Book yourself a win

For all the budding Bryson’s out there - entries for the 2009 Royal Society Prize for Science Books, one of the world\'s leading non-fiction books prizes, are being accepted. Yourself hallo

They say there is at least one good book in everyone - so get your thinking cap on get your pen out!

The 2009 Royal Society Prize for Science Books will celebrate the best of 2008's new popular science writing for a general adult readership. The Prize is open to science books written for a non-specialist audience. The winner will receive £10,000 and the authors of the short listed books £1000.
 
Books submitted for the prize must have been published for the first time in English during 2008 and be available to buy in the UK. Full details of the prizes' regulations and eligibility criteria and the entry form are available on the Society's website at http://royalsociety.org/sciencebooks

In 2008 Six degrees: Our future on a hotter planet by Mark Lynas (Fourth Estate) was the overall winner. Other previous winners of Royal Society Books Prizes include Robert Winston, Daniel Gilbert, Matt Ridley, Bill Bryson, Frances Dipper, Stephen Hawking, Jared Diamond, Kate Petty and Fran Balkwill.

After being awarded the 2008 Royal Society Prize for Science books, Mark Lynas' Six degrees: Our future on a hotter planet enjoyed widespread media attention and saw sale figures more than double throughout the months following the award.

Due to funding issues the Junior Prize will not be offered this year. The Society is seeking longer-term support for the awards from 2010 onwards.

An online entry form must be completed for each entry, and seven non-returnable copies of each entry submitted to the Royal Society Prizes for Science Books, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG, UK by Thursday 2 April 2009.