The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award was a

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that annual recognised one fiction book written for children or young adults (at least age eight) and published in the United Kingdom. It was conferred upon the author of the book by ''

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'' newspaper, which established it in 1965 and inaugurated it in 1967. It was a lifetime award in that previous winners were not eligible. At least from 2000 the prize was £1,500. The prize was apparently discontinued after 2016, though no formal announcement appears to have been made.

Recent winners

Piers Torday won the 2014 Guardian Prize, announced 13 November, for ''The Dark Wild'' from

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. It is the second book of a trilogy inaugurated by ''The Last Wild'', whose conclusion ''The Wild Beyond'' is forthcoming April 2015. The judges were ''Guardian'' children's book editor

Julia Eccleshare Julia Eccleshare MBE (born 1951) is a British journalist and writer on the subject of children's books. She has been Children's Books editor for ''The Guardian'' newspaper for more than ten years, at least from 2000. She is also an editorial con ...

and three British children's writers (as always): 2012 prize winner

Frank Cottrell Boyce Frank Cottrell-Boyce (born 23 September 1959)"COTTRELL-BOYCE, Frank", ''Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2009 ; online edn, Nov 200 Retrieved 2010-05-16. is an English people, English screenwriter, ...

Gillian Cross Gillian Cross (born 1945) is a British author of children's books. She won the 1990 Carnegie Medal for ''Wolf'' and the 1992 Whitbread Children's Book Award for ''The Great Elephant Chase''. She also wrote ''The Demon Headmaster'' book series, ...

, and

Katherine Rundell Katherine Rundell (born 1987) is an English author and academic. She is the author of ''Rooftoppers'', which in 2015 won both the overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story, and was short-listed for t ...

. The longlist of eight was announced late in June, the shortlist of four early in October. *

Kate DiCamillo Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo (born March 25, 1964) is an American children's fiction author. She has published over 25 novels, including ''Because of Winn-Dixie'', '' The Tiger Rising'', ''The Tale of Despereaux'', ''The Miraculous Journey ...

, '' Flora & Ulysses'', illus. K. G. Campbell (

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), Age 9+ *

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, ''Flora in Love'' (

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), Age 12+ *

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, ''Shine'' (

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), Age 12+ *

E. Lockhart Emily Jenkins (born September 13, 1967), who sometimes uses the pen name E. Lockhart, is an American writer of children's picture books, young-adult novels, and adult fiction. She is known best for the Ruby Oliver quartet (which begins with ...

, ''We Were Liars'', ( Hot Key Books; U.S.,

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), Age 12+ *

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, ''Phoenix'', illus.

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), Age 10+ *

Marcus Sedgwick Marcus Sedgwick (8 April 1968 – 15 November 2022) was a British writer, illustrator and musician. He published novels such as '' Floodland'' (2001; winner of the Branford Boase Award) and '' The Dark Horse'' (2002; shortlisted for The Guard ...

, ''She Is Not Invisible'' (

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), Age 12+ *

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, ''The Lost Gods'' (Faber/ Profile), Age 9+ * Piers Torday, ''The Dark Wild'' (Quercus), Age 11+ DiCamillo and ''Flora & Ulysses'' won the annual

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from the American Library Association as the most distinguished US children's book published during 2013. Torday was inspired to write books by the success of his father,

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(1946–2013), whose first book was published in 2006 when he was 59 years old. ;Latest rendition

Rebecca Stead Rebecca Stead (born January 16, 1968) is an American writer of fiction for children and teens. She won the American Newbery Medal in 2010, the oldest award in children's literature, for her second novel ''When You Reach Me''. She won the Guardia ...

of New York City won the 2013 Guardian Prize, covering books published August 2012 to July 2013, for ''Liar & Spy'', which was published by

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in the UK and

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in the US. Stead became the first winning writer from outside the

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in the second year that all new children's books published in Britain were eligible.

