Carnegie Medal for Writing#Carnegie of Carnegies
{{Short description|Annual award for writing a children's book published in the UK}}
{{distinguish|Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction}}
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| awarded_for = Outstanding new English-language book for children or young adults
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| sponsor = Scholastic, ALCS
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| year = {{start date and age|1936}}
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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".{{cite web|url=https://carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/about-the-awards.php|title=About the Awards|publisher=The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318171456/https://carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/about-the-awards.php|archive-date=18 March 2016}}
Nominated books must be written in English and first published in the UK during the preceding school year (September to August). Until 1969, the award was limited to books by British authors first published in England.{{cite book|last1=Cullinan|first1=Bernice E.|first2=Diane|last2=Goetz Person|date=2005|title=The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|page=149}} The first non-British medalist was Australian author Ivan Southall for Josh (1972). The original rules also prohibited winning authors from future consideration. 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.{{cite web |title=The CILIP Carnegie Medal |url=https://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/carnegie.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318171524/https://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/carnegie.php |archive-date=18 March 2016 |publisher=The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.cilip.org.uk/news/colin-mears-bequest-consultation|title=Colin Mears bequest consultation|author=|date=17 April 2015|publisher=Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals|access-date=15 March 2019}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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. It was established in 1936 by the British Library Association, to celebrate the centenary of Carnegie's birth, and inaugurated in 1937 with the award to Arthur Ransome for Pigeon Post (1936) and the identification of two "commended" books. This first Medal was dated 1936, but since 2007 the award has been dated by its year of presentation, not year of publication.
In 1955, the Kate Greenaway Medal, for "distinguished illustration in a book for children", was established as a companion to the Carnegie Medal.{{cite web|url=https://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/greenaway.php|title=The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal|author=|date=|publisher=The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=7 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707134945/https://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/greenaway.php|url-status=dead}}
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. In 2022, the two awards were renamed to the Carnegie Medal for Writing and the Carnegie Medal for Illustration.{{Cite web |title=CILIP Partners with Yoto to Unlock New Future for Carnegie Greenaway Awards |url=https://yotocarnegies.co.uk/cilip-partners-with-yoto-to-unlock-new-future-for-carnegie-greenaway-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507124113/https://yotocarnegies.co.uk/cilip-partners-with-yoto-to-unlock-new-future-for-carnegie-greenaway-awards/ |archive-date=7 May 2023 |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=Yoto Carnegies}}
From 2022 to 2024, the award was sponsored by the audio technology company Yoto and was called the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing.{{Cite web |title=Yoto to sponsor Carnegie and Greenaway Book Awards |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/yoto-to-sponsor-carnegie-and-greenaway-book-awards |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}} As of 2025 the awards are sponsored by Scholastic and the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS).{{Cite web |title=Partners and Sponsors |url=https://yotocarnegies.co.uk/about-the-awards/partners-and-sponsors/ |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=The Carnegies |language=}}
Process
CILIP members may nominate books each September and October, with the full list of valid nominations published in November.{{cite web|url=https://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/awards-process.php|title=Awards Process|author=|date=|publisher=The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=4 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104024529/https://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/awards-process.php|url-status=dead}} 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.
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".{{cite web|url=https://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/awards-process.php#criteria|title=Criteria: Carnegie Medal|author=|date=|publisher=The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=4 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104024529/https://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/awards-process.php#criteria|url-status=dead}} Multiple-author anthologies are excluded; however, co-authored single works are eligible.
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.
CILIP instructs the judging panel to consider plot, characterisation, and style. 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."
A diversity review in 2018 led to changes in the nomination and judging process to promote better representation of ethnic minority authors and books.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/27/carnegie-medal-promises-immediate-action-over-lack-of-diversity|first=Alison|last=Flood|title=Carnegie medal promises immediate action over lack of diversity|website=The Guardian|date=27 September 2018|access-date=27 August 2020|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926221429/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/27/carnegie-medal-promises-immediate-action-over-lack-of-diversity|url-status=live}}
2024 award
Joseph Coelho won the 2024 Carnegie Medal for The Boy Lost in the Maze,{{Cite web |first=Matilda |last=Battersby |title=Yoto Carnegie Medals go to Joseph Coelho and illustrator Aaron Becker |website=The Bookseller |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/yoto-carnegie-medals-go-to-joseph-coelho-and-illustrator-aaron-becker | date=2024-06-20 |access-date=2024-07-19 |language=en-GB}} 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:
- 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 2025, 86 medals were awarded. No eligible book published in 1943, 1945, or 1966 was considered suitable by the judging panel.
