Carnegie Medal (literary award)

The Carnegie Medal is a British literary award that annually recognises one outstanding new English-language book for children or young adults. It is conferred upon the author by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP).^[1] CILIP calls it "the UK's oldest and most prestigious book award for children's writing".^[2]

The Medal is named after the Scottish-born American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919), who founded more than 2,800 libraries in the English-speaking world, including at least one in more than half of British library authorities.^[1] It was established in 1936 by the British Library Association, to celebrate the centenary of Carnegie's birth^[1][3] and inaugurated in 1937 with the award to Arthur Ransome for Pigeon Post (1936) and the identification of two 'commended' books. The first Medal was dated 1936, but since 2007 the Medal has been dated by its year of presentation, which is now one or two years after publication.^[4]

In 1955, the Kate Greenaway Medal was established as a companion to the Carnegie Medal. The Kate Greenaway Medal recognises "distinguished illustration in a book for children".^[5] Both awards were established and administered by the Library Association, until it was succeeded by CILIP in 2002.^[3]

Nominated books must be written in English and first published in the UK during the preceding school year (September to August).^[6] Until 1969, the award was limited to books by British authors first published in England.^[7] The first non-British medalist was Australian author Ivan Southall for Josh (1972). The original rules also prohibited winning authors from future consideration.^[7] The first author to win a second Carnegie Medal was Peter Dickinson in 1981, who won consecutively for Tulku and City of Gold. There were eight repeat winners to 2018.

The winner is awarded a gold medal and £500 worth of books donated to the winner's chosen library. In addition, since 2016 the winner has received a £5,000 cash prize from the Colin Mears bequest.^[1][8]

Latest rendition[]

Jason Reynolds won the 2021 Carnegie Medal for Look Both Ways, an anthology of ten stories about children walking home from school.^[9]

There were eight books on the 2021 shortlist, each published between September 2019 and August 2020:^[10]

• Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land (Hot Key Books)
• Sophie Anderson, The Girl Who Speaks Bear, illustrated by Kathrin Honesta (Usborne)
• Joseph Coelho, The Girl Who Became A Tree, illustrated by Kate Milner (Otter-Barry Books)
• Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, On Midnight Beach (Faber)
• Manjeet Mann, Run, Rebel (Penguin)
• Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways (Knights Of)
• Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence (Penguin)
• Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain (Penguin)

Recommended ages have ranged from 8+ to 14+ for books on the shortlist since 2001.

Process[]

CILIP members may nominate books each September and October, with the full list of valid nominations published in November.^[11] The longlist, chosen by the judges from the nominated books, is published in February. The judging panel comprises 12 children's librarians, all of whom are members of CILIP's Youth Libraries Group (YLG). The shortlist is announced in March and the winner in June.^[11]

Titles must be English-language works first published in the UK during the preceding year (1 September to 31 August). According to CILIP, "all categories of books, including poetry, non-fiction and graphic novels, in print or ebook format, for children and young people are eligible".^[6] Multiple-author anthologies are excluded; however, co-authored single works are eligible.^[6]

Young people from across the UK take part in shadowing groups organised by secondary schools and public libraries, to read and discuss the shortlisted books.^[11]

CILIP instructs the judging panel to consider plot, characterisation, and style "where appropriate".^[6] Furthermore, it states that "the book that wins the Carnegie Medal should be a book of outstanding literary quality. The whole work should provide pleasure, not merely from the surface enjoyment of a good read, but also the deeper subconscious satisfaction of having gone through a vicarious, but at the time of reading, a real experience that is retained afterwards".^[6]

A diversity review in 2018 led to changes in the nomination and judging process to promote better representation of ethnic minority authors and books.^[12]

Winners[]

^{[needs update]}Up to 2020 there have been 81 Medals awarded over 84 years, spanning the period from 1936 to 2019. No eligible book published in 1943, 1945, or 1966 was considered suitable by the judging panel.^[4]

From 2007 onward, the medals are dated by the year of presentation. Prior to this, they were dated by the calendar year of their British publication.^[4]

Forty winning books were illustrated in their first editions, including every one during the first three decades. Six from 1936 to 1953 were illustrated or co-illustrated by their authors; none since then.