History

The prize was established in 1965 as the "only children's book award made to writers by their fellow authors"(2005 shortlist) and inaugurated by the 1967 award to

Leon Garfield Leon Garfield FRSL (14 July 1921 – 2 June 1996) was a British writer of fiction. He is best known for children's historical novels, though he also wrote for adults. He wrote more than thirty books and scripted '' Shakespeare: The Animated Ta ...

for ''Devil in the Fog'' ( Constable & Co., 1966). Through the 2000 prize, announced 28 March, it recognised one book published in the UK during the preceding calendar year. Between the 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 cycles, the prize schedule was rearranged to culminate in October during Booktrust Children's Book Week. " ction for children aged seven and above, published in the UK between January 2000 and September 2001" (21 months) was eligible for the 2001 prize. Publishers were required to submit no more than ten entries by April 30. At the same time, a summer program was inaugurated, using the newspaper's educational website and featuring a longlist announced in July. The program initially comprised merely an opportunity to vote for longlist favourites, comments by the judges to guide summer reading, and advice on "how to build a classic library of children's books".(2001 longlist) A version of the ongoing Young Critics contest was inaugurated in 2002 and the program has expanded since then to include online discussion and author interviews and appearances. Meanwhile, announcement of the longlist has advanced to late May or early June and announcement of the winner has retreated to November.

Conditions

The shortlist of no more than four books and the winner were selected by three children's fiction writers, almost always including the latest winner. ''The Guardian'' described the prize as the only children's book award winner selected by peers. The newspaper's children's book editor

participated (from 2000-2016) in selection of the longlist and thereafter chaired the panel of final judges. In years to 2016 there was a longlist of eight books announced in May or June, a shortlist of no more than four announced in September, and a single winner. The longlist was the foundation for a summer program of reading, reviewing, and discussion. The U.K. publishers of eligible books entered them for the prize with a fee, although the chair may call for submission. The publication year is August to July of the current year, but May, June, and July books must be submitted in advance. Books originally published in another language were eligible in English translation for five years. Routinely, eligible books were entered for the prize by their UK publishers, as many as ten books each (2000) although chair Eccleshare also called for particular submissions.

Winners

Through 2016 there were 52 prizes awarded in 49 years covering 1966 to mid-2015 publications. There were co-winners in 1992 and 1996.

Winners of multiple awards

Six books have won both the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Carnegie Medal (inaugurated 1936), which annually recognizes an outstanding book for children or young adults. (Dates are years of U.K. publication, which were 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) ''Northern Lights'' was named "Carnegie of Carnegies" for the 70-year celebration of that award in 2007. 2003. ''

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'' by

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(David Fickling, 2002) won the 2003

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as the year's best novel (not children's book) and the "Book of the Year" across all five categories. ''The Guardian'' children's book editor Eccleshare wrote, "Published on both an adult and a children's list, it is one of the few titles for which the ubiquitous claim of "crossover" is not a gimmick. It genuinely has equal, though different, appeal to all readers – 15-year-old Christopher Boone's narrative voice is at once childlike in its observations, and adult in its profundity."(2003 winner) 2001. ''

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won the

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, best English-language book for young people with "authentic Welsh background".

Summer programme

The Young Critics competition was inaugurated in 2002 and is still underway. The newspaper solicited 200-word reviews of books on the longlist from children 16 and younger, with the prize being "a day editing and printing up their reviews".(retrospective by CA, 23 Sep 2002) Ten years later there are dual competitions for children 17 and younger, one for individuals and one for teams of at least four schoolmates. There are cash prizes and free sets of the longlist books to the winners. Up to 30 students from the winning school also get a day at one ''Guardian'' site.(2012 Young Critics) The Young Critics contests are judged by Eccleshare, who also helps select the longlist, and another ''Guardian'' edito
"''The Guardian'' Young Critics Competition 2012"
Beside the competition there is a summer book club that features one longlist book each week, with author interviews and discussion.

Longlists and shortlists

Since the award cycle was rescheduled to conclude late in the year, between 2000 and 2001, a "longlist" of seven to ten books has been announced near mid-year, recently in May. During that same period, a shortlist of four to six books has been announced a few months later. Bold and hash (#) mark the winner, plus (+) marks the rest of the shortlist, and dash (–) marks the rest of the longlist. 2015 (8) : # David Almond, ''A Song for Ella Grey'' (Hodder) : +

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, ''The Lie Tree'' (Macmillan) : + Sally Nicholls, ''An Island of our Own'' (Scholastic) : + Kate Saunders, ''Five Children on the Western Front'' (Faber) – sequel to the 1902 classic ''

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'' : -

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, ''El Deafo'' (Amulet Books) : - Sarah Crossan, ''Apple and Rain'' (Bloomsbury) : -

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, ''All the Bright Places'' (Penguin) : - Jon Walter, ''My Name's Not Friday'' (David Fickling) 2014 (8)Flood, Alison (13 November 2014)
"Piers Torday wins Guardian children’s fiction prize for eco-adventure"
''The Guardian''. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
See also footer directory, "related content". : # Piers Torday, ''The Dark Wild'' (Quercus), Age 11+ : +

, '' Flora & Ulysses'', illus. K. G. Campbell (Walker; U.S., Candlewick) 9+ : +

, ''We Were Liars'', (Hot Key; U.S., Delacorte) 12+ : +

, ''Phoenix'', illus.

