{{Notability|date=July 2017}} The '''Lane Anderson Award''' is an annual award presented to Canadian non-fiction science in two categories; adult and young readers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/new-canadian-science-writing-prize-unveiled/article4188175/|title=New Canadian science-writing prize unveiled|date=2010-03-09|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2017-09-06|language=en-GB}}</ref> It is funded by the Fitzhenry Family Foundation, and headed by Sharon Fitzhenry and Hollister Doll.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2013/09/27/lane_anderson_award_winners_announced.html|title=Lane Anderson Award Winners announced |work=Toronto Star |access-date=2017-07-19}}</ref> Winners receive a plaque and a prize of 10,000 dollars. Winners are selected based on a book's relevance to current events and on its ability to relate scientific issues to everyday life.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2015/09/29/2015-lane-anderson-award-winners-announced/|title=2015 Lane Anderson Award winners announced |date=2015-09-29|work=Quill and Quire|access-date=2017-07-19}}</ref>
== Winners == === Young Readers=== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Author !Publisher |- |2021 |''It Takes Guts'' |Jennifer Gardy |Greystone Books |- |2019 |''Heads Up'' |Melanie Siebert |Orca |- |2018 |''The Space Adventurer's Guide'' |Peter McMahon |Kids Can Press |- |2017 |''Biometrics'' |Maria Birmingham<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/books-on-glaciers-biometrics-win-10k-canadian-science-writing-prizes-1.4906016|title=Books on glaciers, biometrics win $10K Canadian science writing prizes|website=CBC.ca}}</ref> |Owl Kids |- |2016 |''5 Giraffes'' |Anne Innis Dagg<ref name="2016win">{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/books/books-on-giraffes-marine-birds-win-10k-science-writing-prizes-1.4307386|title=Anne Innis Dagg and Caroline Fox each win $10K prize for excellence in science writing {{!}} CBC Books|work=CBC|access-date=2017-09-26|language=en-US}}</ref> |Fitzhenry & Whiteside |- |2015 |''The Queen's Shadow'' |Cybèle Young |Kids Can Press |- |2014 |''Fuzzy Forensics: DNA Fingerprinting Gets Wild'' |L.E. Carmichael |Ashby-BP |- |2013 |''Before the World Was Ready: Stories of Daring Genius in Science'' |Claire Eamer |Annick Press |- |2012 |''Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea'' |Helaine Becker |Kids Can Press |- |2011 |''Nowhere Else on Earth: Standing Tall for the Great Bear Rainforest'' |Caitlyn Vernon |Orca Book Publishers |}
=== Adult === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Author !Publisher |- |2021 |''Ontario's Old-growth Forests 2nd edition'' |Michael Henry |Fitzhenry & Whiteside |- |2019 |''The Reality Bubble'' |Ziya Tong |Penguin Random House |- |2018 |''18 Miles'' |Christopher Dewdney |ECW Press |- |2017 |''Our Vanishing Glaciers'' |Robert William Sandford<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/lane-anderson-awards-for-science-writing-look-to-the-future/|title=Lane Anderson Awards for science writing look to the future|date=2018-11-14|website=Quill and Quire|access-date=2019-05-27}}</ref> |Rocky Mountain Books |- |2016 |''At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast'' |Caroline Fox<ref name="2016win" /> |Rocky Mountain Books |- |2015 |''Malignant Metaphor: Confronting Cancer Myths'' |Alanna Mitchell |ECW Press |- |2014 |''Your Water Footprint: The Shocking Facts About How Much Water We Use to Make Everyday Products'' |Stephen Leahy |Firefly Books |- |2013 |''The Peace-Athabasca Delta: Portrait of a Dynamic Ecosystem'' |Kevin P. Timoney |University of Alberta Press |- |2012 |''The Universe Within: From Quantum to Cosmos'' |Neil Turok |House of Anansi Press |- |2011 |''The Atlantic Coast: A Natural History'' |Harry Thurston |Greystone Books |} <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://laneandersonaward.ca/past-winners/|title=Winners and Finalists |website=Lane Anderson Award|access-date=2017-07-19}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Canadian non-fiction literary awards Category:Science writing awards Category:Awards established in 2011 Category:2011 establishments in Canada