Carnegie Medal winners^[4]

Year	Author	Title	Publisher
2021	Jason Reynolds[13]	Look Both Ways	Knights Of
2020	Anthony McGowan	Lark	Barrington Stoke
2019	Elizabeth Acevedo[14]	The Poet X	HarperTeen
2018	Geraldine McCaughrean illustrated by Jane Milloy		Usborne Publishing
2017	Ruta Sepetys	Salt to the Sea	Penguin Books
2016	Sarah Crossan	One	Bloomsbury Children's
2015	Tanya Landman		Walker Books
2014	Kevin Brooks	The Bunker Diary	Penguin Books
2013	Sally Gardner		Hot Key Books
2012	Patrick Ness illustrated by Jim Kay	A Monster Calls	Walker Books
2011	Patrick Ness	Monsters of Men	Walker Books
2010	Neil Gaiman two illustrators[a]	The Graveyard Book	Bloomsbury
2009	Siobhan Dowd	Bog Child	David Fickling
2008	Philip Reeve	Here Lies Arthur	Scholastic
2007	Meg Rosoff	Just in Case	Penguin
2006  The award date is the year of publication before 2006, the year of presentation after 2006.
2005	Mal Peet	Tamar	Walker Books
2004	Frank Cottrell Boyce	Millions	Macmillan
2003 *	Jennifer Donnelly	A Gathering Light	Bloomsbury
2002	Sharon Creech	Ruby Holler	Bloomsbury
2001	Terry Pratchett	The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents	Doubleday
2000	Beverley Naidoo	The Other Side of Truth	Puffin
1999	Aidan Chambers	Postcards from No Man's Land	The Bodley Head
1998 *	David Almond illus. Adam Fisher	Skellig	Hodder & Stoughton
1997	Tim Bowler	River Boy	Oxford University Press
1996 *	Melvin Burgess	Junk	Andersen Press
1995 *	Philip Pullman	Northern Lights	Scholastic
1994	Theresa Breslin	Whispers in the Graveyard	Methuen
1993	Robert Swindells	Stone Cold	Hamish Hamilton
1992	Anne Fine	Flour Babies	Hamish Hamilton
1991	Berlie Doherty	Dear Nobody	Hamish Hamilton
1990	Gillian Cross	Wolf	Oxford University Press
1989	Anne Fine	Goggle-Eyes	Hamish Hamilton
1988	Geraldine McCaughrean	A Pack of Lies	Oxford University Press
1987	Susan Price	The Ghost Drum	Faber
1986	Berlie Doherty	Granny Was a Buffer Girl	Methuen
1985 *	Kevin Crossley-Holland illus. Alan Marks	Storm	Heinemann
1984	Margaret Mahy	The Changeover	J. M. Dent
1983	Jan Mark	Handles	Kestrel
1982	Margaret Mahy	The Haunting	J.M. Dent
1981	Robert Westall	The Scarecrows	Chatto & Windus
1980	Peter Dickinson illus. Michael Foreman	City of Gold and other stories from the Old Testament	Gollancz
1979	Peter Dickinson	Tulku	Gollancz
1978	David Rees	The Exeter Blitz	Hamish Hamilton
1977	Gene Kemp	The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler	Faber
1976	Jan Mark	Thunder and Lightnings	Kestrel
1975 *	Robert Westall	The Machine Gunners	Macmillan
1974	Mollie Hunter	The Stronghold	Hamish Hamilton
1973	Penelope Lively	The Ghost of Thomas Kempe	Heinemann
1972	Richard Adams	Watership Down	Rex Collings
1971	Ivan Southall	Josh	Angus & Robertson
1970	Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen  illustrated by Charles Keeping	The God Beneath the Sea	Longman
1969	K. M. Peyton	The Edge of the Cloud	Oxford University Press
1968	Rosemary Harris	The Moon in the Cloud	Faber
1967 *	Alan Garner	The Owl Service	Collins
1966	— Prize withheld as no book considered suitable[b]
1965	Philip Turner	The Grange at High Force	Oxford University Press
1964	Sheena Porter	Nordy Bank	Oxford University Press
1963	Hester Burton	Time of Trial	Oxford University Press
1962	Pauline Clarke	The Twelve and the Genii	Faber
1961	Lucy M. Boston	A Stranger at Green Knowe	Faber
1960	Ian Wolfran Cornwall illus. Marjorie Maitland Howard		Phoenix House
1959	Rosemary Sutcliff	The Lantern Bearers	Oxford University Press
1958 *	Philippa Pearce	Tom's Midnight Garden	Oxford University Press
1957	William Mayne	A Grass Rope	Oxford University Press
1956	C. S. Lewis	The Last Battle	The Bodley Head
1955	Eleanor Farjeon	The Little Bookroom	Oxford University Press
1954	Ronald Welch (Felton Ronald Oliver)	Knight Crusader	Oxford University Press
1953	Edward Osmond illus. by the author[c]	A Valley Grows Up	Oxford University Press
1952 *	Mary Norton	The Borrowers	J. M. Dent
1951	Cynthia Harnett illus. by the author[c]	The Wool-Pack	Methuen
1950	Elfrida Vipont	The Lark on the Wing	Oxford University Press
1949	Agnes Allen illus. Agnes and Jack Allen[c]	The Story of Your Home	Faber
1948	Richard Armstrong	Sea Change	J. M. Dent
1947	Walter de la Mare	Collected Stories for Children	Faber
1946	Elizabeth Goudge	The Little White Horse	University of London
1945	— Prize withheld as no book considered suitable
1944	Eric Linklater	The Wind on the Moon	Macmillan
1943	— Prize withheld as no book considered suitable
1942	BB (D. J. Watkins-Pitchford) illus. by the author[c]	The Little Grey Men	Eyre & Spottiswoode
1941	Mary Treadgold	We Couldn't Leave Dinah	Jonathan Cape
1940	Kitty Barne	Visitors from London	J. M. Dent
1939	Eleanor Doorly	The Radium Woman	Heinemann
1938	Noel Streatfeild	The Circus Is Coming	J. M. Dent
1937 *	Eve Garnett	The Family from One End Street	Frederick Muller
1936	Arthur Ransome	Pigeon Post	Jonathan Cape

