9 November 2011: 3 weeks left to get your Diamond stories in! The Light Reading challenge is to write a short story, 3,000 words or fewer, any genre, inspired in some way by Diamond Light Source. Winner of the pilot competition for staff, Radio Frequency Technician Matt Maddock, is pictured with CEO Gerd Materlik, and competition runner-up Linda Pratt, a Software Systems Engineer at the facility. Read their stories and enter your own at www.light-reading.org
Posted on Wednesday November 9th
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