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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>
HistoryEdit
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>
ProcessEdit
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 awardEdit
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)
WinnersEdit
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 of CarnegiesEdit
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>
HonoreesEdit
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>
1930sEdit
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Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
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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 |
1940sEdit
Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Result | Ref. |
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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 |
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2000sEdit
Beginning in 2003, commendations were not presented, only short and longlists; only the shortlists are presented below.
Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Age | Result | Ref. |
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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" /> |
2010sEdit
Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Age | Result | Ref. | |
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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" /> |
2020sEdit
Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Result | Ref. | |
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2020 | Template:Sortname | Lark | Barrington Stoke | Winner | citation | CitationClass=web
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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
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Template:Sortname | Template:Sort | Bloomsbury Children’s Books | Shortlist | citation | CitationClass=web
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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
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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 honoreesEdit
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.
Author | Wins | High commendations | Commendations | Shortlists |
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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 recipientsEdit
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 alsoEdit
- 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
NotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
CitationsEdit
- 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.