* named to the 70th Anniversary Top Ten in 2007.^[15]

Winners of multiple awards[]

Eight authors have won two Carnegie Medals, which was prohibited for many years.

• Peter Dickinson 1979, 1980
• Berlie Doherty 1986, 1991
• Anne Fine 1989, 1992
• Geraldine McCaughrean 1988, 2018
• Margaret Mahy 1982, 1984
• Jan Mark 1976, 1983
• Patrick Ness 2011, 2012 ^[16]
• Robert Westall 1975, 1981

For many years, some runners-up books were designated Highly Commended, at least 29 in 24 years from 1979 to 2002 and three previously. Among the authors who won two Medals, Anne Fine was highly commended runner-up three times (1989, 1996, 2002) and Robert Westall twice (1990, 1992). The others were highly commended once each, except for Ness who postdates the distinction,^[3]

Six books have won both the Carnegie Medal and the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, which was inaugurated 1967. (Dates are years of U.K. publication, and Carnegie award dates before 2006.)

• Alan Garner, The Owl Service (1967)
• Richard Adams, Watership Down (1972)
• Geraldine McCaughrean, A Pack of Lies (1988)
• Anne Fine, Goggle-Eyes (1989)
• Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials 1: Northern Lights (1995)
• Melvin Burgess, Junk (1996)

Only A Monster Calls, written by Patrick Ness and illustrated by Jim Kay, has won both the Carnegie and Greenaway Medals (2012).