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.{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Medal for Writing Winners |url=https://carnegies.co.uk/archive/writing-winners/ |access-date=17 November 2024 |website=The Carnegies |publisher=}}
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 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6454463.html|url-status=dead|title=Rosoff, Grey Win Carnegie, Greenaway Medals in U.K.|last=Eccleshare|first=Julia|author-link=Julia Eccleshare|newspaper=Publishers Weekly|date=21 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007185734/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6454463.html|archive-date=7 October 2008|access-date=15 March 2019}}
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.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jun/22/books.booksnews|title=Pullman children's book voted best in 70 years|last=Ezard|first=John|newspaper=The Guardian|date=22 June 2007|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-date=29 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629155055/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jun/22/books.booksnews|url-status=live}}
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.{{Cite web |date= |title=Carnegie Winner Archives |url=http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/archive-full-list.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017234144/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/archive-full-list.php |archive-date=2018-10-17 |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards}}
= 1930s =
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Medal winners and commended titles, 1936-1939{{Cite web |title=Carnegie Medal Award |url=http://web.ccsu.edu/library/nadeau/award%20books/CarnegieMedal.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231442/http://web.ccsu.edu/library/nadeau/award%20books/CarnegieMedal.htm#Carnegie%20Medal |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=Central Connecticut State University}} !Year !Author !Title !Publisher !Result !Ref. |
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! rowspan="3" |1936 |{{sortname|last=Ransome|first=Arthur}} |Winner | |
| {{Sortname|Howard|Spring}}
|Sampson's Circus | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Noel|Streatfeild}}
| |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
!1937 |{{sortname|last=Garnett|first=Eve}}{{Efn|name=Top10}} |{{sort|1=Family from One End Street|2=The Family from One End Street}} |Winner |
| style="background:#cddeff"
!1938 |{{sortname|last=Streatfeild|first=Noel}} |{{sort|1=Circus Is Coming|2=The Circus Is Coming}} |Winner | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
!1939 |{{sortname|last=Doorly|first=Eleanor}} |{{sort|1=Radium Woman|2=The Radium Woman}} |Winner | |
= 1940s =
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Medal winners and commended titles, 1940-1949 !Year !Author !Title !Publisher !Result !Ref. |
| style="background:#cddeff"
!1940 |{{sortname|last=Barne|first=Kitty}} |Winner | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
!1941 |{{sortname|last=Treadgold|first=Mary}} |Winner | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
!1942 |BB |{{sort|1=Little Grey Men|2=The Little Grey Men}} |Winner |
| 1943
| colspan="4" |Prize withheld as no book considered suitable | |
|---|
| style="background:#cddeff"
!1944 |{{sortname|last=Linklater|first=Eric}} |{{sort|1=Wind on the Moon|2=The Wind on the Moon}} |Winner | |
| 1945
| colspan="4" |Prize withheld as no book considered suitable | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
!1946 |{{sortname|last=Goudge|first=Elizabeth}} |{{sort|1=Little White Horse|2=The Little White Horse}} |Winner |
| style="background:#cddeff"
!1947 |{{sortname|last=de la Mare|first=Walter}} |Collected Stories for Children |Winner | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
!1948 |{{sortname|last=Armstrong|first=Richard|dab=writer}} |Winner | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
!1949 |{{sortname|last=Allen|first=Agnes|dab=author}}, illus. Agnes and Jack Allen |{{sort|1=Story of Your Home|2=The Story of Your Home}} |Winner | |
= 1950s =
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Medal winners and commended titles, 1950-1959 !Year !Author !Title !Publisher !Result !Ref. |
| style="background:#cddeff"
!1950 |{{sortname|last=Vipont|first=Elfrida}} |{{sort|1=Lark on the Wing|2=The Lark on the Wing}} |Winner | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
!1951 |{{sortname|last=Harnett|first=Cynthia}} |{{sort|1=Wool-Pack|2=The Wool-Pack}} |Winner | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
!1952 |{{sortname|last=Norton|first=Mary|dab=writer}} |{{sort|1=Borrowers|2=The Borrowers}}{{Efn|name=Top10}} |Winner |
| style="background:#cddeff"
!1953 |{{sortname|last=Osmond|first=Edward}} |{{sort|1=Valley Grows Up|2=A Valley Grows Up}} |Winner | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="8" |1954{{Efn|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; no 1955 work was judged worthy in 1956, so the Medal was actually inaugurated one year later.}} |{{sortname|last=Welch|first=Ronald}} |Winner | |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{Sortname|Harold|Jones|dab=artist}} and Kathleen Lines |Lavender's Blue: A Book of Nursery Rhymes | |Special commendation | |
| {{Sortname|Lucy M.|Boston}}
| |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Nicholas Stuart|Gray}}
|Over the Hills to Fabylon | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|C. S.|Lewis}}
|{{Sort|Horse and his Boy|The Horse and His Boy}} | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Barbara Leonie|Picard}}
|{{Sort|LADY OF THE LINDEN TREE|The Lady of the Linden Tree}} | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|James|Reeves|dab=writer}}
|English Fables and Fairy Stories | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Rosemary|Sutcliff}}
|{{Sort|Eagle of the Ninth|The Eagle of the Ninth}} | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="6" |1955 |{{sortname|last=Farjeon|first=Eleanor}} |{{sort|1=Little Bookroom|2=The Little Bookroom}} |Winner | |
| {{Sortname|Lancelot|Hogben}}
|Man Must Measure: The Wonderful World of Mathematics | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Margaret|Jowett}}
|Candidate for Fame | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Jo|Manton}}
|{{Sort|Story of Albert Schweitzer|The Story of Albert Schweitzer}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Mayne|first=William}}
|{{Sort|SWARM IN MAY|A Swarm in May}} | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|A. Philippa|Pearce}}
| |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="7" |1956 |{{sortname|last=Lewis|first=C. S.}} |{{sort|1=Last Battle|2=The Last Battle}} |Winner |
| {{Sortname|Rumer|Godden}}
|{{Sort|FAIRY DOLL|The Fairy Doll}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Mayne|first=William}}
|Choristers' Cake | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Mayne|first=William}}
