The Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology's (ARST) Article of the Year Award recognizes the most outstanding rhetoric of science and technology-related article published the preceding calendar.

Criteria for selection include:

1) How well the article extends practical and theoretical knowledge related to the rhetoric of science and technology

2) The article’s potential for cross-disciplinary fertilization

3) The article’s potential for teaching future generations of ARST scholars

4) The overall quality of writing and thinking