Science Songwriter OF THE FUTURE! – the winners

The day is upon us! Yes, today we announce the results of The Science Songwriter of the Future! competition that we’ve been running over the summer. And those right there are the medals – lovingly crafted by Lynn at Tuck Shop – that our winners will soon be receiving… But before we get down to it, a massive thank you to EVERYONE who has been involved in organising, supporting and judging SSotF. We’ve had oodles of fun, but it’s involved lots of people’s time and energy, some fervent head-scratching and some very long Skype conversations.

In particular, we at Geek Pop would like to thank: co-organisers Sociable Physics, Institute of Physics, I’m A Scientist Get Me Out of Here, Green Man Festival, House of Strange and our magnificent panel of judges.

Of course, deciding on a winner has been made all the more head-scratchingly difficult by the influx of brilliant entries we’ve had from talented, enthusiastic and generally awesome young people. The aim of SSotF was to get you guys writing about, singing about and having fun with science and we’re so pleased to see that all of those things have been happening!

“Just tell us who has WON!” you cry! Alright, alright. So…

FIRST PRIZE: The LHC Song

Judge Tom Robinson was mighty impressed:

“Crisp, focussed and memorable. Like the best scientific laws & formulae it’s brief and to the point… I’d play this on the radio.”

CONGRATS! Our winner get tickets to Green Man Festival to see some awesome bands, and also to attend a special science songwriting workshop in Einstein’s Garden. PLUS, they’ll get the chance to record his song at the incredible House of Strange studios, which have hosted the likes of Mumford and Sons, Noah and the Whale, Ash and Emmy the Great. Talk about in good company!

SECOND PRIZE: Lab 13’s science song

THIRD PRIZE: Zero Air Resistance by Alannah Cowley

SOCIAL PHYSICS PRIZE: Infinite by Ben Lambert and Furat Aziz

Judge for the Social Physics category Helen Arney said:

“Marvellous… It has a few nice touches of humour and I enjoyed the structure and style – it broke out of classic verse/chorus/bridge placement. The overdubs at the end I also really liked, where he’s trying to get across two ideas at once and that’s really hard to do.”

iTunes vouchers will be winging their way to Lab 13, Alannah, Ben and Furat very soon! Well done!

And it’s not over yet… Expect some words about the winners from our judges, field reporting from the songwriting workshop in Einstein’s Garden and the all singing, all dancing, fully produced-up version of Jamie’s LHC Song a la House of Strange. Too much excitement!

Image: Tuckshop

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