(David Fickling) 10+ : –

, ''Flora in Love'' (Faber) 12+ : –

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, ''She Is Not Invisible'' (Orion) 12+ : –

, ''The Lost Gods'' (Faber/Profile) 9+ DiCamillo and ''Flora & Ulysses'' won the annual

from the American Library Association as the most distinguished U.S. children's book published during 2013. The longlist and shortlist were announced 28 June and 4 October, both about a month later than usual. 2013 (8)Bury, Liz (23 October 2013)
"Guardian children's fiction prize goes to Rebecca Stead"
''The Guardian''. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
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, ''Liar & Spy'' (Andersen), Age 10+ : + David Almond, '' The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas'', illus.

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(Walker), Age 9+ : +

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, ''Rooftoppers'' (Faber), Age 10+ : –

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, ''Maggot Moon'' (Hot Key Books), Age 12+ : –

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, ''The Wall'' (Bloomsbury), Age 12+ : – Lydia Syson, ''A World Between Us'' (Hot Key Books), Age 14+ Stead was the first American winner of the Prize, which was opened to writers from outside the British Commonwealth in 2012. Gardner and ''Maggot Moon'' won the annual Carnegie Medal from the

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, recognizing the best children's book published in Britain during the twelve months to August 2012. 2012 (8) : #

, ''The Unforgotten Coat'', photographs by Carl Hunter and Clare Heney (Walker) 9+ : +

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, ''A Greyhound of a Girl'' (Scholastic) 12+ : +

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, '' Dead End in Norvelt'' (Corgi) 12+ : +

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, ''The Abominables'' (Scholastic) 8+ : –

Aidan Chambers Aidan Chambers (born 27 December 1934) is a British author of children's and young-adult novels. He won both the British Carnegie Medal and the American Printz Award for '' Postcards from No Man's Land'' (1999). For his "lasting contributio ...

, ''Dying to Know You'' (Bodley Head) 14+ : –

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, ''Soonchild'', illus. Alexis Deacon (Walker) 14+ : –

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, ''Bullet Boys'' (Scholastic) 14+ : –

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, ''A Boy and a Bear in a Boat'' (David Fickling) 9+ This was Eva Ibbotson's second year on the shortlist after her death October 2010. Gantos and '' Dead End in Norvelt'' won the

for calendar year 2011's "most distinguished contribution to American children's literature" (for readers up to age 14)."Jack Gantos, Chris Raschka win Newbery, Caldecott Medals"
. Press release 23 January 2012.

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, ''Twilight Robbery'' (Macmillan) 11+ : + Simon Mason, ''Moon Pie'' (David Fickling) 10+ : –

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, ''My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece'' (Orion) 10+ : –

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, ''Mr Gum and the Secret Hideout'', illus. David Tazzyman (Egmont) 7+ Mulligan made the 2012 Carnegie Medal shortlist with a different work, ''Trash'' (late 2010). Almond, Evans, and Pitcher made that shortlist with their Guardian Prize contenders. 2010 (8) : #

Michelle Paver Michelle Paver (born 7 September 1960) is a British novelist and children's writer, known for the historical fantasy series ''Chronicles of Ancient Darkness'', set in prehistoric Europe. For the sixth book of the series, '' Ghost Hunter'' (2009 ...

, '' Ghost Hunter'' (Orion) 10+ : +

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, ''The Ogre of Oglefort'' (Macmillan) 8+ : –

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, ''Prisoner of the Inquisition'' (Doubleday) 12+ : –

, ''Sparks'' (Marion Lloyd Books) 9+ : –

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, ''Lob'', illustrated by Pam Smy (David Fickling) 8+ : –

, ''White Crow'' (Orion) 13+ Paver won for concluding a six-volume series. According to JE, "It's relatively rare for a book late in a series to win a major prize, but the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness is such a towering achievement, as a whole as well as in terms of the individual books, that it was our unanimous choice." But Philip Reeve won in 2006 for concluding a four-volume series. On the shortlist, Gleitzman's ''Now'' was the third of a trilogy. Brennan and Sedwick made the Carnegie Medal shortlist for the listed works. 2009 (8) : #

