Carnegie Medal for Writing

The Carnegie Medal for Writing, established in 1936 as the Carnegie Medal, is an annual British literary award for English-language books for children or young adults. It is conferred upon the author by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), who in 2016 called it "the UK's oldest and most prestigious book award for children's writing".<ref name=about2>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Nominated books must be written in English and first published in the UK during the preceding school year (September to August).<ref name="rules" /> Until 1969, the award was limited to books by British authors first published in England.<ref name="cullinan">Template:Cite book</ref> The first non-British medalist was Australian author Ivan Southall for Josh (1972). The original rules also prohibited winning authors from future consideration.<ref name="cullinan" /> The first author to win a second Carnegie Medal was Peter Dickinson in 1981, who won consecutively for Tulku and City of Gold. As of 2024, eight authors had received the Medal more than once.

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.<ref name="about">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=mears>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>

History

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.<ref name="about" /> It was established in 1936 by the British Library Association, to celebrate the centenary of Carnegie's birth,<ref name="about" /><ref name="CCSU" /> and inaugurated in 1937 with the award to Arthur Ransome for Pigeon Post (1936) and the identification of two "commended" books.<ref name="CCSU" /> This first Medal was dated 1936, but since 2007 the award has been dated by its year of presentation, not year of publication.<ref name="winners" />

In 1955, the Kate Greenaway Medal, for "distinguished illustration in a book for children", was established as a companion to the Carnegie Medal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Both awards were established and administered by the Library Association, which was succeeded by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) in 2002.<ref name="CCSU" /> In 2022, the two awards were renamed to the Carnegie Medal for Writing and the Carnegie Medal for Illustration.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

From 2022 to 2024, the award was sponsored by the audio technology company Yoto and was called the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of 2025 the awards are sponsored by Scholastic and the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Process

CILIP members may nominate books each September and October, with the full list of valid nominations published in November.<ref name=CGprocess>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name=CGprocess/>

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".<ref name=rules>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Multiple-author anthologies are excluded; however, co-authored single works are eligible.<ref name=rules/>

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.<ref name=CGprocess/>

CILIP instructs the judging panel to consider plot, characterisation, and style.<ref name=rules/> 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."<ref name=rules/>

A diversity review in 2018 led to changes in the nomination and judging process to promote better representation of ethnic minority authors and books.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

2024 award

Joseph Coelho won the 2024 Carnegie Medal for The Boy Lost in the Maze,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> a verse novel that uses the legend of the Minotaur in a tale of a teenager searching for his biological father.

There were eight books on the 2024 shortlist:<ref name=":5" />

• Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (Andersen)
• Zillah Bethell, The Song Walker (Usborne)
• Sophie Cameron, Away with Words (Little Tiger)
• Joseph Coelho, illus. by Kate Milner, The Boy Lost in the Maze (Otter-Barry Books)
• Nicola Davies, illus. by Petr Horáček, Choose Love (Graffeg)
• Tia Fisher, Crossing the Line (Bonnier) Winner of the Shadowers choice
• Hiba Noor Khan, Safiyyah's War (Andersen)
• Nathanael Lessore, Steady for This (Bonnier)

Winners

From 1936 to 2024, 85 medals were awarded. No eligible book published in 1943, 1945, or 1966 was considered suitable by the judging panel.<ref name="winners" />

From 2007 onward, the medals are dated by the year of presentation. Before this, they were dated by the calendar year of their British publication.<ref name="winners">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Forty-one 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<ref name=winners/>