Only The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (2009) has won both the Carnegie Medal and the equivalent American award, the Newbery Medal.^[17]

Author Sharon Creech, who won the Carnegie for Ruby Holler (2002), previously won the Newbery and two U.K. awards for Walk Two Moons (1994).^[18]

Four writers have won both the Carnegie and the US Michael L. Printz Award. The Printz Award is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognises the "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit". The four writers are David Almond, Aidan Chambers, Geraldine McCaughrean, and Meg Rosoff. Chambers alone has won both for the same book, the 1999 Carnegie and 2003 Printz for the novel Postcards from No Man's Land.^[4][19][20]

In its scope, books for children or young adults, the British Carnegie corresponds to the American Newbery and Printz awards.

Carnegie of Carnegies[]

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Carnegie Medal in 2007, CILIP created a 'Living Archive' on the Carnegie Medal website with information about each of the winning books and conducted a poll to identify the nation's favourite Carnegie Medal winner, to be named the "Carnegie of Carnegies". The winner, announced on 21 June 2007 at the British Library,^[15] was Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (1995). It was the expected winner, garnering 40% of the votes in the UK, and 36% worldwide.^[21]

70th Anniversary Top Ten

• David Almond, Skellig, (Hodder, 1998)
• Melvin Burgess, Junk, (Penguin, 1996)
• Kevin Crossley-Holland, Storm, (Egmont, 1985)
• Jennifer Donnelly, A Gathering Light, (Bloomsbury, 2003)
• Alan Garner, The Owl Service, (HarperCollins, 1967)
• Eve Garnett, The Family from One End Street, (Penguin, 1937)
• Mary Norton, The Borrowers, (Penguin, 1952)
• Philippa Pearce, Tom's Midnight Garden, (Oxford, 1958)
• Philip Pullman, Northern Lights, (Scholastic, 1995)
• Robert Westall, The Machine Gunners, (Macmillan, 1975)

Northern Lights, with 40% of the public vote, was followed by 16% for Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce and 8% for Skellig by David Almond. As those three books had won the 70-year-old Medal in its year 60, year 23, and year 63, some commentary observed that Tom's Midnight Garden had passed a test of time that the others had not yet faced.^[22]

Shortlists[]

Date is year of publication before 2006.^[4] Selections were announced and medals presented early in the next year.

1936 to 1993[]

From 1936 to 1993, there were 55 Medals awarded in 58 years. CCSU library listings for that period include one Special Commendation, 23 Highly Commended books (from 1966, mainly from 1979), and about 130 Commended books. Except for the inaugural year 1936, only the 24 Special and Highly Commended books are listed here.^[3]

1936, the inaugural publication year

Medalist:

Arthur Ransome, Pigeon Post (Jonathan Cape) — the sixth of 12 Swallows and Amazons novels

Commended:^[3]

Howard Spring, Sampson's Circus (Faber and Faber)

Noel Streatfeild, Ballet Shoes (J. M. Dent & Sons) — the first of 11 Shoes novels

CCSU listings for 1954 include six commendations, the first since 1936. Beginning 1966 there were some "high commendations" and those were approximately annual by 1979.^[3] Only the high commendations are listed here (through 1993).

1954, Special Commendation

Harold Jones, illustrator Lavender's Blue: A Book of Nursery Rhymes, compiled by Kathleen Lines – collection named for "Lavender's Blue"

The special commendation to Harold Jones in 1955 for his 1954 illustration of Lavender's Blue was "a major reason" for the Library Association to establish the Kate Greenaway Medal that year.^[3] No 1955 work was judged worthy in 1956, so that Medal was actually inaugurated one year later.

