Thank you to everyone who took the time to send in their books! The short-list will be announced in the fall. Submissions for 2027 Lane Anderson Award will open in early 2027. Stay tuned!
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Submissions are open!
We’re excited to announce we are now accepting submissions for the Lane Anderson Award! Please visit our submissions page for more information. Deadline: April 30, 2026.
The Lane Anderson Award 2026 Ceremony Programme
The Lane Anderson Award 2026 Ceremony Programme is here! Click the thumbnail to download your copy.
The Lane Anderson Award Ceremony
You’re invited to the Lane Anderson Award Ceremony! A special evening honouring the best science writing in Canada today. Join us as we celebrate the wonderful books in this year’s shortlists and announce the winners of the Lane Anderson Award! We’re so excited to present the ceremony at the newly restored Palm House at Allan Gardens in Downtown Toronto. Doors will open at 7pm, with the ceremony beginning at 7:30pm where shortlisted authors will have a chance to talk about their books before the winners are announced. Light refreshments will be on offer throughout this special night. We look forward …
2025 Shortlists
We’re excited to introduce the shortlists for the 2025 Lane Anderson Award. Click here to learn to more!
The Lane Anderson Award Ceremony
Join us for a cosy evening amongst passionate book folk as we celebrate the best science writing in Canada today! 7pm, Wednesday January 29th Concourse Event Space, North York Central Library 5120 Yonge Street Toronto, ON M2N 5N9 Click here for more information and to reserve your spot!
The Shortlist Selfie Contest!
Want to win either the 2024 adult or young reader shortlisted books? Here’s your chance! How to Enter: Take a photo of one of the 2024 shortlisted books in the wild – it could be at your favourite bookstore, your local library… under a tree at the park. Use your imagination! Enter by posting your shortlist selfie on Twitter or Instagram. Make sure to tag our official account in your post (Twitter: @thelaneanderson or Instagram: @thelaneandersonaward) as well as the hashtag #laneandersonaward. OR Enter by emailing your shortlist selfie to us at laneandersonaward@gmail.com with the subject line: Shortlist Selfie Contest. …
2024 Lane Anderson Award Shortlists Announced
Young Reader Adult
Lane Anderson Award announces the winners of the 2021-2022 Young Reader and Adult categories
Young Reader Congratulations to Dr Jennifer Gardy and her book, It Takes Guts for winning the Young Reader category! It Takes Guts offers a fascinating and lively examination of the complex science happening inside all of us at this very moment. Judges had this to say about the book: “It Takes Gus has the level of detail and educational value of a science textbook but written with such pizzaz and compelling detail that you forget you’re learning.“ “This is a very informative and approachable book on a topic that at times is difficult to discuss.“ “Kids will relish the conversational …
2019-2020 Adult Winner
“Think of fossil fuels that go into mining and smelting, manufacturing, transporting, and assembling a wind turbine before it starts pumping ‘clean’ electricity into the grid, and you begin to glimpse just how deeply wedded even the most ambitious plans for the future are implicated in the energy of the past.” Ziya Tong has created a powerful book that emboldens readers to realize the limitations to their perceptions of the world around them.