Year	Author	Title	Publisher	Ref.
1936	Template:Sortname	Pigeon Post	Jonathan Cape
1937Template:Efn	Template:Sortname	The Family from One End Street	Frederick Muller	<ref name=":2">Template:Cite news</ref>
1938	Template:Sortname	The Circus Is Coming	J. M. Dent
1939	Template:Sortname	The Radium Woman	Heinemann
1940	Template:Sortname	Visitors from London	J. M. Dent
1941	Template:Sortname	We Couldn't Leave Dinah	Jonathan Cape
1942	BB	Template:Sort	Eyre & Spottiswoode	<ref name=":2" />
1943	(Prize withheld as no book considered suitable)
1944	Template:Sortname	The Wind on the Moon	Macmillan
1945	(Prize withheld as no book considered suitable)
1946	Template:Sortname	The Little White Horse	University of London	<ref name=":2" />
1947	Template:Sortname	Collected Stories for Children	Faber
1948	Template:Sort	Sea Change	J. M. Dent
1949	Template:Sort illus. Agnes and Jack AllenTemplate:Efn	The Story of Your Home
1950	Template:Sortname	The Lark on the Wing	Oxford University Press
1951	Template:Sortname illus. by the authorTemplate:Efn	The Wool-Pack	Methuen
1952Template:Efn	Template:Sort	The Borrowers	J. M. Dent	<ref name=":2" />
1953	Template:Sortname illus. by the authorTemplate:Efn	A Valley Grows Up	Oxford University Press
1954	Template:Sortname (Felton Ronald Oliver)	Knight Crusader	Oxford University Press
1955	Template:Sortname	The Little Bookroom	Oxford University Press
1956	Template:Sortname	The Last Battle	The Bodley Head	<ref name=":2" />
1957	Template:Sortname	A Grass Rope	Oxford University Press
1958Template:Efn	Template:Sortname	Tom's Midnight Garden	Oxford University Press	<ref name=":2" />
1959	Template:Sortname	The Lantern Bearers	Oxford University Press	<ref name=":2" />
1960	Template:Sort illus. Marjorie Maitland Howard	The Making of Man	Phoenix House
1961	Template:Sortname	A Stranger at Green Knowe	Faber	<ref name=":2" />
1962	Template:Sortname	The Twelve and the Genii	Faber
1963	Template:Sortname	Time of Trial	Oxford University Press
1964	Template:Sortname	Nordy Bank	Oxford University Press
1965	Template:Sort	The Grange at High Force	Oxford University Press
1966	(Prize withheld as no book considered suitableTemplate:Efn)
1967Template:Efn	Template:Sortname	The Owl Service	Collins	<ref name=":2" />
1968	Template:Sort	The Moon in the Cloud	Faber
1969	Template:Sortname	The Edge of the Cloud	Oxford University Press	<ref name=":2" />
1970	Template:Sortname and Edward Blishen illustrated by Charles Keeping	The God Beneath the Sea	Longman
1971	Template:Sortname	Josh	Angus & Robertson
1972	Template:Sort	Watership Down	Rex Collings	<ref name=":2" />
1973	Template:Sortname	The Ghost of Thomas Kempe	Heinemann
1974	Template:Sortname	The Stronghold	Hamish Hamilton
1975Template:Efn	Template:Sortname	The Machine Gunners	Macmillan
1976	Template:Sortname	Thunder and Lightnings	Kestrel	<ref name=":2" />
1977	Template:Sortname	The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler	Faber	<ref name=":2" />
1978	Template:Sort	The Exeter Blitz	Hamish Hamilton
1979	Template:Sortname	Tulku	Gollancz	<ref name=":2" />
1980	Template:Sortname illus. Michael Foreman	City of Gold and other stories from the Old Testament	Gollancz
1981	Template:Sortname	The Scarecrows	Chatto & Windus
1982	Template:Sortname	The Haunting	J. M. Dent	<ref name=":2" />
1983	Template:Sortname	Handles	Kestrel
1984	Template:Sortname	The Changeover	J. M. Dent
1985Template:Efn	Template:Sortname illus. Alan Marks	Storm	Heinemann	<ref name=":2" />
1986	Template:Sortname	Granny Was a Buffer Girl	Methuen	<ref name=":2" />
1987	Template:Sortname	The Ghost Drum	Faber
1988	Template:Sortname	A Pack of Lies	Oxford University Press	<ref name=":2" />
1989	Template:Sortname	Goggle-Eyes	Hamish Hamilton	<ref name=":2" />
1990	Template:Sortname	Wolf	Oxford University Press	<ref name=":2" />
1991	Template:Sortname	Dear Nobody	Hamish Hamilton
1992	Template:Sortname	Flour Babies	Hamish Hamilton
1993	Template:Sortname	Stone Cold	Hamish Hamilton
1994	Template:Sortname	Whispers in the Graveyard	Methuen	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1995Template:Efn	Template:Sortname	Northern Lights	Scholastic	<ref name=":2" />
1996Template:Efn	Template:Sortname	Junk	Andersen Press	<ref name=":2" />
1997	Template:Sortname	River Boy	Oxford University Press
1998Template:Efn	Template:Sortname illus. Adam Fisher	Skellig	Hodder & Stoughton	<ref name=":2" />
1999	Template:Sortname	Postcards from No Man's Land	The Bodley Head
2000	Template:Sortname	The Other Side of Truth	Puffin	<ref name=":2" />
2001	Template:Sortname	The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents	Doubleday
2002	Template:Sortname	Ruby Holler	Bloomsbury
2003Template:Efn	Template:Sortname	A Gathering Light	Bloomsbury
2004	Template:Sortname	Millions	Macmillan	<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":6">Template:Cite news</ref>
2005	Template:Sortname	Tamar	Walker Books	<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":7">Template:Cite news</ref>
2006	(The award date is the year of publication before 2006, the year of presentation after 2006.)
2007	Template:Sortname	Just in Case	Penguin	<ref name=":2" />
2008	Template:Sortname	Here Lies Arthur	Scholastic	<ref name=":2" />
2009	Template:Sortname	Bog Child	David Fickling	<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":8">Template:Cite news</ref>
2010	Template:Sortname two illustratorsTemplate:Efn	The Graveyard Book	Bloomsbury	<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":9">Template:Cite news</ref>
2011	Template:Sortname	Monsters of Men	Walker Books	<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":10">Template:Cite news</ref>
2012	Template:Sortname illustrated by Jim Kay	A Monster Calls	Walker Books	<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":11">Template:Cite news</ref>
2013	Template:Sortname	Maggot Moon	Hot Key Books	<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":12">Template:Cite news</ref>
2014	Template:Sort	The Bunker Diary	Penguin Books	<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13">Template:Cite news</ref>
2015	Template:Sortname	Buffalo Soldier	Walker Books	<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":14">Template:Cite news</ref>
2016	Template:Sortname	One	Bloomsbury Children's	<ref name=":15">Template:Cite news</ref>
2017	Template:Sortname	Salt to the Sea	Penguin Books
2018	Template:Sortname illustrated by Jane Milloy	Where the World Ends	Usborne Publishing
2019	Template:Sortname	The Poet X	HarperTeen	<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref>
2020	Template:Sortname	Lark	Barrington Stoke
2021	Template:Sortname	Look Both Ways	Knights Of	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	Template:Sortname	October, October	Bloomsbury	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2023	Template:Sortname	The Blue Book of Nebo	Firefly Press
2024	Template:Sortname	The Boy Lost in the Maze	Otter-Barry Books	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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, was Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (1995). It was the expected winner, garnering 40% of the votes in the UK, and 36% worldwide.<ref name=eccleshare>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref name=cofc>Template:Cite news</ref>