|{{sort|1=MEMBER FOR THE MARSH|2=The Member for the Marsh}} | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Barbara Leonie|Picard}}
|Ransom for a Knight | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Ian|Serraillier}}
|{{sort|1=SILVER SWORD|2=The Silver Sword}} | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Rosemary|Sutcliff}}
|{{sort|1=SHIELD RING|2=The Shield Ring}} | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="7" |1957 |{{sortname|last=Mayne|first=William}} |{{sort|1=Grass Rope|2=A Grass Rope}} |Winner | |
| {{sortname|last=Avery|first=Gillian}}
|{{sort|1=WARDEN'S NIECE|2=The Warden's Niece}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Barrett|first=Anne}}
|Sogberd's Grove | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Antonia|Forest}}
| |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Mayne|first=William}}
|{{sort|1=BLUE BOAT|2=The Blue Boat}} | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Katharine|Savage}}
|{{sort|1=STORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR|2=The Story of the Second World War}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Sutcliff|first=Rosemary}}
|{{sort|1=SILVER BRANCH|2=The Silver Branch}} | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" |1958 |{{sortname|last=Pearce|first=Philippa}} |Winner |
| {{Sortname|Lucy M.|Boston}}
|{{sort|1=Chimneys of Green Knowe|2=The Chimneys of Green Knowe}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Sutcliff|first=Rosemary}}
| |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="6" |1959 |{{sortname|last=Sutcliff|first=Rosemary}} |{{sort|1=Lantern Bearers|2=The Lantern Bearers}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Harnett|first=Cynthia}}
|{{sort|1=LOAD OF UNICORN|2=The Load of Unicorn}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Norton|first=Mary|dab=writer}}
|{{sort|1=BORROWERS AFLOAT |2=The Borrowers Afloat}} | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Margery|Sharp}}
|{{sort|1=RESCUERS|2=The Rescuers}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Verney|first=John|dab=author}}
|Friday's Tunnel | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Young|first=Andres}}
|Quiet as Moss: 36 Poems | |Commended | |
= 1960s =
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Medal winners and commended titles, 1960-1969 !Year !Author !Title !Publisher !Result !Ref. |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="6" |1960 |{{sortname|last=Cornwall|first=Ian Wolfran}}, illus. by Marjorie Maitland Howard |{{sort|1=Making of Man|2=The Making of Man}} |Phoenix House |Winner | |
| {{Sortname|Hester|Burton}}
|{{sort|1=GREAT GALE|2=The Great Gale}} | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Robert|Graves}}
|{{sort|1=PENNY FIDDLE|2=The Penny Fiddle}} | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Frederick|Grice}}
|{{sort|1=BONNY PIT LADDIE|2=The Bonny Pit Laddie}} | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Mary K.|Harris}}
|Seraphina | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Ian|Serraillier}}
|{{sort|1=IVORY HORN|2=The Ivory Horn}} | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |1961 |{{sortname|last=Boston|first=Lucy M.}} |{{sort|1=Stranger at Green Knowe|2=A Stranger at Green Knowe}} |Winner |
| {{Sortname|Antonia|Forest}}
| |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Rumer|Godden}}
|Miss Happiness and Miss Flower | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|James|Reeves|dab=writer}}
|Ragged Robin | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Verney|first=John|dab=author}}
|February's Road | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="7" |1962 |{{sortname|last=Clarke|first=Pauline}} |{{sort|1=Twelve and the Genii|2=The Twelve and the Genii}} |Winner | |
| {{sortname|last=Avery|first=Gillian}}
|{{Sort|GREATEST GRESHAM|The Greatest Gresham}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Burton|first=Hester}}
|Castors Away | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Samuel E.|Ellacott}}
|Armour and Blade | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Penelope|Farmer}}
|{{Sort|Summer Birds|The Summer Birds}} | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Jo|Manton}}
|{{Sort|STORY OF JOHN KEATS|The Story of John Keats}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Peyton|first=K. M.}}
|Windfall | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="6" |1963 |{{sortname|last=Burton|first=Hester}} |Winner | |
| {{sortname|last=Allan|first=Eric|nolink=1}}
|{{Sort|LATCHKEY CHILDREN|The Latchkey Children}} | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Ralph|Arnold|dab=publisher}}
|Kings, Bishops, Knights, and Pawns: Life in a Feudal Society | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Margaret J.|Baker}}
|Castaway Christmas | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Antonia|Forest}}
|{{Sort|THURSDAY KIDNAPPING|The Thursday Kidnapping}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Townsend|first=John Rowe}}
|Hell's Edge | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |1964 |{{sortname|last=Porter|first=Sheena}} |Winner | |
| {{Sortname|first=Eric S.|last=de Mare}}
|London's Riverside | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|first=Jenny Grace|last=Fyson}}
|{{Sort|THREE BROTHERS OF UR|The Three Brothers of Ur}} | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|C. Walter|Hodges}}
|Namesake | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Peyton|first=K. M.}}
|{{Sort|Maplin Bird|The Maplin Bird}} | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="7" |1965 |{{sortname|last=Turner|first=Philip|dab=writer}} |{{sort|1=Grange at High Force|2=The Grange at High Force}} |Winner | |
| {{Sortname|Alan|Garner}}
| |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Jenny Grace|Fyson}}
|{{Sort|JOURNEY OF THE ELDEST SON|The Journey of the Eldest Son}} | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Mary K.|Harris}}
|{{Sort|Bus Girls|The Bus Girls}} | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|C.|Headington}}
|{{Sort|ORCHESTRA AND ITS INSTRUMENTS|The Orchestra and Its Instruments}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Peyton|first=K. M.}}
|{{Sort|Plan for Birdmarsh|The Plan for Birdmarsh}} | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Barbara Leonie|Picard}}
|One is One | |Commended | |
| rowspan="5" |1966
| colspan="4" |Prize withheld as no book considered suitable{{Efn|Although no medal was awarded, one book was "Highly commended", the first time this designation was used.|name=HC1966}} | |
|---|
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Denny|first=Norman}} and Josephine Filmer-Sankey |{{sort|1=Bayeux Tapestry: The Story of the Norman Conquest, 1066|2=The Bayeux Tapestry: The Story of the Norman Conquest, 1066}} | |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Griffith|first=Helen|nolink=1}}
|{{Sort|WILD HORSE OF SANTANDER|The Wild Horse of Santander}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Peyton|first=K. M.}}
|Thunder in the Sky | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Stuart|first=Morna}}