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, '' Exposure'' (Walker) : +

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, ''Solace of the Road'' (David Fickling) : +

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, ''The Silver Blade'' (Orion) : – Julie Hearn, ''Rowan the Strange'' (Oxford) : –

, ''Revolver'' (Orion) Hearn, Pratchett, and Sedwick made the Carnegie Medal shortlist for the listed works. 2008 (7) : #

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, ''Cosmic'' (Macmillan) 9+ : +

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'' (David Fickling) 13+ : +

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, ''

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, ''The Boyhood of Burglar Bill'' (Puffin) 8+ : – Charlie Fletcher, '' Stoneheart'' (Hodder) 10+ : –

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, '' The Penalty'' (Walker) 12+ Valentine made the Carnegie Medal shortlist for the Prize-winning book. 2006 (8) : #

Philip Reeve Philip Reeve (born 28 February 1966) is a British author and illustrator of children's books, primarily known for the 2001 book '' Mortal Engines'' and its sequels (the 2001 to 2006 '' Mortal Engines Quartet''). His 2007 novel, '' Here Lies Art ...

, '' A Darkling Plain'' (Scholastic) 11+ : + Patrick Cave, ''Blown Away'' (Simon & Schuster) 13+ : +

, '' Framed'' (Macmillan) 11+ : +

, '' Fly by Night'' (Macmillan) 11+ : – David Almond, ''

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, ''

A Swift Pure Cry ''A Swift Pure Cry '' is a 2006 novel by Siobhan Dowd about a teenager named Shell who lives in County Cork, Ireland. It won the 2007 Branford Boase Award and the Eilís Dillon Award. Plot summary ''A Swift Pure Cry'' opens a year after the ...

'' (Doubleday) 12+ : –

Jill Murphy Jill Murphy (5 July 1949 – 18 August 2021) was a British author and illustrator of children's books. First published in 1974 at the age of 24, she was best known for the ''Worst Witch'' novels and ''Large Family'' picture books, with sales amo ...

, ''

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Tim Wynne-Jones Tim Wynne-Jones, (born 12 August 1948) is an English–Canadian author of children's literature, including picture books and novels for children and young adults, novels for adults, radio dramas, songs for the CBC/Jim Henson production ''Fraggl ...

, ''The Survival Game'' (Usborne Publishing) 10+ Reeve won for concluding a four-volume series. Almond and Cottrell Boyce made the Carnegie Medal shortlist for the listed works. 2005 (8) : # Kate Thompson, '' The New Policeman'' (Bodley Head, Doubleday) 11+ : + Julie Hearn, ''The Merrybegot'' (Oxford) 10+ —a tale of folk religion in the 17th century : +

Alex Shearer Alex Shearer (born 25 June 1949) is a British novelist and scriptwriter. He was born in Wick, in the north of Scotland. Alex Shearer sold his first TV script at the age of 29, after a varied career of some 30 odd jobs. He wrote for televisi ...

, ''The Hunted'' (Macmillan) 11+ : +

, ''

The Boy in the Burning House ''The Boy in the Burning House'' is a young adult mystery novel by English-Canadian author Tim Wynne-Jones. It was first published in Canada in 2000 by Groundwood Books; the first American edition was published in 2001 by Farrar, Straus and Gi ...

'' (Groundwood Books, 2000; Usborne) 10+ : – Kevin Brooks, ''

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, ''

Wolf Brother ''Wolf Brother'' is the first book in the series ''Chronicles of Ancient Darkness'' by Michelle Paver. ''Wolf Brother'' takes place six thousand years ago during the Middle Stone Age, and tells the story of twelve-year-old Torak, a boy who can ...

'' (Orion) 9+ : –

Philippa Pearce Ann Philippa Pearce OBE (22 January 1920 – 21 December 2006) was an English author of children's books. Best known of them is the time-slip novel ''Tom's Midnight Garden'', which won the 1958 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, as ...

, ''The Little Gentleman'' (Puffin) 9+ : –

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, ''Brind and the Dogs of War'' (Puffin) 10+ Paver's book was the first in a series of six, the

Chronicles of Ancient Darkness ''Chronicles of Ancient Darkness'' is a series of historical fantasy novels by the British people, British author Michelle Paver; her first books for children. The books chronicle the adventures of Torak, an adolescent boy, and his friends Renn ...