Honorees

Before 2007, the selection process for the award was structured such that the year in which the award was given aligned with the year of publication for the books being considered. The books would be nominated and chosen during the year following their release, with the winners being announced and the medals presented in the early months of the subsequent year.<ref name=Archives>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

1930s

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CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Year	Author	Title	Publisher	Result	Ref.
1936	Template:Sortname	Pigeon Post	Jonathan Cape	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Sampson's Circus		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Ballet Shoes		Commended
1937	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	Template:Sort	Frederick Muller	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
1938	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	J. M. Dent	Winner
1939	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Heinemann	Winner

1940s

Medal winners and commended titles, 1940-1949<ref name="CCSU" />

Year	Author	Title	Publisher	Result	Ref.
1940	Template:Sortname	Visitors from London	J. M. Dent	Winner
1941	Template:Sortname	We Couldn't Leave Dinah	Jonathan Cape	Winner
1942	BB	Template:Sort	Eyre & Spottiswoode	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
1943	Prize withheld as no book considered suitable
1944	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Macmillan	Winner
1945	Prize withheld as no book considered suitable
1946	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	University of London	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
1947	Template:Sortname	Collected Stories for Children	Faber & Faber	Winner
1948	Template:Sortname	Sea Change	J. M. Dent	Winner
1949	Template:Sortname, illus. Agnes and Jack Allen	Template:Sort	Faber & Faber	Winner

1950s

Medal winners and commended titles, 1950-1959<ref name="CCSU" />

Year	Author	Title	Publisher	Result	Ref.
1950	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Oxford University Press	Winner
1951	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Methuen Publishing	Winner
1952	Template:Sortname	Template:SortTemplate:Efn	J. M. Dent	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
1953	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Oxford University Press	Winner
1954Template:Efn	Template:Sortname	Knight Crusader	Oxford University Press	Winner
	Template:Sortname and Kathleen Lines	Lavender's Blue: A Book of Nursery Rhymes		Special commendation
	Template:Sortname	Children of Green Knowe		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Over the Hills to Fabylon		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	English Fables and Fairy Stories		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
1955	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Oxford University Press	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Man Must Measure: The Wonderful World of Mathematics		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Candidate for Fame		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Minnow on the Say		Commended
1956	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	The Bodley Head	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Choristers' Cake		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Ransom for a Knight		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
1957	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Oxford University Press	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Sogberd's Grove		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Falconer's Lure		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
1958	Template:Sortname	[[Tom's Midnight Garden|Tom's Midnight GardenTemplate:Efn]]	Oxford University Press	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Warrior Scarlet		Commended
1959	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Oxford University Press	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Friday's Tunnel		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Quiet as Moss: 36 Poems		Commended

1960s

Medal winners and commended titles, 1960-1969<ref name="CCSU" />

Year	Author	Title	Publisher	Result	Ref.
1960	Template:Sortname, illus. by Marjorie Maitland Howard	Template:Sort	Phoenix House	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Seraphina		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
1961	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Faber & Faber	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname	Peter's Room		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Miss Happiness and Miss Flower		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Ragged Robin		Commended
	Template:Sortname	February's Road		Commended
1962	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Faber & Faber	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Castors Away		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Armour and Blade		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Windfall		Commended
1963	Template:Sortname	Time of Trial	Oxford University Press	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Kings, Bishops, Knights, and Pawns: Life in a Feudal Society		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Castaway Christmas		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Hell's Edge		Commended
1964	Template:Sortname	Nordy Bank	Oxford University Press	Winner
	Template:Sortname	London's Riverside		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Namesake		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
1965	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Oxford University Press	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Elidor		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	One is One		Commended
1966	Prize withheld as no book considered suitableTemplate:Efn
	Template:Sortname and Josephine Filmer-Sankey	Template:Sort		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Thunder in the Sky		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Marassa and Midnight		Commended
1967	Template:Sortname	Template:SortTemplate:Efn	Collins	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Smith		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Flambards		Commended
1968	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Faber & Faber	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	When Jays Fly to Barbmo		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Black Jack		Commended
1969	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Oxford University Press	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Flambards in Summer		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended

