Prize for Science Writing

This biennial prize is offered in 2009.

This prize is for a popular science book for non-specialist readers. The prize aims to encourage discussion and understanding of scientific ideas in the wider community, nurture a culture of innovation in Victoria through support of scientific endeavour, and encourage the writing of popular science books for non-specialist readers.

Winner and Shortlist 2009
Judges 2009

Winner 2007
Shortlist 2007
Judges 2007

Winner 2005
Shortlist 2005
Judges 2005

Previous winners: The Silent Deep: The Disovery, Ecology and Conservation of the Deep Sea by Tony Koslow (2007), Astonishing Animals by Tim Flannery and Peter Schouten (2005) and The Flight of the Emu: A Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 by Libby Robin (2003).