|Marassa and Midnight | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |1967 |{{sortname|last=Garner|first=Alan}} |{{sort|1=Owl Service|2=The Owl Service}}{{Efn|name=Top10}} |Winner |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Treece|first=Henry}} |{{sort|1=Dream Time|2=The Dream Time}} | |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Cresswell|first=Helen}}
|{{Sort|Piemakers|The Piemakers}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Garfield|first=Leon}}
|Smith | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Peyton|first=K. M.}}
| |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |1968 |{{sortname|last=Harris|first=Rosemary|dab=writer}} |{{sort|1=Moon in the Cloud|2=The Moon in the Cloud}} |Winner | |
| {{sortname|last=Aiken|first=Joan}}
|{{Sort|WHISPERING MOUNTAIN|The Whispering Mountain}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Balderson|first=Margaret}}
| |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Garfield|first=Leon}}
|Black Jack | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |1969 |{{sortname|last=Peyton|first=K. M.}} |{{sort|1=Edge of the Cloud|2=The Edge of the Cloud}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Cresswell|first=Helen}}
|{{Sort|Night Watchman|The Night Watchman}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Peyton|first=K. M.}}
| |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Townsend|first=John Rowe}}
|{{Sort|INTRUDER|The Intruder}} | |Commended | |
= 1970s =
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Medal winners and commended titles, 1970-1979 !Year !Author !Title !Publisher !Result !Ref. |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |1970 |{{sortname|last=Garfield|first=Leon}} and Edward Blishen, illus. by Charles Keeping |{{sort|1=God Beneath the Sea|2=The God Beneath the Sea}} |Winner | |
| {{sortname|last=Dickinson|first=Peter}}
|{{Sort|DEVIL'S CHILDREN|The Devil's Children}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Garfield|first=Leon}}
|{{Sort|Drummer Boy|The Drummer Boy}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Mayne|first=William}}
|Ravensgill | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |1971 |{{sortname|last=Southall|first=Ivan}} |Josh |Winner | |
| {{sortname|last=Avery|first=Gillian}}
|{{Sort|Likely Lad|A Likely Lad}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Cresswell|first=Helen}}
|Up the Pier | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Rosemary|Sutcliff}}
| |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" |1972 |{{sortname|last=Adams|first=Richard}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Dickinson|first=Peter}}
|{{Sort|Dancing Bear|The Dancing Bear}} | |Commended | |
| {{Sortname|Emma|Smith|dab=author}}
|No Way of Telling | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |1973 |{{sortname|last=Lively|first=Penelope}} |{{sort|1=Ghost of Thomas Kempe|2=The Ghost of Thomas Kempe}} |Winner | |
| {{sortname|last=Bawden|first=Nina}}
| |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Cooper|first=Susan}}
| |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Cresswell|first=Helen}}
|The Bongleweed | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |1974 |{{sortname|last=Hunter|first=Mollie}} |{{sort|1=Stronghold|2=The Stronghold}} |Winner | |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Ribbons|first=Ian}} |{{sort|1=Battle of Gettysburg, 1–3 July 1963 |2=The Battle of Gettysburg, 1–3 July 1963 }} |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Cawley|first=Winifred}}
| |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Walsh|first=Jill Paton}}
|{{Sort|Emperor's Winding Sheet|The Emperor's Winding Sheet}} | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" |1975 |{{sortname|last=Westall|first=Robert}} |{{sort|1=Machine Gunners|2=The Machine Gunners}}{{Efn|name=Top10}} |Winner | |
| {{sortname|last=Cooper|first=Susan}}
|{{Sort|Grey King|The Grey King}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Jones|first=Diana Wynne}}
| |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="2" |1976 |{{sortname|last=Mark|first=Jan}} |Kestrel |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Dickinson|first=Peter}}
|{{Sort|Blue Hawk|The Blue Hawk}} | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |1977 |{{sortname|last=Kemp|first=Gene}} |{{sort|1=Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler|2=The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler}} |Winner |
| {{Sortname|Peter|Carter|dab=author}}
|Under Goliath | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Jones|first=Diana Wynne}}
| |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Pearce|first=Philippa}}
|{{Sort|Shadow-Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural|The Shadow-Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural}} | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
!1978 |{{sortname|last=Rees|first=David|dab=author}} |{{sort|1=Exeter Blitz|2=The Exeter Blitz}} |Winner | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |1979 |{{sortname|last=Dickinson|first=Peter}} |Winner |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Sancha|first=Sheila}} |{{sort|1=Castle Story|2=The Castle Story}} | |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Ashley|first=Bernard|dab=author}}
|{{Sort|Wild Kind of Justice|A Wild Kind of Justice}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Pearce|first=Philippa}}
|{{Sort|BATTLE OF BUBBLE AND SQUEAK|The Battle of Bubble and Squeak}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Westall|first=Robert}}
|{{Sort|DEVIL ON THE ROAD|The Devil on the Road}} | |Commended | |
= 1980s =
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Medal winners and commended titles, 1980-1989 !Year !Author !Title !Publisher !Result !Ref. |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |1980 |{{sortname|last=Dickinson|first=Peter}}, illus. by Michael Foreman |City of Gold and other stories from the Old Testament |Winner | |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Mark|first=Jan}} |Nothing To Be Afraid Of | |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Branfield|first=John}}
|{{Sort|Fox in Winter|The Fox in Winter}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Needle|first=Jan}}
|{{Sort|Sense of Shame|A Sense of Shame}} | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |1981 |{{sortname|last=Westall|first=Robert}} |{{sort|1=Scarecrows|2=The Scarecrows}} |Winner | |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Gardam|first=Jane}} |{{sort|1=Hollow Land|2=The Hollow Land}} | |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Gardam|first=Jane}}
|Bridget and William | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Magorian|first=Michelle}}
| |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" |1982 |{{sortname|last=Mahy|first=Margaret}} |{{sort|1=Haunting|2=The Haunting}} |Winner |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Cross|first=Gillian}} |{{sort|1=Dark Behind the Curtain|2=The Dark Behind the Curtain}} | |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Kennemore|first=Tim}}