(2004 to 2009). She won the 2010 Prize for the concluding volume, ''Ghost Hunter''. 2004 (8) : #

Meg Rosoff Meg Rosoff (born 16 October 1956) is an American writer based in London, United Kingdom. She is best known for the novel '' How I Live Now'' (Puffin, 2004), which won the Guardian Prize, Printz Award, and Branford Boase Award and made the ...

, ''

How I Live Now ''How I Live Now'' is a novel by Meg Rosoff, first published in 2004. It received generally positive reviews and won the British Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the American Printz Award for young-adult literature. Plot Fifteen-year-o ...

'' (Puffin) 14+ : +

, '' Millions'' (Macmillan) 9+ : +

Ann Turnbull Ann Turnbull (born 1943) is a British writer of fiction for children and young adults. Her work includes a novel, set in a Midlands mining town during the Great Depression of the 1930s which is about a young girl named Mary Dyer, and '' No Sh ...

, ''

No Shame, No Fear ''No Shame, No Fear'' is a 2003 novel for young adults by Ann Turnbull. Set in the fictional town of Hemsbury in the 1660s, the novel depicts the love between a Quaker girl, Susanna, and Will, the son of a rich merchant. Their story takes plac ...

'' (Walker) 10+ : + Leslie Wilson, ''Last Train from Kummersdorf'' (Faber) 11+ : – Kevin Brooks, ''Kissing the Rain'' (Chicken House) 13+ : –

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, ''Murkmere'' (Hodder) 10+ : –

Jan Mark Jan Mark (22 June 1943 – 16 January 2006) was a British writer best known for children's books. In all she wrote over fifty novels and plays and many anthologised short stories. She won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, ...

, ''Useful Idiots'' (David Fickling) 13+ : –

Michael Morpurgo Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo ('' né'' Bridge; 5 October 1943) is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as ''War Horse'' (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytell ...

, ''

Private Peaceful ''Private Peaceful'' is a novel for older children by British author Michael Morpurgo first published in 2003. It is about a fictional young soldier called Thomas "Tommo" Peaceful, who is looking back on his life from the trenches of World War ...

'' (Collins) 10+ Cottrell Boyce won the Carnegie Medal for the listed work; Morpurgo made the shortlist. 2003 (8) : #

, ''

'' (Jonathan Cape, David Fickling) 12+ : + David Almond, '' The Fire Eaters'' (Hodder) 10+ : + Kevin Brooks, '' Lucas'' (Chicken House) 12+ : +

, ''The Speed of the Dark'' (Macmillan) 11+ : – Keith Gray, ''Malarkey'' (Red Fox) 13+ : – Simon French, ''Where in the World'' (Little Hare) 9+ : –

, '' The Book of Dead Days'' (Orion) 10+ : – Jean Ure, ''Bad Alice'' (Hodder & Stoughton) 10+ ''The Curious Incident'' won two Whitbread Awards: Novel (not children's book) and overall "Book of the Year". Haddon and Almond made the Carnegie Medal shortlist for the listed works. 2002 (9) : #

Sonya Hartnett Sonya Louise Hartnett (born 1968) is an Australian author of fiction for adults, young adults, and children. She has been called "the finest Australian writer of her generation". For her career contribution to "children's and young adult liter ...

, '' Thursday's Child'' (Penguin Australia, 2000; Walker) 12+ : + Keith Gray, ''Warehouse'' (Red Fox) 13+ : + Elizabeth Laird, '' Jake's Tower'' (Heinemann, MacMillan) 11+ : +

, ''The Shell House'' (David Fickling) 12+ : +

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book, the first for children : +

, ''The Dark Horse'' (Orion) 12+ : – Bernard Ashley, ''Revenge House'' (Orchard) : –

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'' (Macmillan) : –

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, ''Green Boy'' (Bodley Head) Pratchett won the Carnegie Medal for the listed work; Laird, Newbery and Sedgwick made the shortlist. 2001 (10) : #

, ''

'' (Orion) 9+ : +

, ''My Brother's Ghost'' (Puffin) 9+ : + Celia Rees, '' Witch Child'' (Bloomsbury) 11+ : + Karen Wallace, ''Raspberries on the Yangtze'' (Simon & Schuster) 11+ : –

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, ''

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'' (Macmillan) 10+ : –

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, '' 24 Hours'' (Collins) : –

, ''Heathrow Nights'' (Hodder) 12+ : –

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'' (Puffin) Naidoo won the Carnegie Medal for the listed work; Geras was a highly commended runner up.

