
• 11-15 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 of 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.