–

1966 (no Medal awarded)

+ and Josephine Filmer-Sankey, The Bayeux Tapestry: The Story of the Norman Conquest, 1066 — about the Bayeux Tapestry

1967

+ Henry Treece, The Dream Time

–

1974

+ , The Battle of Gettysburg, 1–3 July 1963 (Oxford)

–

1979

+ , The Castle Story — about Hearthstone Castle

1980

+ Jan Mark, Nothing To Be Afraid Of

1981

+ Jane Gardam, The Hollow Land

1982

+ Gillian Cross, The Dark Behind the Curtain

1983

+ James Watson, Talking in Whispers — depicting repression in Chile

1984

+ Robert Swindells, Brother in the Land (Oxford)

1985

+ Janni Howker, Nature of the Beast

1986

+ Janni Howker, Isaac Campion

1987

+ Margaret Mahy, Memory

1988

+ Gillian Cross, A Map of Nowhere

+ Peter Dickinson, Eva (Gollancz)

+ Elizabeth Laird, Red Sky in the Morning

1989

+ , The Charlie Barber Treatment

+ Anne Fine, Bill's New Frock, illus. Philippe Dupasquier (Egmont)

1990

+ Melvin Burgess, The Cry of the Wolf (Andersen)

+ Robert Westall, The Kingdom by the Sea

1991

+ Jacqueline Wilson, The Story of Tracy Beaker, illus. Nick Sharratt (Doubleday) — first of four Tracy Beaker novels

1992

+ Robert Westall, Gulf

1993

• + Melvin Burgess, The Baby and Fly Pie
• + Jenny Nimmo, The Stone Mouse

1994 to 2002[]

Through 2002 some runners-up were Commended, including some Highly Commended.^[3][d] Where the entire shortlist is given here (back to 1994), boldface and asterisk (*) marks the winner, plus (+) marks the highly commended books, and dash (–) marks the commended books.^[3]

1994 (8)^{[citation needed]}

• Lynne Reid Banks, Broken Bridge
• * Theresa Breslin, Whispers in the Graveyard (Methuen)
• + Berlie Doherty, Willa and Old Miss Annie
• + Lesley Howarth, Maphead
• Michael Morpurgo, Arthur, High King of Britain
• Jenny Nimmo, Griffin's Castle
• Robert Westall, A Time of Fire
• Jacqueline Wilson, The Bed and Breakfast Star (Doubleday)

1995 (8)^[23]

• Nina Bawden, Granny the Pag (Hamish Hamilton)
• Robert Cormier, In the Middle of the Night (Gollancz)
• – , Raider (Oxford)
• Garry Kilworth, The Brontë Girls (Methuen)
• Michael Morpurgo, The Wreck of the Zanzibar (Heinemann)
• * Philip Pullman, Northern Lights (Scholastic) — first of a trilogy, His Dark Materials
• Jill Paton Walsh, Thomas and the Tinners (Macdonald Young Books)
• + Jacqueline Wilson, Double Act (Doubleday)

1996 (8)^[24]

• * Melvin Burgess, Junk (Andersen) — about teenage heroin addiction and anarchism
• Michael Coleman, Weirdo's War (Orchard)
• + Anne Fine, The Tulip Touch (Hamish Hamilton)
• Elizabeth Laird, Secret Friends (Hodder)
• – Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Bomb (Doubleday) — third of a trilogy
• Philip Pullman, Clockwork (Doubleday), illus. Peter Bailey
• , Love in Cyberia (Bodley Head)
• Jacqueline Wilson, Bad Girls (Doubleday), illus. Nick Sharratt

1997 (7)^[25]

• Malorie Blackman, Pig Heart Boy (Doubleday)
• * Tim Bowler, River Boy (Oxford)
• + Henrietta Branford, Fire, Bed and Bone (Walker) — about the English peasants' revolt of 1381
• Geraldine McCaughrean, Forever X (Oxford)
• Philip Ridley, Scribbleboy (Puffin)
• – J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Bloomsbury) — first of seven Harry Potter books
• Theresa Tomlinson, Meet me by the Steel Men (Walker)

1998 (5)^[26]

• * David Almond, Skellig (Hodder)
• Robert Cormier, Heroes (Hamish Hamilton)
• Peter Dickinson, The Kin (Macmillan)
• Chris d'Lacey, Fly, Cherokee, Fly (Corgi)
• Susan Price, The Sterkarm Handshake (Scholastic)

