SELECTION PROCESS

The annual Lane Anderson Award will honour two jury-selected books, adult and young reader, published in the field of science by Canadian-owned publishers, and authored by Canadians. The winner in each category will receive $10,000.

Two three-person jury panels drawn from the Canadian academic, publishing, creative and institutional fields will review submissions in the two categories.

 
Eligibility for the 2012 awards

1. All entries must be published in English between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012.
2. All entries must have an ISBN and be available for sale in bookstores in Canada.
3. The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2013.
4. A collection of essays by one author is eligible if the essays are on a single theme, and if the work in its entirety has not been published elsewhere. A collection of essays by more than one author is not eligible.
5. A work by two co-authors is acceptable, provided the whole work is integrated and coherent. In the case of winning co-authors, the prize money will be divided between them.
6. Electronic books are eligible, contingent on the author being a permanent resident of Canada during the 2012 calendar year and the entry having been made generally available for public sale on a commercial basis during the 2012.
7. Non-eligible works include pamphlets, monographs, brochures, reference books, conference papers and subsequent or revised editions of books. Posthumously published works are also not eligible, nor are works of fiction.
8. Short-listed authors are required to attend the awards ceremony in Toronto and, if declared the winner, to address the audience at that time.
9. The rules for eligibility will be administered, applied, interpreted and may be revised from time to time at the discretion of the administrator of the Lane Anderson Award. The administrator's judgement on the application of the rules and the eligibility criteria is final.

 
SUBMISSION PROCESS

1. The publisher must submit all books. No other entries will be accepted.
2. 7 copies of each book must be delivered to the Award Manager by April 30, 2013.
3. Each submission must include a publication or release date and a general overview of its contents.
4. The earliest possible submission of books is recommended.
5. All submissions must be accompanied by the completed Entry Form for the 2012 Lane Anderson Award.
6. The Award Manager will acknowledge receipt of each candidate's title.

Click here to download the 2012 Submission Form in MS Word.

For further information, contact:

Hollister Doll

Award Manager

Lane Anderson Award

11 Redcastle Crescent

Scarborough, ON

M1T 1V2

 

E-mail: laneandersonaward@gmail.com