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    <post_id>191</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[AMWA Early Career Award - Entries Now Open!]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Entries are now open for this year's AMWA Early Career Award! The award is open to AMWA members with fewer than two years' of medical writing experience.<br />
<br />
This could be your year! Previous awards have been won by applicants who were hesitant to apply. You have nothing to lose!  <br />
<br />
If you have previously submitted an entry but missed out on the win, we encourage you to try again as there have been many entries that have only narrowly missed out on the win!<br />
<br />
<br />]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/191/2026-Entries-Open.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/amwa-early-career-award/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-04-20 03:47:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>190</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Sydney Networking Event]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Come and be part of our first networking event of 2026, hosted by AMWA committee member, Ciara Duffy. The event is free-of-charge to all,
	with some nibbles provided by AMWA. Non-members are welcome!
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/190/Sydney-Networking-Event_April-2026.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/events/networking-events/sydney-networking-event-april-2026/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-31 00:47:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>189</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Member Spotlight - Tracey Cheung]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Tracey combines her two passions, health and writing, with roles as a freelance journalist at a national pharmacy publication and content
	writer for a major supplement company. Read more about Tracey, and the advice she has for other medical writers.
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/189/Tracey-Cheung_Headshot.jpeg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/news-and-announcements/member-spotlight/tracey-cheung/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-19 23:22:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>188</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Webinar Recording - Statistics for Medical Writers]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The recording of our first webinar of 2026, Statistics for Medical Writers, is now available for AMWA members to view. Please log in to the member area of the website.<br />
<u></u><br />]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/188/AMWA26_Webinar1.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/events/pdp-webinars/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-02-21 03:55:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>187</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Member Spotlight - Ciara Duffy]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[This month we turn the spotlight on Ciara Duffy, senior medical writer with Envision Pharma Group. Read about the highlights and challenges
	of Ciara’s medical writing career, and what prompted her to become an AMWA committee member.<strong></strong>
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/187/Ciara_Duffy_Headshot.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/news-and-announcements/member-spotlight/ciara-duffy/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-12-15 04:23:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>186</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Member Spotlight - Lynnette Hoffman]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Meet AMWA member, Lynnette Hoffman. Lynnette has been an AMWA member since 2020 and is currently the managing editor at Healthed. Find out more about Lynnette, her medical writing journey and how she overcame her greatest challenge.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/186/Lynnette-Hoffman.jpeg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/news-and-announcements/member-spotlight/lynnette-hoffman/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-11-19 03:28:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>185</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[AMWA Webinar 3 - Recording now available]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The third in the AMWA webinar series, 'The Value and Challenges of Good Scientific Comms' was very well received by those who attended,
with many commenting on how much they enjoyed the Q&A session at the conclusion of the presentation. We'd like to extend our thanks
to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jen-novakovich-b372a258/">Jen Novakovich</a> for giving of her time to present the webinar.<br />
<br />
A full recording of the webinar is now available in the member area of the AMWA website.<br />
<br />
If you would like to access this, along with recordings of previous webinars and many other member benefits, you can apply to <a href="/membership/join-now/">become
an AMWA member</a>.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/185/AMWA25_Webinar3.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>none</post_content_type>
    <post_date>2025-11-19 03:23:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>184</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[AMWA Webinar - The Value and Challenges for Good Scientific Comms]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Join us along with <strong>Jen Novakovich</strong>, cosmetic scientist, science communicator, founder of <a href="https://www.theecowell.com/">The
Eco Well</a>, and co-founder of <a href="https://beautyscicomm.com/">BeautySciComm</a>, for the third in the AMWA 2025 webinar series. The webinar is
free-of-charge for AMWA members and $40 AUD for non-members. Click 'Read more' for more info, and to register.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/184/AMWA25_Webinar3.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/events/pdp-webinars/archive/the-value-and-challenges-for-good-scientific-comms/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-10-14 11:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>183</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Our Latest AMWA Member Discount!]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[AMWA is pleased to bring you yet another member discount, from RK Statistics Ltd. AMWA members receive a 30% discount on training courses!