1999 (8)^{[citation needed]}

• David Almond, Kit's Wilderness (Hodder)
• Bernard Ashley, Little Soldier (Orchard)
• * Aidan Chambers, Postcards from No Man's Land (Bodley Head)
• Susan Cooper, King of Shadows (Bodley Head)
• Gillian Cross, Tightrope (Oxford)
• Jenny Nimmo, The Rinaldi Ring (Mammoth)
• J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Bloomsbury)
• Jacqueline Wilson, The Illustrated Mum (Doubleday)

2000 (8)^{[citation needed]}

• David Almond, Heaven Eyes (Hodder)
• – Melvin Burgess, The Ghost Behind the Wall (Andersen)
• Sharon Creech, The Wanderer (Macmillan)
• Jamila Gavin, Coram Boy (Mammoth)
• + Adéle Geras, Troy (Scholastic)(David Fickling)
• Alan Gibbons, Shadow of the Minotaur (Orion)
• * Beverley Naidoo, The Other Side of Truth (Puffin)
• + Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass (Scholastic) — third of a trilogy, His Dark Materials

2001 (8)^[27]

• – Sharon Creech, Love that Dog (Bloomsbury), 9+
• Peter Dickinson, The Ropemaker (Macmillan), 11+
• Eva Ibbotson, Journey to the River Sea (Macmillan), 9+
• Elizabeth Laird, Jake's Tower (Macmillan), 11+
• Geraldine McCaughrean, The Kite Rider (Oxford), 11+
• + Geraldine McCaughrean, Stop the Train (Oxford), 10+
• * Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents (Doubleday), 10+
• Virginia Wolff, True Believer (Faber), 14+

2002 (7)^[27]

• Kevin Brooks, Martyn Pig (The Chicken House), 12+
• * Sharon Creech, Ruby Holler (Bloomsbury), 9+
• + Anne Fine, Up on Cloud Nine (Corgi), 12+
• Alan Gibbons, The Edge (Dolphin), 11+
• Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor (Macmillan), 14+
• Linda Newbery, The Shell House (David Fickling), 14+
• Marcus Sedgwick, The Dark Horse (Dolphin), 11+

2003 to date[]

Runners-up within the shortlist are not distinguished since 2002.

2003 (6)^[27]

• David Almond, The Fire Eaters (Hodder), 10+
• * Jennifer Donnelly, A Gathering Light (Bloomsbury), 12+
• Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (David Fickling), 12+
• Elizabeth Laird, The Garbage King (Macmillan), 10+
• Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful (Collins), 10+
• Linda Newbery, Sisterland (David Fickling), 13+

2004 (6)^[27]

• Anne Cassidy, Looking for JJ (Scholastic), 13+
• Gennifer Choldenko, Al Capone Does My Shirts (Bloomsbury), 11+
• * Frank Cottrell Boyce, Millions (Macmillan), 9+
• Sharon Creech, Heartbeat (Bloomsbury), 10+
• Eva Ibbotson, The Star of Kazan (Macmillan), 10+
• Philip Pullman, The Scarecrow and his Servant (Doubleday), 8+

2005 (5)^[27]

• David Almond, Clay (Hodder), 11+
• Frank Cottrell Boyce, Framed (Macmillan), 9+
• Jan Mark, Turbulence (Hodder), 12+
• Geraldine McCaughrean, The White Darkness (Oxford), 12+
• * Mal Peet, Tamar (Walker), 12+

Date is year of presentation after 2006.^[4] The publication year is approximately the preceding school year; for 2012 example, September 2010 to August 2011.

2007 (6)^[27][28]

• Kevin Brooks, The Road of the Dead (The Chicken House), 14+
• Siobhan Dowd, A Swift Pure Cry (David Fickling), 13+
• Anne Fine, The Road of Bones (Doubleday), 12+
• Ally Kennen, Beast (Marion Lloyd), 12+
• * Meg Rosoff, Just in Case (Penguin), 14+
• Marcus Sedgwick, My Swordhand is Singing (Orion), 10+

2008 (7)^[27][29]

