Every year at Plus we hold our maths essay competition, the “Plus new writers” award. We want to find people who can bring mathematics to life.
The competition is open to new writers of any age and from any background who can explain a mathematical topic or application they think the world needs to know about. The winning entries will be read by an international audience of over two hundred thousand in the June 2008 issue of Plus, and the winners will receive an iPod and signed copies of popular maths books by some of the best science writers today. The closing date is March 31st 2008.

The competition is kindly supported by the Maths, Stats and Operational Research Network, a Subject Centre of the Higher Education Academy, and the London Mathematical Society. The competition will be judged by three prominent mathematicians and science writers.

There are three categories: secondary school and sixth form students, university students (both undergraduate and postgraduate) and the general
public.

If you think you can share your passion for maths with the general public, download your entry pack today and get writing!

For more information and the entry pack, go to the competition homepage