The GDCh Board has decided to rename the "GDCh Prize for Journalism and Literature" to "GDCh Prize for Journalism, Literature and Science Communication".
With this renaming, the GDCh (German Chemical Society) is acknowledging the growing importance of science communication. In addition to journalism and publications, numerous other formats have become established in recent years – such as podcasts, blogs, social media, videos, and multimedia projects – which make a significant contribution to communicating chemical content to society.
The biennial award process will remain in place.
The GDCh Prize for Journalism, Literature, and Science Communication is awarded, regardless of language, for outstanding journalistic, literary, or science communication achievements that make a significant contribution to the dissemination of chemical science content in German-speaking countries. A prize for journalists was established at the GDCh in 1980, followed by a prize for writers in 1997. These two prizes were awarded alternately until 2008, when they were merged into the GDCh award for journalists and writers . With this expansion in 2025, the GDCh is acknowledging the growing importance and diversity of science communication.
The German Chemical Society (GDCh) is awarding the 2024 GDCh Prize for Journalism and Literature to author Bonnie Garmus and the translation team, consisting of Ulrike Wasel and Klaus Timmermann, for their book "A Question of Chemistry." With her 2022 book "A Question of Chemistry" (original title: Lessons in Chemistry), Bonnie Garmus published a bestseller that not only features "chemistry" in its title but also addresses chemical issues. For example, she addresses the chemistry of cooking and the role chemistry may have played in the origin of life. The translation team of Ulrike Wasel and Klaus Timmermann did an outstanding job translating the book into German and making it accessible to German-speaking audiences.
| 2024 | Bonnie Garmus, Ulrike Wesel and Klaus Timmermann |
| 2022 | Lars Fischer, fischblog.com |
| 2020 | Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim |
| 2016 | Chemistry Editorial staff of the German Wikipedia |
| 2014 | Michael Gross, Oxford/UK |
| 2012 | Vera Köster, Weinheim |
| 2010 | Georg Schwedt, Bonn |
| 2008 | Klaus Roth, Berlin |
| 2003 | John Emsley, Ampthill/UK |
| 2001 | Carl Djerassi, Stanford/USA |
| 1997 | Dietrich Stolzenberg, Hamburg |
| 2006 | Hellmuth Nordwig, Fürstenfeldbruck |
| 1997 | Axel Fischer, Munich |
| 1996 | Jean Pütz, Cologne |
| 1992 | Rainer Flöhl, Frankfurt a. M. |
| 1991 | Hubert Nachtsheim, Frankfurt am Main |
| 1988 | Friedrich L. Boschke, Bammental |
| 1987 | Reinhold Ellmer, Schwerte |
| 1986 | Otto Krätz, Munich |
| 1983 | Ernst H. Haux, Bonn |
| 1981 | Hans Jürgen Bersch, Mainz |
Prof. Dr. Evamarie Hey-Hawkins, University of Leipzig (lead)
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Dehnen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Charlotte Gerischer, JCF Berlin
Dr. Peter Gölitz, former Wiley-VCH
Dr. Michael Groß, science journalist, Oxford
Dr. Tom Kinzel, GDCh Executive Director
Prof. Dr. Holger Wormer, Technical University of Dortmund
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