• Kevin Crossley-Holland, Gatty's Tale (Orion), 10+
• , Ruby Red (Penguin), 12+
• Elizabeth Laird, Crusade (Macmillan), 10+
• Tanya Landman, Apache: Girl Warrior (Walker), 12+
• * Philip Reeve, Here Lies Arthur (Scholastic), 12+
• Meg Rosoff, What I Was (Penguin), 12+
• Jenny Valentine, Finding Violet Park (HarperCollins), 12+

2009 (7)^[27][30]

• Frank Cottrell Boyce, Cosmic (Macmillan), 8+
• Kevin Brooks, Black Rabbit Summer (Puffin), 14+
• Eoin Colfer, Airman (Puffin), 9+
• * Siobhan Dowd, Bog Child (David Fickling), 12+
• , Ostrich Boys (Definitions), 12+
• Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go (Walker), 14+
• Kate Thompson, Creature of the Night (Bodley Head), 14+

2010 (10)^[27][31]

• Laurie Halse Anderson, Chains (Bloomsbury), 11+
• * Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book (Bloomsbury), 9+ — illustrated separately by Dave McKean and Chris Riddell
• Helen Grant, The Vanishing of Katharina Linden (Penguin), 14+
• , Rowan the Strange (Oxford), 12+
• Patrick Ness, The Ask and the Answer (Walker), 14+
• Terry Pratchett, Nation (Doubleday), 11+
• Philip Reeve, Fever Crumb (Scholastic), 9+
• Marcus Sedgwick, Revolver (Orion), 12+

2011 (6)^[27][32]

• Theresa Breslin, Prisoner of the Inquisition (Doubleday), 12+
• Geraldine McCaughrean, The Death-Defying Pepper Roux (Oxford), 10+
• * Patrick Ness, Monsters of Men (Walker), 14+
• Meg Rosoff, The Bride's Farewell (Puffin), 12+
• Marcus Sedgwick, White Crow (Orion), 12+
• Jason Wallace, Out of Shadows (Andersen), 14+

2012 (8)^[33][27]

• David Almond, My Name is Mina (Hodder), 9+
• Lissa Evans, Small Change for Stuart (Doubleday), 8+
• Sonya Hartnett, The Midnight Zoo (Walker), 9+
• , Everybody Jam (Andersen), 12+
• Andy Mulligan, Trash (David Fickling), 12+
• * Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls (Walker), 9+
• Annabel Pitcher, My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece (Orion), 10+
• Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades of Grey (Puffin), 12+

2013 (8)^[27][34]

• Sarah Crossan, The Weight of Water (Bloomsbury), 9+
• Roddy Doyle, A Greyhound of a Girl (Marion Lloyd Books), 9+
• * Sally Gardner, (Hot Key Books), 11+
• Nick Lake, In Darkness (Bloomsbury), 13+
• R. J. Palacio, Wonder (Bodley Head), 10+
• Marcus Sedgwick, Midwinterblood (Indigo), 11+
• Dave Shelton, A Boy and a Bear in a Boat (David Fickling Books), 8+
• Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity (Electric Monkey), 13+

2014 (8)^[27][35]

• Julie Berry, All the Truth That's in Me (Templar), 14+
• * Kevin Brooks, The Bunker Diary (Puffin), 14+^[36]
• Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Child's Elephant (David Fickling Books), 11+
• Susan Cooper Ghost Hawk (Bodley Head), 11+
• Anne Fine, Blood Family (Doubleday), 14+
• Katherine Rundell, Rooftoppers (Faber and Faber), 11+
• Rebecca Stead, Liar & Spy (Andersen Press), 9+
• William Sutcliffe The Wall (Bloomsbury), 11+

The award to Brooks roused some controversy because of the bleak nature of the novel.^[36]

2015 (8)^[37]

• Brian Conaghan, When Mr Dog Bites (Bloomsbury), 14+
• Sarah Crossan, Apple and Rain (Bloomsbury), 11+
• Sally Gardner, Tinder (Orion), 11+
• Frances Hardinge Cuckoo Song (Macmillan), 11+
• Elizabeth Laird, The Fastest Boy in the World (Macmillan), 9+
• * Tanya Landman, Buffalo Soldier (Walker), 14+
• Geraldine McCaughrean, The Middle of Nowhere (Usborne), 11+
• Patrick Ness More Than This (Walker), 14+