Log in to the Member Area of the website for the registration code.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/183/rk-statistics-logo.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/member-area/amwa-member-discounts/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-10-12 11:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>181</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[AMWA Early Career Award Winner 2025!]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Congratulations to Halimat Atanda, winner of the 2025 AMWA Early Career Award. <br />
<br />
The judging panel was impressed by the quality of her submission, 'Methylation Simplified'. One judge commented, “This was a thoroughly
enjoyable and highly engaging read. The writer made excellent use of literary devices to explain complex concepts. The flow was good and it
was written at an appropriate level for the intended audience.”]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/181/2025-Winner.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/amwa-early-career-award/2025-winner-announcement/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-09-01 12:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>180</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Conference 2025 - Registration is Open!]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Registration for AMWA's 2025 conference is now open! Early-bird pricing is available until 5 September, so register quickly to take advantage of the great discount.<br />
<br />
Workshop spaces, and the coveted conference dinner tickets are limited. Another reason to register now!<br />
<br />]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/180/Sydney-conference-2025-.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/events/conferences/conference-2025/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-07-31 12:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>179</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Melbourne Networking Event]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Join host Erin Hackett for another of our popular AMWA networking events. Enjoy the relaxed, casual networking and socialising, catching up with familiar faces and welcoming some of AMWA's newest members. The event is free-of-charge, with a drink and some nibbles
provided by AMWA.<br />
<br />
Non-members are always welcome at networking events, so feel free to circulate the details to your network, along with the link to register.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/179/Melbourne-Networking-Event-August-25.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/events/networking-events/archive/melbourne-networking-event-2025/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-07-28 22:15:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>178</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Webinar - Copyright and Using Literature in Your Business]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Join us at 11.00am AEST (1.00pm NZST) on Tuesday 12 August for the second in AMWA's 2025 webinar series.<br />
<br />
Host <strong>Greg Taylor</strong>, of Copyright Agency, brings us 'Copyright and Using Literature in Your Business'<br />
<br />
This webinar will provide valuable information on copyright, and how to safely use literature in your business.<br />
<br />
Copyright errors can be costly, so register now! ]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/178/AMWA25_Webinar2.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/events/pdp-webinars/archive/copyright-and-using-literature-in-your-business/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-07-24 12:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>177</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Member Spotlight - Neena Bhandari]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Neena is a Sydney-based freelance foreign correspondent with a focus on health and disability issues. Read about how her own lived experience has driven and shaped her career, and how a unique piece of writing helped facilitate policy change.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/177/Neena-Bhandari.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/news-and-announcements/member-spotlight/neena-bhandari/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-06-23 00:26:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>176</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Sydney Networking Event]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Join hosts Sally Bathgate and Serina Stretton for some casual, relaxed networking and socialising. The event is free-of-charge, with a drink
and some nibbles being covered by AMWA. Non-AMWA members are welcome, so spread the word to your network, along with the link to register
their attendance.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/176/Sydney-Networking-Event-July-2025.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/events/networking-events/archive/sydney-networking-event-2025/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-06-19 04:15:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>175</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[AMWA Conference 2025 - Save the Date]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Join us in Sydney on 18-19 September for the AMWA Conference 2025 - Charting a Course Through Change.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/175/Save-the-date-Sydney-conference-2025.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/events/conferences/conference-2025/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-03-19 22:19:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>174</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[AMWA Webinar - Navigating Unethical Publishing Practices: Predatory Journals and Paper Mills]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Join us on Wednesday, April 2, at 1:00PM AEST, for the first of our webinars for 2025. <strong>Prof. Virginia Barbour</strong> and <strong>Prof.
Jennifer Byrne</strong>
bring us 'Navigating Unethical Publishing Practices: Predatory Journals and Paper Mills'. 
<br /><br />
	This webinar will provide valuable insights and strategies to help you identify and avoid unethical practices in the publishing industry.

<br /><br />Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your knowledge and protect your work!]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/174/AMWA25_Webinar1.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/events/pdp-webinars/archive/navigating-unethical-publishing-practices-predatory-journals-and-paper-mills/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-03-03 22:48:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>173</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Noosa Networking Event]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Join AMWA Secretary, Sophia Auld, for some casual, relaxed networking and socialising in Noosa. Non-members of AMWA are also welcome! <br />
We hope to see you on Saturday, April 2, 4:30-7:00pm, at Beach Road By 4 Pines, 81 Noosa Drive Cnr. <br />]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/173/Noosa-Networking-Event-April-2025.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/events/networking-events/archive/noosa-networking-event/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-03-03 00:52:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>171</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Auckland Networking Event]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Come and join us in Auckland for our first Networking Event of 2025, being held on Thursday 20 March at Brew on Quay, Downtown Auckland, from 5:00-7:00pm. Everyone is welcome!]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/171/Auckland-Networking-Event-March-2025.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/events/networking-events/archive/auckland-networking-event-2025/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-02-24 22:52:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>169</post_id>
    <post_category_id>10</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[2025 AMWA Early Career Award - Entries Open!]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[This could be your year! Entries for the 2025 AMWA Early Career Award are now open. Every year we are amazed at the quality of the entries received, making judging a very difficult task. If you have previously submitted an entry but missed out on the win, we encourage you to try
again as there have been many entries that have been deserving of a win!]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/169/2025-AMWA-Early-Career-Award-Banner.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/amwa-early-career-award/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-01-28 22:11:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>168</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Member Spotlight - Erin Hackett]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Erin Hackett is under the AMWA spotlight for December. Erin works as a freelance content and SEO copywriter specialising in corporate, technical, and medical communications. Read about how her nursing background, passion for creative writing, and maternity leave led her
to where she is today!]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/168/Erin-Hackett.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/news-and-announcements/member-spotlight/erin-hackett/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2024-12-19 20:53:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>166</post_id>
    <post_category_id>10</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[AMWA Health Literacy]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[October is Health Literacy month! Check out the blog by AMWA Executive Committee member, Sophia Auld.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/166/Sophia-Auld.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/resources/articles-and-information/amwa-health-literacy/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2024-10-15 21:42:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>165</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Conference Photos]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Check out a few shots of the action from the AMWA 2024 Conference.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/165/Main-room.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/events/conferences/conference-2024/photos/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2024-09-18 02:06:31</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>164</post_id>
    <post_category_id>9</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[AMWA Conference 2024]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The AMWA Conference 2024 was a huge success. Keep an eye out for a round-up of the day, plus some photos, coming soon!]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>none</post_content_type>
    <post_date>2024-08-30 23:50:07</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>163</post_id>
    <post_category_id>10</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[AMWA 2024 Conference - REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN!]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[There's one week to go until the AMWA 2024 Conference. You are able to register up to, and including, the day of the conference, so there's
plenty of time to register if you haven't done so already. We're looking forward to reestablishing connections with friends and colleagues, and having the opportunity to make new ones and form some great new working relationships.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.medicalwriters.org/media/website_posts/163/REGISTRATION-STILL-OPEN-2024.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.medicalwriters.org/events/conferences/conference-2024/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2024-08-21 21:24:00</post_date>
  </posts>
</root>