1980s

Medal winners and commended titles, 1980-1989<ref name="CCSU" />

Year	Author	Title	Publisher	Result	Ref.
1980	Template:Sortname, illus. by Michael Foreman	City of Gold and other stories from the Old Testament	Gollancz	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Nothing To Be Afraid Of		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
1981	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Chatto & Windus	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Bridget and William		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Goodnight Mister Tom		Commended
1982	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	J. M. Dent	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Wall of Words		Commended
1983	Template:Sortname	Handles	Kestrel	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Talking in Whispers		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	A Little Fear		Commended
1984	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	J. M. Dent	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Brother in the Land	Oxford University Press	Highly commended
1985	Template:Sortname, illus. Alan Marks	Storm[[1985 in literature|Template:Efn]]	Heinemann	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname	Nature of the Beast		Highly commended
1986	Template:Sortname	Granny Was a Buffer Girl	Methuen Publishing	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname	Isaac Campion		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Running Scared		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Chartbreaker		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Coal House		Commended
1987	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Faber & Faber	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Memory		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Wise Child		Commended
	Template:Sortname	King of the Cloud Forests		Commended
1988	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Oxford University Press	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Eva	Gollancz	Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Red Sky in the Morning		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Awaiting Developments		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
1989	Template:Sortname	Goggle-Eyes	Hamish Hamilton	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname, illus. by Philippe Dupasquier	Bill's New Frock	Egmont	Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended

1990s

Medal winners and commended titles, 1990-1999<ref name="CCSU" />

Year	Author	Title	Publisher	Result	Ref.
1990	Template:Sortname	Wolf	Oxford University Press	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Andersen Press	Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Riding the Waves		Commended
1991	Template:Sortname	Dear Nobody	Hamish Hamilton	Winner
	Template:Sortname, illus. by Nick Sharratt	Template:Sort	Doubleday	Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Real Tilly Beany		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
1992	Template:Sortname	Flour Babies	Hamish Hamilton	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Gulf		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Commended
1993	Template:Sortname	Stone Cold	Hamish Hamilton	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Someone Came Knocking		Commended
1994	Template:Sortname	Whispers in the Graveyard	Methuen Young Books	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Willa And Old Miss Annie		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Maphead		Highly commended
1995	Template:Sortname	[[Northern Lights (Pullman novel)|Northern LightsTemplate:Efn]]	Scholastic Point	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname	Double Act		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Raider		Commended
1996	Template:Sortname	[[Junk (novel)|JunkTemplate:Efn]]	Andersen Press	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Johnny and the Bomb		Commended
1997	Template:Sortname	River Boy	Oxford University Press	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Fire, Bed, and Bone		Highly commended
	Template:Sortname	Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone		Commended
1998	Template:Sortname	[[Skellig|SkelligTemplate:Efn]]	Hodder Children's Books	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
1999	Template:Sortname	Postcards from No Man's Land	The Bodley Head	Winner

2000s

Beginning in 2003, commendations were not presented, only short and longlists; only the shortlists are presented below.

