CHECK OUT OUR UPDATED PAGE FOR Children's Book Awards 2019 Shortlists and Winners
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2019-09-05
2018-09-23
Children's Book Awards 2018 Shortlists and Winners
CHECK OUT OUR UPDATED PAGE FOR Children's Book Awards 2019 Shortlists and Winners
The key UK Children's Book Awards 2018 including dates and lists of the shortlists and winners as they're announced, who they're judged by and what they're judged on.
| Award | About | Judged by | Shortlist Announced | Winners Announcement | Winner | |
| The Waterstones Children's Book Prize | Annual award divided into three categories: Picture Books, Fiction 5-12 and Teen. | Waterstones booksellers | See the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018 Shortlist | March 2018 | Overall winner: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas | |
| FCBG Children's Book Award | The only national award voted solely by children | Members of the Federation of Children's Book Groups vote on the Longlist and then any children can vote on the Shortlist | See the FCBG Children's Book Award 2018 Shortlist | June 2018 | Overall winner: The Explorer by Katherine Rundell | |
| CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards | UK's oldest and most prestigious children's book awards | Librarians | 2018 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Shortlist 2018 CILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlist | June 2018 | Overall winner for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal: Town is By the Sea by Sydney Smith and Joanne Schwartz. Overall winner for the CILIP Carnegie Medal: Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughlrean | |
| The Branford Boase Award | Annual award for an outstanding first novel to a first-time writer of a book for young people | Julia Eccleshare (Chair of Hay Festival Children's Director) plus other industry experts | The 2018 Branford Boase Longlist and Shortlist | July 2018 | Overall winner for the 2018 Branford Boase: Kick by Mitch Johnson | |
| The Irish Book Award | Annual award to promote Irish writing to the widest range of readers possible. | Panel of booksellers and librarians compile the shortlist with a secondary group of literary critics, reviewers, editors and bloggers. The winners are decided by an online web-poll. | October 2018 | November 2018 | National Book Tokens Children's Book of the Year (Junior): The President's Cat by Peter Donnelly National Book Tokens Children's Book of the Year (Senior): Blazing a Trail by Sarah Webb & Lauren O'Neill Dept [email protected] Teen/ Young Adult Book of the Year: The Weight of a Thousand Feathers by Brian Conaghan | |
| The Lollies (The Laugh out Loud Awards) | Three separate awards determined by age group, created to celebrate the very funniest and most engaging books in children’s fiction. | Panel of experts vote on the Longlist and then children can vote on the shortlist | 2018 Lollies Shortlist | January 2019 | 2018 Lollies Winners are as follows: Best Laugh Out Loud Picture Book: Mr Bunny's Chocolate Factory by Elys Dolan Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 6-8s: The Big, Fat, Totally Bonkers Diary of Pig by Emer Stamp. Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 9-13s: Tom Gates: Epic Adventure by Liz Pichon. | |
| Costa Book Awards | Annual award to recognise the enjoyment of reading | Panel of experts | 2018 Costa Book Awards Shortlist | January 2019 | 2018 Costa Children's Book Winner: The Skylarks’ War by Hilary McKay | |
| YA Book Prize | Annual award to the best young adult book written by an author living in the UK or Ireland | Panel of experts | March 2018 | 31st May 2018 | 2018 Bookseller YA Prize Winner: After the Fire by Will Hill | |
| Blue Peter Book Awards | Annual award to celebrate the best authors, the most creative illustrators and the greatest reads for children. | Panel of experts choose the shortlist. Over 600 children read the titles and vote for their favourites | Blue Peter Book Awards Shortlist announced November 2017 | March 2018 | 2018 Blue Peter Best Story Winner: Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell 2018 Blue Peter Best Book with Facts Winner: Real Life Mysteries by Susan Martineau | |
| UKLA Book Awards | Now in their 10th year these awards set out to increase teachers knowledge of newly published books which they can share with pupils. | The only awards to be judged entirely by teachers | March 2018 | July 2018 | 2018 UKLA Winners are as follows: 3-6 Category: Colin and Lea, Carrot and Pea by Morag Hood. 7-11 Category: Joint Winners Welcome to Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird and Lesser Spotted Animals by Martin Brown 12-16 Category: We Come Apart by Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan | |
| Sainsburys Children's Book Awards | Now in its fifth year, the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards (run with Booktrust) aims to celebrate some of the best titles in children's publishing. | Panel of experts | August 2018 | August 2018 | 2018 Sainsburys Children's Book Awards Winners Overall Winner: 100 Dogs by Michael Whaite Baby & Toddler: Norman's New Shell by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet Picture Book: 100 Dogs by Michael Whaite Fiction: The Nothing to See Here Hotel by Steven Butler, illustrated by Steven Lenton Learning & Development: The Book of Comparisons from Clive Gifford and Paul Boston Favourite Characters: Peppa's Magical Unicorn Children's Classic Award: The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr | |
| Klaus Flugge Award | The award was founded to honour publisher Klaus Flugge who set up Andersen Press in 1976. | Panel of experts including Lauren Child and Julia Eccleshare | May 2018 | September 2018 | The 2018 Klaus Flugge winner was My Name is Not Refugee by Kate Milner |
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