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Early Career Award 2023 - Winner Announcement

We are thrilled to announce Amy Kelly as the winner of the AMWA Early Career Award for 2023. Amy's article is titled, "Friend or foe? How bacteria in the uterus may influence IVF outcome", and impressed all our judges, including guest judge, Blair Hesp, Managing Director at Kainic Medical Communications, and members of the AMWA committee. 

Amy was entering the last trimester of her Bachelor of Biomedical Science when she realised that reading and writing about human biology and health, rather than conducting lab experiments, was what she enjoyed the most. This realisation, and the help of a Google search, led her to discover medical writing.

With an ever-increasing amount of research being conducted and developments being made that are relevant to human health and medicine, Amy feels it has never been more important for this work to connect with those who can benefit from it most. She sees medical writers as the facilitators of these connections—a bridge of communication between medical and health research communities and wider society.

Read Amy's winning article  Read Amy's winning article 


WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT! AMWA Early Career Award 2026

Congratulations to Nicole Vassileff, winner of the AMWA Early Career Award for 2026! 

Nicole's submission, When the Eye Learns to Grow Back, made a significant impression on the judging panel:


"I learnt something about a topic I previously knew nothing about – the complex scientific information was presented in an accessible, informative and interesting way."

  "I really enjoyed reading this piece from start to finish. It is clear that the writer has a talent for producing scientific writing that is both clear and engaging. I hope they continue to bring these skills to the field of medical and health communication—Australia needs more writers like them."


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