a writing competition to enter

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The Royal Society of New Zealand Manhire Prize for Creative Science Writing

EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE

"I live at the edge of the universe, like everybody else."
--Bill Manhire

This year we are celebrating the International Year of Astronomy. Ever since Galileo first aimed his telescope at Jupiter's moons, technology has been enlarging our knowledge of the universe.

We now know our own insignificance and isolation and yet we have immense power to communicate as never before. The race of humans is isolated in space and time and yet where, as individuals, do we go to be alone?

You are invited to write about the place - past or present or future - of human beings in the universe.

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Now, the fun part. What shall I write?