Medal honorees, 2000-2009<ref name="CCSU" />

Year	Author	Title	Publisher	Age	Result	Ref.
2000	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Puffin Books		Winner	<ref name="CCSU" /><ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname	Troy			Highly commended	<ref name="CCSU" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort			Highly commended	<ref name="CCSU" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort			Commended	<ref name="CCSU" />
2001	Template:Sortname	The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents	Doubleday		Winner	<ref name="CCSU" />
	Template:Sortname	Stop The Train			Highly commended	<ref name="CCSU" />
	Template:Sortname	Love That Dog			Commended	<ref name="CCSU" />
2002	Template:Sortname	Ruby Holler	HarperCollins		Winner	<ref name="CCSU" />
	Template:Sortname	Up On Cloud Nine			Highly commended	<ref name="CCSU" />
2003	Template:Sortname	Template:SortTemplate:Efn	Bloomsbury	12+	Winner	<ref name="CCSU" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Hooder	10+	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	David Fickling	12+	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Macmillan	10+	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Private Peaceful	Collins Publishers	10+	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Sisterland	David Fickling	13+	Shortlist
2004	Template:Sortname	Millions	Macmillan	9+	Winner	<ref name="CCSU" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":6" />
	Template:Sortname	Looking for JJ	Scholastic	13+	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Al Capone Does My Shirts	Bloomsbury	11+	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Heartbeat	Bloomsbury	10+	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Macmillan	10+	Shortlist
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Doubleday	8+	Shortlist
2005	Template:Sortname	Tamar	Walker Books	14+	Winner	<ref name="CCSU" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":7" />
	Template:Sortname	Clay	Hooder	11+	Shortlist	<ref name=":16">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Framed	Macmillan	9+	Shortlist	<ref name=":16" />
	Template:Sortname	Turbulence	Hooder	12+	Shortlist	<ref name=":16" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Oxford University Press	12+	Shortlist	<ref name=":16" />
2007Template:Efn	Template:Sortname	Just in Case	Penguin	14+	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	14+	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	David Fickling	13+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2007"/>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Doubleday	12+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2007"/>
	Template:Sortname	Beast	Marion Lloyd	12+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2007"/>
	Template:Sortname	My Swordhand is Singing	Orion	10+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2007"/>
2008	Template:Sortname	Here Lies Arthur	Scholastic	12+	Winner	<ref name=":2" />
	Template:Sortname	Gatty's Tale	Orion	10+	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":17">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Ruby Red	Penguin	12+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2008" /><ref name=":17" />
	Template:Sortname	Crusade	Macmillan	10+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2008" /><ref name=":17" />
	Template:Sortname	Apache: Girl Warrior	Walker	12+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2008" /><ref name=":17" />
	Template:Sortname	What I Was	Penguin	12+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2008" /><ref name=":17" />
	Template:Sortname	Finding Violet Park	HarperCollins	12+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2008" /><ref name=":17" />
2009	Template:Sortname	Bog Child	David Fickling	12+	Winner	<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":8" />
	Template:Sortname	Black Rabbit Summer	Puffin	14+	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":18">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Airman	Puffin	9+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2009" /><ref name=":18" />
	Template:Sortname	Cosmic	Macmillan	8+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2009" /><ref name=":18" />
	Template:Sortname	Ostrich Boys	Definitions	12+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2009" /><ref name=":18" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Walker	14+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2009" /><ref name=":18" />
	Template:Sortname	Creature of the Night	Bodley Head	14+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2009" /><ref name=":18" />