Shortlists before 2001

The longlist was inaugurated July 2001 as the program was rescheduled to conclude in the fall (October) rather than the spring (March). Through year 2000 the award covered books published during the preceding calendar year and the shortlist was the only official distinction other than the Prize itself. 2000"Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2000"
''The Guardian'' 28 March 2000. 2012–. *

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'' ( Transworld) * David Almond, '' Kit's Wilderness'' (Hodder Children's Books) * Bernard Ashley, ''

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'' (Orchard) *

, '' King of Shadows'' (Bodley Head) *

, ''The Eclipse of the Century'' (Scholastic) *

J.K. Rowling Joanne Rowling ( "rolling"; born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote ''Harry Potter'', a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007. The ser ...

, ''

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and is the third in the '' Harry Potter'' series. The book follows Harry Potter, a young wizard, in his third year at Hogwarts School of ...

'' (Bloomsbury) ---- 1999 Susan Price The Sterkarm Handshake Scholastic UK * David Almond, '' Kit's Wilderness'' *

, ''

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the second novel in the ''Harry Potter'' series. The plot follows Harry Potter (character), Harry's second year at Hogwarts School of W ...

'' (Bloomsbury) 1998 Henrietta Branford Fire, Bed and Bone Walker Books *

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, ''The Track of the Wind'' (Mammoth) which year? *

, ''

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' is a 1997 fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. The first novel in the ''Harry Potter'' series and Rowling's debut novel, it follows Harry Potter, a young wizard who discovers hi ...

'' (

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) * Jane Stemp, ''Secret Songs'' (

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) 1997 Melvin Burgess Junk Penguin *

, ''The Track of the Wind'' which year? * Keith Gray, ''Creepers'' *

''Junk'' also won the 1996 Carnegie Medal. 1996 Philip Pullman Northern Lights The Golden Compass (US) Scholastic UK
''and'' Alison Prince The Sherwood Hero Macmillan *

, ''The Trokeville Way'' (Jonathan Cape) *

, ''No Turning Back'' ''Northern Lights'' also won the 1995 Carnegie Medal. 1995 Lesley Howarth MapHead Walker Books ---- 1994 : —

, ''The Eye of the Horse'' 1993 : —

1992 : —

, ''The Wheel of Surya'' – Special runner-up 1991 : —

, ''

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'' (Oxford) Cross and ''Wolf'' won the 1990 Carnegie Medal. 1987 : —

Anne Fine Anne Fine OBE FRSL (born 7 December 1947) is an English writer. Although best known for children's books, she also writes for adults. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and she was appointed an OBE in 2003. Fine has written m ...

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Madame Doubtfire ''Madame Doubtfire'', known as ''Alias Madame Doubtfire'' in the United States, is a 1987 novel written by English author Anne Fine for teenage and young adult audiences. The novel is based on a family with divorced parents. Well received upon i ...

'' ( Puffin) "Runner up" 1984 : —

, ''The Granny Project'' (Puffin) 1983 : —

, ''The Dark Behind the Curtain'' 1980 : —

, ''The Iron Way'' 1975 : —

, ''The Summer House Loon'' (Puffin) 1969 : —

John Christopher Sam Youd (16 April 1922 – 3 February 2012), was a British writer, best known for science fiction written under the name of John Christopher, including the novels ''The Death of Grass'', ''The Possessors'', and the young-adult novel series ...

, ''

The Pool of Fire ''The Tripods'' is a series of young adult novels written by John Christopher, beginning in 1967. The first two were the basis of a science fiction TV series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s. Synopsis The story of ''The Tripods'' ...

'' ( ) —The Tripods #3

Notes

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Julia Eccleshare. ''The Guardian'', 3 June 2011. 2012– "Guardian children's fiction prize shows wealth of literature for under-10s: Balance shifts in longlist for award dominated recently by books for teenagers"
Alison Flood. ''The Guardian'', 28 May 2010. 2012– "Children's fiction prize: revenge, romance and revolution: Julia Eccleshare introduces the eight titles on this year's longlist"
Julia Eccleshare. ''The Guardian'', 22 May 2009. 2012– "Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry details and list of past winners"
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External links

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