PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award2019

Given by PEN America

10 Works 3,128 Books 99 Reviews 4.1
The PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award celebrates writing that exemplifies literary excellence on the subject of physical and biological sciences. The winner receives a cash award of show more $10,000 and will be honored at the PEN Literary Awards Ceremony.

Official award page

Book awards: PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Finalists

Book awards: PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Longlists show less
Stages:
All, Winner (16), Shortlist (53), Longlist (84)
Categories:
All, Runner-up (3), No Category (108)
Years:
All, 2023 (10), 2022 (10), 2021 (10), 2020 (10), 2019 (10), 2018 (10), 2017 (10), 2016 (10), 2015 (9), 2014 (10), 2013 (6), 2012 (3), 2011 (3)

Winner 1

WorkYear
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter by Ben Goldfarb2019

Shortlist 5

WorkYear
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter by Ben Goldfarb2019
The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization by Vince Beiser2019
The Beginning of Everything: The Year I Lost My Mind and Found Myself by Andrea J. Buchanan2019
Blue Dreams: The Science and the Story of the Drugs that Changed Our Minds by Lauren Slater2019
She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity by Carl Zimmer2019

Longlist 10

WorkYear
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter by Ben Goldfarb2019
The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization by Vince Beiser2019
The Beginning of Everything: The Year I Lost My Mind and Found Myself by Andrea J. Buchanan2019
Blue Dreams: The Science and the Story of the Drugs that Changed Our Minds by Lauren Slater2019
She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity by Carl Zimmer2019
What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics by Adam Becker2019
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World by Marcia Bjornerud2019
The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Deborah Blum2019
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life by David Quammen2019
Seaweed Chronicles: A World at the Water’s Edge by Susan Hand Shetterly2019

Descriptions

The PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award celebrates writing that exemplifies literary excellence on the subject of physical and biological sciences. The winner receives a cash award of $10,000 and will be honored at the PEN Literary Awards Ceremony.

Official award page

Book awards: PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Finalists

Book awards: PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Longlists (English, Member-written)
The PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award celebrates writing that exemplifies literary excellence on the subject of physical and biological sciences. The winner receives a cash award of $10,000 and will be honored at the PEN Literary Awards Ceremony.

Official award page

Book awards: PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award winners

Book awards: PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Finalists (English, Member-written)
The PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award celebrates writing that exemplifies literary excellence on the subject of physical and biological sciences. The winner receives a cash award of $10,000 and will be honored at the PEN Literary Awards Ceremony.

Official award page

Book awards: PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award winners

Book awards: PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Longlist (English, Member-written)

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