2010s

Winning and shortlisted books, 2010-2019

Year	Author	Title	Publisher	Age	Result	Ref.
2010	Template:Sortname, illus. by Dave McKean and Chris Riddell	Template:Sort	Bloomsbury	9+	Winner	<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":9" />
	Template:Sortname	Chains	Bloomsbury	11+	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":19">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Penguin	14+	Shortlist	<ref name=":CILIP2010" /><ref name=":19" />
	Template:Sortname	Rowan the Strange	Oxford University Press	12+	Shortlist	<ref name=":CILIP2010" /><ref name=":19" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Walker	14+	Shortlist	<ref name=":CILIP2010" /><ref name=":19" />
	Template:Sortname	Nation	Doubleday	11+	Shortlist	<ref name=":CILIP2010" /><ref name=":19" />
	Template:Sortname	Fever Crumb	Scholastic	9+	Shortlist	<ref name=":CILIP2010" /><ref name=":19" />
	Template:Sortname	Revolver	Orion	12+	Shortlist	<ref name=":CILIP2010" /><ref name=":19" />
2011	Template:Sortname	Monsters of Men	Walker	14+	Winner	<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":10" />
	Template:Sortname	Prisoner of the Inquisition	Doubleday	12+	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Oxford University Press	10+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2011"/>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Puffin	12+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2011"/>
	Template:Sortname	White Crow	Orion	12+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2011"/>
	Template:Sortname	Out of Shadows	Andersen Press	14+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2011"/>
2012	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Walker	9+	Winner	<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":11" />
	Template:Sortname	My Name is Mina	Hodder	9+	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":20">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Small Change for Stuart	Doubleday	8+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2012" /><ref name=":20" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Walker	9+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2012" /><ref name=":20" />
	Template:Sortname	Everybody Jam	Andersen Press	12+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2012" /><ref name=":20" />
	Template:Sortname	Trash	David Fickling Books	12+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2012" /><ref name=":20" />
	Template:Sortname	My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece	Orion	10+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2012" /><ref name=":20" />
	Template:Sortname	Between Shades of Grey	Puffin	12+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2012" /><ref name=":20" />
2013	Template:Sortname	Maggot Moon	Hot Key Books	11+	Winner	<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":12" />
	Template:Sortname	The Weight of Water	Bloomsbury	9+	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":21">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Marion Lloyd Books	9+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2013" /><ref name=":21" />
	Template:Sortname	In Darkness	Bloomsbury	13+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2013" /><ref name=":21" />
	Template:Sortname	Wonder	Bodley Head	10+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2013" /><ref name=":21" />
	Template:Sortname	Midwinterblood	Indigo	11+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2013" /><ref name=":21" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	David Fickling Books	8+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2013" /><ref name=":21" />
	Template:Sortname	Code Name Verity	Electric Monkey	13+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2013" /><ref name=":21" />
2014	Template:Sortname	Template:SortTemplate:Efn	Puffin	14+	Winner	<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" /><ref name="Guardian2014">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	All the Truth That's in Me	Templar	14+	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":22">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	David Fickling Books	11+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2014" /><ref name=":22" />
	Template:Sortname	Ghost Hawk	Bodley Head	11+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2014" /><ref name=":22" />
	Template:Sortname	Blood Family	Doubleday	14+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2014" /><ref name=":22" />
	Template:Sortname	Rooftoppers	Faber & Faber	11+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2014" /><ref name=":22" />
	Template:Sortname	Liar & Spy	Andersen Press	9+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2014" /><ref name=":22" />
	Template:Sortname	The Wall	Bloomsbury	11+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2014" /><ref name=":22" />
2015	Template:Sortname	Buffalo Soldier	Walker	14+	Winner	<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":14" />
	Template:Sortname	When Mr Dog Bites	Bloomsbury	14+	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":23">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Apple and Rain	Bloomsbury	11+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2015" /><ref name=":23" />
	Template:Sortname	Tinder	Orion	11+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2015" /><ref name=":23" />
	Template:Sortname	Cuckoo Song	Macmillan	11+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2015" /><ref name=":23" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Macmillan	9+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2015" /><ref name=":23" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Usborne	11+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2015" /><ref name=":23" />
	Template:Sortname	More Than This	Walker	14+	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2015" /><ref name=":23" />
2016	Template:Sortname	One	Bloomsbury		Winner	<ref name=":15" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Macmillan		Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":24">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	There Will Be Lies	Bloomsbury		Shortlist	<ref name="FourGiants" /><ref name=":24" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Walker		Shortlist	<ref name="FourGiants" /><ref name=":24" />
	Template:Sortname	Five Children on the Western Front	Faber & Faber		Shortlist	<ref name="FourGiants" /><ref name=":24" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Indigo		Shortlist	<ref name="FourGiants" /><ref name=":24" />
	Template:Sortname	Lies We Tell Ourselves	HarperCollins		Shortlist	<ref name="FourGiants" /><ref name=":24" />
	Template:Sortname	Fire Colour One	HarperCollins		Shortlist	<ref name="FourGiants" /><ref name=":24" />
2017	Template:Sortname	Salt to the Sea	Puffin		Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth	Pan Macmillan		Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":25">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:SortTemplate:Efn	Orion Children's Books		Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2017" /><ref name=":25" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Faber & Faber		Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2017" /><ref name=":25" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Old Barn Books		Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2017" /><ref name=":25" />
	Template:Sortname and Meg Rosoff	Beck	Walker		Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2017" /><ref name=":25" />
	Template:Sortname	Railhead	Oxford University Press		Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2017" /><ref name=":25" />
	Template:Sortname	Wolf Hollow	Corgi		Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2017" /><ref name=":25" />
2018	Template:Sortname, illus. by Jane Milloy	Where the World Ends	Usborne		Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Wed Wabbit	David Fickling Books		Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":26">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	After the Fire	Usborne		Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2018" /><ref name=":26" />
	Template:Sortname	Rook	Barrington Stoke		Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2018" /><ref name=":26" />
	Template:Sortname	Release	Walker		Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2018" /><ref name=":26" />
	Template:Sortname	Saint Death	Orion		Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2018" /><ref name=":26" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:SortTemplate:Efn	Walker		Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2018" /><ref name=":26" />
	Template:Sortname	Beyond the Bright Sea	Corgi		Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2018" /><ref name=":26" />
2019	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Harper Teen		Winner	<ref name=":0" />
	Template:Sortname, illus. by Dawud Anyabwile	Rebound	Andersen Press		Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":27">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname, illus. by Elisa Paganelli	Template:Sort	Usborne		Shortlist	<ref name="Carnegie2019" /><ref name=":27" />
	Template:Sortname	Bone Talk	David Fickling Books		Shortlist	<ref name="Carnegie2019" /><ref name=":27" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Macmillan Children's Books		Shortlist	<ref name="Carnegie2019" /><ref name=":27" />
	Template:Sortname	Things a Bright Girl Can Do	Andersen Press		Shortlist	<ref name="Carnegie2019" /><ref name=":27" />
	Template:Sortname	Long Way Down	Faber Child		Shortlist	<ref name="Carnegie2019"/><ref name=":27" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Faber Child		Shortlist	<ref name="Carnegie2019" /><ref name=":27" />