|Wall of Words | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |1983 |{{sortname|last=Mark|first=Jan}} |Kestrel |Winner | |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Watson|first=James|dab=author}} |Talking in Whispers | |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Pearce|first=Philippa}}
|{{Sort|Way to Sattin Shore|The Way to Sattin Shore}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Wrightson|first=Patricia}}
|A Little Fear | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="2" |1984 |{{sortname|last=Mahy|first=Margaret}} |{{sort|1=Changeover|2=The Changeover}} |Winner | |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Swindells|first=Robert}} |Highly commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="2" |1985 |{{sortname|last=Crossley-Holland|first=Kevin}}, illus. Alan Marks |Winner |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Howker|first=Janni}} |Nature of the Beast | |Highly commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |1986 |{{sortname|last=Doherty|first=Berlie}} |Winner |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Howker|first=Janni}} |Isaac Campion | |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Ashley|first=Bernard|dab=author}}
|Running Scared | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Cross|first=Gillian}}
|Chartbreaker | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Taylor|first=Andrew|dab=author}}
|Coal House | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |1987 |{{sortname|last=Price|first=Susan}} |{{sort|1=Ghost Drum|2=The Ghost Drum}} |Winner | |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Mahy|first=Margaret}} |Memory | |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Dunlop|first=Eileen}}
|{{Sort|House on the Hill|The House on the Hill}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Furlong|first=Monica}}
|Wise Child | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Morpurgo|first=Michael}}
| |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="7" |1988 |{{sortname|last=McCaughrean|first=Geraldine}} |{{sort|1=Pack of Lies|2=A Pack of Lies}} |Winner |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Cross|first=Gillian}} |{{sort|1=Map of Nowhere|2=A Map of Nowhere}} | |Highly commended | |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Dickinson|first=Peter}} |Eva |Highly commended | |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Laird|first=Elizabeth|dab=author}} | |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Alcock|first=Vivien}}
|{{Sort|Monster Garden|The Monster Garden}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Allen|first=Judy}}
|Awaiting Developments | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Jones|first=Diana Wynne}}
|{{Sort|Lives of Christopher Chant|The Lives of Christopher Chant}} | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |1989 |{{sortname|last=Fine|first=Anne}} |Winner |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Fine|first=Anne}}, illus. by Philippe Dupasquier |Highly commended | |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Lloyd|first=Carole}} |{{sort|1=Charlie Barber Treatment|2=The Charlie Barber Treatment}} | |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Alcock|first=Vivien}}
|{{Sort|Trial of Anna Cotman|The Trial of Anna Cotman}} | |Commended | |
= 1990s =
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Medal winners and commended titles, 1990-1999 !Year !Author !Title !Publisher !Result !Ref. |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |1990 |{{sortname|last=Cross|first=Gillian}} |Wolf |Winner |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Burgess|first=Melvin}} |{{sort|1=Cry of the Wolf|2=The Cry of the Wolf}} |Highly commended | |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Westall|first=Robert}} |{{sort|1=Kingdom by the Sea|2=The Kingdom by the Sea}} | |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Tomlinson|first=Theresa}}
|Riding the Waves | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |1991 |{{sortname|last=Doherty|first=Berlie}} |Winner | |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Wilson|first=Jacqueline}}, illus. by Nick Sharratt |{{sort|1=Story of Tracy Beaker|2=The Story of Tracy Beaker}} |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Dalton|first=Annie}}
|Real Tilly Beany | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Kilworth|first=Garry}}
|{{Sort|Drowners|The Drowners}} | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |1992 |{{sortname|last=Fine|first=Anne}} |Winner | |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Westall|first=Robert}} |Gulf | |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Dickinson|first=Peter}}
|{{Sort|Bone from a Dry Sea|A Bone from a Dry Sea}} | |Commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Cross|first=Gillian}}
|{{Sort|Great Elephant Chase|The Great Elephant Chase}} | |Commended | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |1993 |{{sortname|last=Swindells|first=Robert}} |Winner | |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Burgess|first=Melvin}} |{{sort|1=Baby and Fly Pie|2=The Baby and Fly Pie}} | |Highly commended | |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Nimmo|first=Jenny}} |{{sort|1=Stone Mouse|2=The Stone Mouse}} | |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Merrick|first=Anne}}
|Someone Came Knocking | |Commended | |
| style=background:#cddeff
! rowspan="3" |1994 |{{sortname|last=Breslin|first=Theresa}} |Winner | |
| style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|{{sortname|last=Doherty|first=Berlie}} |Willa And Old Miss Annie | |Highly commended | |
| style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|{{sortname|last=Howarth|first=Lesley}} |Maphead | |Highly commended | |
| style=background:#cddeff
! rowspan="3" |1995 |{{sortname|last=Pullman|first=Philip}} |Northern Lights (Pullman novel) |Winner |
| style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|{{sortname|last=Wilson|first=Jacqueline}} | |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Gates|first=Susan}}
| |Commended | |
| style=background:#cddeff
! rowspan="3" |1996 |{{sortname|last=Burgess|first=Melvin}} |Winner |
| style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|{{sortname|last=Fine|first=Anne}} |{{sort|1=Tulip Touch|2=The Tulip Touch}} | |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Pratchett|first=Terry}}
| |Commended | |
| style=background:#cddeff
! rowspan="3" |1997 |{{sortname|last=Bowler|first=Tim}} |Winner | |
| style=background:LemonChiffon; color:black
|{{sortname|last=Branford|first=Henrietta}} | |Highly commended | |
| {{sortname|last=Rowling|first=J. K.}}
|Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone | |Commended | |
| style=background:#cddeff
!1998 |{{sortname|last=Almond|first=David}} |Winner |
| style=background:#cddeff
!1999 |{{sortname|last=Chambers|first=Aidan}} |Winner | |
= 2000s =
Beginning in 2003, commendations were not presented, only short and longlists; only the shortlists are presented below.