2016 (8)^[38]

• * Sarah Crossan, One (Bloomsbury)
• Frances Hardinge, The Lie Tree (Macmillan)
• Nick Lake, There Will Be Lies (Bloomsbury)
• Patrick Ness The Rest of Us Just Live Here (Walker Books)
• Kate Saunders, Five Children on the Western Front (Faber)
• Marcus Sedgwick, The Ghosts of Heaven (Indigo)
• Robin Talley, Lies We Tell Ourselves (HarperCollins)
• Jenny Valentine Fire Colour One (HarperCollins)

2017 (8)^[39]

• Frank Cottrell Boyce, Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth (Pan Macmillan)
• Zana Fraillon, The Bone Sparrow (Orion Children's Books)
• , The Smell of Other People's Houses (Faber & Faber)
• Glenda Millard, The Stars at Oktober Bend (Old Barn Books)
• Mal Peet & Meg Rosoff, Beck (Walker Books)
• Philip Reeve, Railhead (Oxford University Press)
• * Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea (Puffin)
• Lauren Wolk, Wolf Hollow (Corgi)

The Bone Sparrow received an Amnesty CILIP Honour commendation.^[40]

2018 (8)^[41]

• Lissa Evans, Wed Wabbit (David Fickling Books)
• , After the Fire (Usborne)
• * Geraldine McCaughrean, Where the World Ends, (Usborne)
• Anthony McGowan, Rook (Barrington Stoke)
• Patrick Ness, Release (Walker Books)
• Marcus Sedgwick, Saint Death (Orion)
• Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give (Walker Books)
• Lauren Wolk, Beyond the Bright Sea (Corgi)

The Hate U Give received an Amnesty CILIP Honour commendation.^[42]

2019^[43]

• Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X (Harper Teen)^[14]
• Kwame Alexander, Rebound (illus by Dawud Anyabwile, Andersen Press)
• Sophie Anderson, The House with Chicken Legs (illus by Elisa Paganelli, Usborne)
• Candy Gourlay, Bone Talk (David Fickling Books).
• Frances Hardinge, A Skinful of Shadows (Macmillan Children's)
• Sally Nicholls, Things a Bright Girl Can Do (Andersen Press)
• Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down (Faber Child)
• Kate Saunders, The Land of Neverendings (Faber Child)

2020^[44]

• Anthony McGowan, Lark (Barrington Stoke)^[45]
• Dean Atta, The Black Flamingo, illustrated by Anshika Khullar (Hachette Children's Group)
• Nick Lake, Nowhere on Earth (Hachette Children's Group)
• Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing (Little Tiger)
• Annet Schaap, Lampie, translated by Laura Watkinson (Pushkin Children's Books)
• Marcus Sedgwick and Julian Sedgwick, Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black, illustrated by Alexis Deacon (Walker Books)
• Angie Thomas, On the Come Up (Walker Books)
• Chris Vick, Girl. Boy. Sea. (Head of Zeus)

2021^[46]

• Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land (Hot Key Books)
• Sophie Anderson, The Girl Who Speaks Bear, illustrated by Kathrin Honesta (Usborne)
• Joseph Coelho, The Girl Who Became A Tree, illustrated by Kate Milner (Otter-Barry Books)
• Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, On Midnight Beach (Faber)
• Manjeet Mann, Run, Rebel (Penguin)
• Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways (Knights Of)^[9][13]
• Ruta Sepetys, The Fountains of Silence (Penguin)
• Lauren Wolk, Echo Mountain (Penguin)

See also[]

• Kate Greenaway Medal
• Children's Laureate
• Blue Peter Book Awards
• Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
• Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
• Newbery Medal, the primary American Library Association annual children's book award
• Michael L. Printz Award, the primary ALA annual young adult book award

Notes[]

References[]

Citations

External links[]

• CILIP children's book awards