2020s

Medal winners and Shortlists, 2020-2029

Year	Author	Title	Publisher	Result	Ref.
2020	Template:Sortname	Lark	Barrington Stoke	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname, illus. by Anshika Khullar	Template:Sort	Hachette Children's Group	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Nowhere on Earth	Hachette Children's Group	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2020"/>
	Template:Sortname	Patron Saints of Nothing	Little Tiger	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2020"/>
	Template:Sortname, trans. by Laura Watkinson	Lampie	Pushkin Children's Books	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2020"/>
	Template:Sortname and Julian Sedgwick, illus. by Alexis Deacon	Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black	Walker	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2020"/>
	Template:Sortname	On the Come Up	Walker	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2020"/>
	Template:Sortname	Girl. Boy. Sea.	Head of Zeus	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2020"/>
2021	Template:Sortname	Look Both Ways	Knights Of	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Clap When You Land	Hot Key Books	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":28">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname, illus. by Kathrin Honesta	Template:Sort	Usborne	Shortlist	<ref name="BooksPublishing2021" /><ref name=":28" />
	Template:Sortname, illus. by Kate Milner	Template:Sort	Otter-Barry Books	Shortlist	<ref name="BooksPublishing2021" /><ref name=":28" />
	Template:Sortname	On Midnight Beach	Faber & Faber	Shortlist	<ref name="BooksPublishing2021" /><ref name=":28" />
	Template:Sortname	Run, Rebel	Penguin	Shortlist	<ref name="BooksPublishing2021" /><ref name=":28" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Penguin	Shortlist	<ref name="BooksPublishing2021" /><ref name=":28" />
	Template:Sortname	Echo Mountain	Penguin	Shortlist	<ref name="BooksPublishing2021" /><ref name=":28" />
2022	Template:Sortname, illus. by Angela Harding	October, October	Bloomsbury	Winner	<ref name=":4" />
	Template:Sortname	Guard Your Heart	Pan Macmillan	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":29">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	When the Sky Falls	Andersen Press	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2022" /><ref name=":29" />
	Template:Sortname	Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town	Faber & Faber	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2022" /><ref name=":29" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Penguin	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2022" /><ref name=":29" />
	Template:Sortname, illus. by Chie Kutsuwada	Tsunami Girl	Guppy Publishing	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2022" /><ref name=":29" />
	Template:Sortname	Cane Warriors	Andersen Press	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2022" /><ref name=":29" />
	Template:Sortname and Yusef Salaam	Punching the Air	HarperCollins	Shortlist	<ref name="CILIP2022" /><ref name=":29" />
2023	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Firefly Press	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Bloomsbury Children’s Books	Shortlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":30">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	When Shadows Fall	Little Tiger	Shortlist	<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":30" />
	Template:Sortname	Medusa	Bloomsbury Children’s Books	Shortlist	<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":30" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Little Island	Shortlist	<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":30" />
	Template:Sortname	Needle	Barrington Stoke	Shortlist	<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":30" />
	Template:Sortname	I Must Betray You	Hodder Children's Books	Shortlist	<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":30" />
2024	Template:Sortname, illus. by Kate Milner	The Boy Lost in the Maze	Otter-Barry Books	Winner	<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":31" />
	Template:Sortname	The Door of No Return	Andersen	Shortlist	<ref name=":5">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":31">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	The Song Walker	Usborne	Shortlist	<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":31" />
	Template:Sortname	Away with Words	Little Tiger	Shortlist	<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":31" />
	Template:Sortname, illus. by Petr Horáček	Choose Love	Graffeg	Shortlist	<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":31" />
	Template:Sortname	Crossing the Line	Bonnier	Shortlist	<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":31" />
	Template:Sortname	Safiyyah's War	Andersen	Shortlist	<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":31" />
	Template:Sortname	Steady for This	Bonnier	Shortlist	<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":31" />
2025	Template:Sortname	Treacle Town	Andersen Press	Shortlist	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	The Things We Leave Behind	Simon & Schuster
	Template:Sortname, illus. by Joe Todd-Stanton	The Final Year	Otter-Barry Books
	Template:Sortname	King of Nothing	Bonnier
	Template:Sortname	Little Bang	Walker
	Template:Sortname	Glasgow Boys	Faber Children's
	Template:Sortname	All That It Ever Meant	Zephyr
	Template:Sortname	Play	Firefly Press

Repeat honorees

Eight authors have won two Carnegie Medals, which was prohibited for many years.Template:Citation needed Additionally, several authors have been shortlisted and/or commended multiple times.

The table below provides a list of authors who have been honoured, sorted first by number of honors and the rank of the honor (e.g., win is higher than commendation), then by the authors' last name. For the sake of ease, shortlists are considered of equal rank to commendations, though lower than high commendations. The table was last updated in March 2024.