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
!Year !Author !Title !Publisher !Age !Result !Ref. |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |2000 |{{sortname|last=Naidoo|first=Beverley}} |{{Sort|Other Side Of Truth|The Other Side of Truth}} | |Winner |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Geras|first=Adèle}} |Troy | | |Highly commended |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Pullman|first=Philip}} |{{Sort|Amber Spyglass|The Amber Spyglass}} | | |Highly commended |
| {{sortname|last=Burgess|first=Melvin}}
|{{Sort|Ghost Behind The Wall|The Ghost Behind The Wall}} | | |Commended |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" |2001 |{{sortname|last=Pratchett|first=Terry}} |The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents | |Winner |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=McCaughrean|first=Geraldine}} | | |Highly commended |
| {{sortname|last=Creech|first=Sharon}}
| | |Commended |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="2" |2002 |{{sortname|last=Creech|first=Sharon}} | |Winner |
| style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Fine|first=Anne}} |Up On Cloud Nine | | |Highly commended |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="6" |2003 |{{sortname|last=Donnelly|first=Jennifer}} |{{Sort|Gathering Light|A Gathering Light}}{{Efn|name=Top10}} |12+ |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Almond|first=David}}
|{{sort|1=Fire Eaters|2=The Fire-Eaters}} |10+ |Shortlist | |
| {{sortname|last=Haddon|first=Mark}}
|{{sort|1=Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time|2=The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time}} |12+ |Shortlist | |
| {{sortname|last=Laird|first=Elizabeth|dab=author}}
|{{sort|1=Garbage King|2=The Garbage King}} |10+ |Shortlist | |
| {{sortname|last=Morpurgo|first=Michael}}
|10+ |Shortlist | |
| {{sortname|last=Newbery|first=Linda}}
|Sisterland |13+ |Shortlist | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="6" |2004 |{{sortname|last=Cottrell-Boyce|first=Frank}} |9+ |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Cassidy|first=Anne}}
|13+ |Shortlist | |
| {{sortname|last=Choldenko|first=Gennifer}}
|11+ |Shortlist | |
| {{sortname|last=Creech|first=Sharon}}
|10+ |Shortlist | |
| {{sortname|last=Ibbotson|first=Eva}}
|{{sort|1=Star of Kazan|2=The Star of Kazan}} |10+ |Shortlist | |
| {{sortname|last=Pullman|first=Philip}}
|{{sort|1=Scarecrow and his Servant|2=The Scarecrow and His Servant}} |8+ |Shortlist | |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |2005 |{{sortname|last=Peet|first=Mal}} |14+ |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Almond|first=David}}
|Clay |11+ |Shortlist |{{Cite news |last=Pauli |first=Michelle |date=2006-05-05 |title=Veterans dominate Carnegie medal shortlist |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/may/05/carnegiemedal2005.carnegiemedal |access-date=2023-06-06 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=10 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010195049/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/may/05/carnegiemedal2005.carnegiemedal |url-status=live }} |
| {{sortname|last=Cottrell-Boyce|first=Frank}}
|9+ |Shortlist |
| {{sortname|last=Mark|first=Jan}}
|12+ |Shortlist |
| {{sortname|last=McCaughrean|first=Geraldine}}
|{{sort|1=White Darkness|2=The White Darkness}} |12+ |Shortlist |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="6" |2007{{Efn|Prior to 2007, the award year aligned with eligible books' year of publication; in 2007 and later years, the award year followed eligible books' year of publication.}} |{{sortname|last=Rosoff|first=Meg}} |14+ |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Brooks|first=Kevin|dab=writer}}
|{{sort|1=Road of the Dead|2=The Road of the Dead}} |{{sort|1=Chicken House|2=The Chicken House}} |14+ |Shortlist |
| {{sortname|last=Dowd|first=Siobhan}}
|{{sort|1=Swift Pure Cry|2=A Swift Pure Cry}} |13+ |Shortlist |
| {{sortname|last=Fine|first=Anne}}
|{{sort|1=Road of Bones|2=The Road of Bones}} |12+ |Shortlist |
| {{sortname|last=Kennen|first=Ally}}
|Marion Lloyd |12+ |Shortlist |
| {{sortname|last=Sedgwick|first=Marcus}}
|10+ |Shortlist |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="7" |2008 |{{sortname|last=Reeve|first=Philip}} |12+ |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Crossley-Holland|first=Kevin}}
|Gatty's Tale |10+ |Shortlist |{{Cite web |date= |title=The CILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlist for 2008 |url=http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/2008awards/carnegie_shortlist.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524084711/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/2008awards/carnegie_shortlist.php |archive-date=2012-05-24 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards}}{{Cite news |last=Pauli |first=Michelle |date=2008-04-18 |title=Carnegie shortlist takes children back in time |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/apr/18/carnegiemedal.culture |access-date=2023-06-06 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=12 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312111332/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/apr/18/carnegiemedal.culture |url-status=live }} |
| {{sortname|last=Glass|first=Linzi}}
|Ruby Red |12+ |Shortlist |
| {{sortname|last=Laird|first=Elizabeth|dab=author}}
|10+ |Shortlist |
| {{sortname|last=Landman|first=Tanya}}
|Apache: Girl Warrior |12+ |Shortlist |
| {{sortname|last=Rosoff|first=Meg}}
|12+ |Shortlist |
| {{sortname|last=Valentine|first=Jenny}}
|12+ |Shortlist |
| style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="7" |2009 |{{sortname|last=Dowd|first=Siobhan}} |12+ |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Brooks|first=Kevin|dab=writer}}
|Black Rabbit Summer |14+ |Shortlist |{{Cite web |date= |title=The CILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlist for 2009 |url=http://carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/2009awards/carnegie_shortlist.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311004455/http://carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/2009awards/carnegie_shortlist.php |archive-date=2016-03-11 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards}}{{Cite news |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=2009-04-23 |title=Carnegie medal judges draw up 'boysy' shortlist |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/apr/24/carnegie-medal-shortlist |access-date=2023-06-06 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=21 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021093605/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/apr/24/carnegie-medal-shortlist |url-status=live }} |
| {{sortname|last=Colfer|first=Eoin}}
|9+ |Shortlist |
| {{sortname|last=Cottrell-Boyce|first=Frank}}
|Cosmic |8+ |Shortlist |
| {{sortname|last=Gray|first=Keith}}
|Ostrich Boys |Definitions |12+ |Shortlist |
| {{sortname|last=Ness|first=Patrick}}
|{{sort|1=Knife of Never Letting Go|2=The Knife of Never Letting Go}} |14+ |Shortlist |
| {{sortname|last=Thompson|first=Kate|dab=author}}
|14+ |Shortlist |
= 2010s =
= 2020s =
Repeat honorees
Eight authors have won two Carnegie Medals, which was prohibited for many years.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} 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.
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Repeat honorees !Author !Wins !High commendations !Commendations !Shortlists |
| {{sortname|Anne |Fine}}
|2 (1989, 1992) |3 (1989, 1996, 2002) | |2 (2007, 2014) |
| {{sortname|Robert |Westall}}
|2 (1975, 1981) |2 (1990, 1992) | |1 (2007){{Efn|Westfall's The Machine Gunners was shortlisted for the 2007 Carnegie of Carnegie's award.}} |
| {{Sortname|Peter|Dickinson}}
|2 (1979, 1980) |1 (1988) |4 (1970, 1972, 1976, 1992) | |
| {{sortname|Geraldine |McCaughrean}}
|2 (1988, 2018) |1 (2001) | |3 (2005, 2011, 2015) |
| {{sortname|Jan |Mark}}
|2 (1976, 1983) |1 (1980) | |1 (2005) |
| {{sortname|Berlie |Doherty}}
|2 (1986, 1991) |1 (1994) | | |
| {{sortname|Margaret |Mahy}}
|2 (1982, 1984) |1 (1987) | | |
| {{sortname|Patrick |Ness}}
|2 (2011, 2012) | | |5 (2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018) |
| {{sortname|K. M. |Peyton}}
|1 (1969) |6 (1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969) | | |
| {{sortname|William |Mayne}}
|1 (1957) |5 (1955, 1956, 1957, 1970){{Efn|Two of Mayne's books were highly commended in 1956.}} | | |
| {{sortname|Rosemary |Sutcliff}}
|1 (1959) |5 (1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1971) | | |
| {{sortname|Gillian |Cross}}
|1 (1990) |4 (1982, 1986, 1988, 1992) | | |
| {{sortname|Melvin |Burgess}}
|1 (1996) |3 (1990, 1993, 2000) | |2 (1996, 2007){{Efn|Burgess's Junk was shortlisted for the 2007 Carnegie of Carnegies.}} |
| {{sortname|Philippa |Pearce}}
|1 (1958) |3 (1977, 1979, 1983) | |1 (2007){{Efn|Pearce's Tom's Midnight Garden was selected for the 2007 Carnegie of Carnegie Top 10.}} |
| {{sortname|Leon |Garfield}}
|1 (1970) |3 (1967, 1968, 1970) | | |
| {{sortname|Lucy M. |Boston}}
|1 (1961) |2 (1954, 1958) | | |
| {{sortname|Hester |Burton}}
|1 (1963) |2 (1960, 1962) | | |
| {{sortname|Philip |Pullman}}
|1 (1995) |1 (2000) | |2 (2004, 2007){{Efn|1=Pullman's Northern Lights was selected for the 2007 Carnegie of Carnegie's Top 10.}} |
| {{sortname|Sharon |Creech}}
|1 (2002) |1 (2001) | |1 (2004) |
| {{sortname|Alan |Garner}}
|1 (1967) |1 (1965) | |1 (2007){{Efn|Westfall's The Machine Gunners was selected for the 2007 Carnegie of Carnegie's award.}} |
| {{sort|norton, mary|Mary Norton}}
|1 (1952) |1 (1959) | |1 (2007){{Efn|Norton's The Borrowers was selected for the 2007 Carnegie of Carnegie's Top 10.}} |
| {{sortname|Terry |Pratchett}}
|1 (2008) |1 (1996) | |1 (2010) |
| {{sortname|Cynthia |Harnett}}
|1 (1951) |1 (1959) | | |
| {{sortname|C. S. |Lewis}}
|1 (1956) |1 (1954) | | |
| {{sortname|Noel |Streatfeild}}
|1 (1938) |1 (1936) | | |
| {{sortname|Robert |Swindells}}
|1 (1993) |1 (1984) | | |
| {{sortname|David |Almond}}
|1 (1998) | | |4 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2012){{Efn|Almond's Skellig was shortlisted for the 2007 Carnegie of Carnegie's award.}} |
| {{sortname|last=Cottrell-Boyce|first=Frank}}
|1 (2004) | | |3 (2005, 2009, 2017) |
| {{sortname|Ruta |Sepetys}}
|1 (2017) | | |3 (2012, 2021, 2023) |
| {{sort|brooks, kevin|Kevin Brooks}}
|1 (2014) | | |2 (2007, 2009) |
| {{sortname|Sarah |Crossan}}
|1 (2016) | | |2 (2013, 2015) |
| {{sortname|Kevin |Crossley-Holland}}
|1 (1985) | | |2 (1985, 2008){{Efn|Crossley-Holland's Storm was shortlisted for the 2007 Carnegie of Carnegie award.}} |
| {{sortname|Philip |Reeve}}
|1 (2008) | | |2 (2010, 2017) |
| {{sortname|Meg |Rosoff}}
|1 (2007) | | |2 (2008, 2011) |
| {{sortname|last=Balen|first=Katya}}
|1 (2022) | | |1 (2023) |
| {{sortname|last=Breslin|first=Theresa}}
|1 (1994) | | |1 (2011) |
| {{sortname|Siobhan |Dowd}}
|1 (2009) | | |1 (2007) |
| {{sortname|Sally |Gardner}}
|1 (2013) | | |1 (2015) |
| {{sortname|Tanya |Landman}}
|1 (2015) | | |1 (2008) |
| {{sortname|Anthony |McGowan}}
|1 (2020) | | |1 (2018) |
| {{sortname|Mal |Peet}}
|1 (2005) | | |1 (2017) |
| Jason Reynolds
|1 (2021) | | |1 (2019) |
| {{sortname|last=Cresswell|first=Helen}}
| |4 (1969, 1971, 1973, 1967) | | |
| {{sortname|last=Avery|first=Gillian}}
| |3 (1957, 1962, 1971) | | |
| {{Sortname|Antonia|Forest}}
| |3 (1957, 1961, 1963) | | |
| {{sortname|last=Jones|first=Diana Wynne}}
| |3 (1975, 1977, 1988) | | |
| {{Sortname|Barbara Leonie|Picard}}
| |3 (1954, 1956, 1965) | | |
| {{sortname|last=Cooper|first=Susan}}
| |2 (1973, 1975) | |1 (2014) |
| {{sortname|last=Alcock|first=Vivien}}
| |2 (1988, 1989) | | |