Repeat honorees

Author	Wins	High commendations	Commendations	Shortlists
Template:Sortname	2 (1989, 1992)	3 (1989, 1996, 2002)		2 (2007, 2014)
Template:Sortname	2 (1975, 1981)	2 (1990, 1992)		1 (2007)Template:Efn
Template:Sortname	2 (1979, 1980)	1 (1988)	4 (1970, 1972, 1976, 1992)
Template:Sortname	2 (1988, 2018)	1 (2001)		3 (2005, 2011, 2015)
Template:Sortname	2 (1976, 1983)	1 (1980)		1 (2005)
Template:Sortname	2 (1986, 1991)	1 (1994)
Template:Sortname	2 (1982, 1984)	1 (1987)
Template:Sortname	2 (2011, 2012)			5 (2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018)
Template:Sortname	1 (1969)	6 (1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969)
Template:Sortname	1 (1957)	5 (1955, 1956, 1957, 1970)Template:Efn
Template:Sortname	1 (1959)	5 (1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1971)
Template:Sortname	1 (1990)	4 (1982, 1986, 1988, 1992)
Template:Sortname	1 (1996)	3 (1990, 1993, 2000)		2 (1996, 2007)Template:Efn
Template:Sortname	1 (1958)	3 (1977, 1979, 1983)		1 (2007)Template:Efn
Template:Sortname	1 (1970)	3 (1967, 1968, 1970)
Template:Sortname	1 (1961)	2 (1954, 1958)
Template:Sortname	1 (1963)	2 (1960, 1962)
Template:Sortname	1 (1995)	1 (2000)		2 (2004, 2007)Template:Efn
Template:Sortname	1 (2002)	1 (2001)		1 (2004)
Template:Sortname	1 (1967)	1 (1965)		1 (2007)Template:Efn
Template:Sort	1 (1952)	1 (1959)		1 (2007)Template:Efn
Template:Sortname	1 (2008)	1 (1996)		1 (2010)
Template:Sortname	1 (1951)	1 (1959)
Template:Sortname	1 (1956)	1 (1954)
Template:Sortname	1 (1938)	1 (1936)
Template:Sortname	1 (1993)	1 (1984)
Template:Sortname	1 (1998)			4 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2012)Template:Efn
Template:Sortname	1 (2004)			3 (2005, 2009, 2017)
Template:Sortname	1 (2017)			3 (2012, 2021, 2023)
Template:Sort	1 (2014)			2 (2007, 2009)
Template:Sortname	1 (2016)			2 (2013, 2015)
Template:Sortname	1 (1985)			2 (1985, 2008)Template:Efn
Template:Sortname	1 (2008)			2 (2010, 2017)
Template:Sortname	1 (2007)			2 (2008, 2011)
Template:Sortname	1 (2022)			1 (2023)
Template:Sortname	1 (1994)			1 (2011)
Template:Sortname	1 (2009)			1 (2007)
Template:Sortname	1 (2013)			1 (2015)
Template:Sortname	1 (2015)			1 (2008)
Template:Sortname	1 (2020)			1 (2018)
Template:Sortname	1 (2005)			1 (2017)
Jason Reynolds	1 (2021)			1 (2019)
Template:Sortname		4 (1969, 1971, 1973, 1967)
Template:Sortname		3 (1957, 1962, 1971)
Template:Sortname		3 (1957, 1961, 1963)
Template:Sortname		3 (1975, 1977, 1988)
Template:Sortname		3 (1954, 1956, 1965)
Template:Sortname		2 (1973, 1975)		1 (2014)
Template:Sortname		2 (1988, 1989)
Template:Sortname		2 (1979, 1986)
Template:Sortname		2 (1964, 1965)
Template:Sortname		2 (1956, 1961)
Template:Sortname		2 (1960, 1965)
Template:Sortname		2 (1985, 1986)
Template:Sortname		2 (1955, 1962)
Template:Sortname		2 (1954, 1961)
Template:Sortname		2 (1956, 1960)
Template:Sortname		2 (1963, 1969)
Template:Sortname		2 (1959, 1961)
Template:Sortname		2 (1991, 1995)
Template:Sortname		1 (1988)		3 (2003, 2008, 2015)
Template:Sortname		1 (1981)	1 (1981)
Template:Sortname		1 (1987)		1 (2003)
Template:Sortname				7 (2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2020)
Template:Sortname				3 (2015, 2016, 2019)
Template:Sortname				3 (2013, 2016, 2020)
Template:Sortname				3 (2017, 2018, 2021)
Elizabeth Acevedo				2 (2019, 2021)
Template:Sortname				2 (2019, 2021)
Template:Sortname				2 (2012, 2018)
Template:Sortname				2 (2017, 2022)
Template:Sortname				2 (2021, 2022)
Template:Sortname				2 (2016, 2019)
Template:Sortname				2 (2018, 2020)
Template:Sortname				2 (2008, 2016)
Joseph Coelho				2 (2021, 2024)

Multiple award recipients

Six books have won both the Carnegie Medal and the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, which was inaugurated 1967.(Dates are years of UK 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Sharon Creech, who won the Carnegie for Ruby Holler (2002), previously won the Newbery and two UK awards for Walk Two Moons (1994).<ref name="creech">

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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.<ref name="winners" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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

See also

• Carnegie Medal for Illustration
• 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

References

Citations

• Marcus Crouch and Alec Ellis, Chosen for children: an account of the books which have been awarded the Library Association Carnegie Medal, 1936–1975, Third edition, London: Library Association, 1977. Template:ISBN. — The second, 1967 edition by Crouch covers the first three decades. The third edition by Crouch and Alec Ellis comprises the second, except a new introduction by Ellis, plus coverage of the fourth decade by Ellis.

External links

• Official website