| {{sortname|last=Ashley|first=Bernard|dab=author}}
| |2 (1979, 1986) | | |
| {{Sortname|first=Jenny Grace|last=Fyson}}
| |2 (1964, 1965) | | |
| {{Sortname|Rumer|Godden}}
| |2 (1956, 1961) | | |
| {{Sortname|Mary K.|Harris}}
| |2 (1960, 1965) | | |
| {{sortname|last=Howker|first=Janni}}
| |2 (1985, 1986) | | |
| {{Sortname|Jo|Manton}}
| |2 (1955, 1962) | | |
| {{Sortname|James|Reeves|dab=writer}}
| |2 (1954, 1961) | | |
| {{Sortname|Ian|Serraillier}}
| |2 (1956, 1960) | | |
| {{sortname|last=Townsend|first=John Rowe}}
| |2 (1963, 1969) | | |
| {{sortname|last=Verney|first=John|dab=author}}
| |2 (1959, 1961) | | |
| {{sortname|last=Wilson|first=Jacqueline}}
| |2 (1991, 1995) | | |
| {{sortname|last=Laird|first=Elizabeth|dab=author}}
| |1 (1988) | |3 (2003, 2008, 2015) |
| {{sortname|last=Gardam|first=Jane}}
| |1 (1981) |1 (1981) | |
| {{sortname|last=Morpurgo|first=Michael}}
| |1 (1987) | |1 (2003) |
| {{sortname|last=Sedgwick|first=Marcus}}
| | | |7 (2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2020) |
| {{sortname|last=Hardinge|first=Frances}}
| | | |3 (2015, 2016, 2019) |
| {{sortname|last=Lake|first=Nick}}
| | | |3 (2013, 2016, 2020) |
| {{sortname|last=Wolk|first=Lauren}}
| | | |3 (2017, 2018, 2021) |
| Elizabeth Acevedo
| | | |2 (2019, 2021) |
| {{sortname|last=Anderson|first=Sophie|nolink=1}}
| | | |2 (2019, 2021) |
| {{sortname|last=Evans|first=Lissa|nolink=1}}
| | | |2 (2012, 2018) |
| {{sortname|last=Hitchcock|first=Bonnie-Sue}}
| | | |2 (2017, 2022) |
| {{sortname|last=Mann|first=Manjeet}}
| | | |2 (2021, 2022) |
| {{sortname|last=Saunders|first=Kate}}
| | | |2 (2016, 2019) |
| {{sortname|last=Thomas|first=Angie}}
| | | |2 (2018, 2020) |
| {{sortname|last=Valentine|first=Jenny}}
| | | |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.{{cite news |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=24 June 2010 |title=Neil Gaiman wins Carnegie Medal |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jun/24/neil-gaiman-carnegie-graveyard-book |url-status=live |access-date=6 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026001809/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jun/24/neil-gaiman-carnegie-graveyard-book |archive-date=26 October 2013}}
Sharon Creech, who won the Carnegie for Ruby Holler (2002), previously won the Newbery and two UK awards for Walk Two Moons (1994).
{{cite web |title=Walk Two Moons |url=http://sharoncreech.com/novels/06.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012162753/http://www.sharoncreech.com/novels/06.asp |archive-date=12 October 2010 |access-date=13 September 2010 |work=Sharon Creech: Novels |publisher=Sharon Creech |df=dmy-all}}
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.{{cite web |title=The Carnegie Medal: Full List of Winners |url=http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/carnegie/full_list_of_winners.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070430164320/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/carnegie/full_list_of_winners.php |archive-date=30 April 2007 |access-date=6 February 2014 |website=Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)}}{{cite web |date=15 March 2007 |title=Michael L. Printz Winners and Honor Books |url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/printzaward/previouswinners/winners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328214929/http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/printzaward/previouswinners/winners |archive-date=28 March 2019 |access-date=6 February 2014 |website=YALSA. ALA.}}
In its scope, books for children or young adults, the British Carnegie corresponds to the American Newbery and Printz awards.
See also
{{Portal|Children's literature}}
- 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
Notes
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References
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= Citations =
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- 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. {{ISBN|9780853653493}}. — 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.
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External links
- [https://carnegies.co.uk/ Official website]
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Category:Carnegie Medal in Literature
Category:Awards established in 1936
Category:1936 establishments in the United Kingdom