In a ceremony in May, in one of the participating schools, they will pitch to a panel of experts, who then select a winner.
Lewisham Book Award Shortlist 2019/20
- High-rise Mystery By Sharna Jackson
- Boy 87 By Ele Fountain
- Little Badman and the invasion of the killer aunties By Humza Arshad
- The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day By Christopher Edge
- My Brigadista Year By Katherine Paterson
- Unstoppable By Dan Freedman
- Chinglish By Sue Cheung
- Dear Evan Hansen: the novel By Val Emmich
- On the come up By Angie Thomas
- No one is too small to make a difference By Greta Thunberg
To find out more about the Lewisham Book Award, please click here.
Other Book Awards for Children
Local Book Awards
Other local book awards that School Librarians are involved in local book awards all around the UK. Many other boroughs run their own Book Awards, highlighting local authors and selecting the best books for their local communities. The selected books tackle local, national and international issues, create discussions and spark curiosity. -------------------------------------------
British Book Awards
The British Book Awards or Nibbies honours and celebrates the commercial successes of publishers, authors and bookshops. Organised by The Bookseller, it culminates in the stand-out event of the publishing year.The British Book Awards has been running since 1990 and announces seven individual books of the year: Children’s; Debut fiction; Fiction; Crime & Thriller; Non-fiction: Lifestyle; Non-fiction: Narrative and (new in 2018) AudioBook. An overall Book of the Year is then chosen from the individual winners.
Blue Peter Book Awards
The Blue Peter Book Awards recognise and celebrate the best authors, the most creative illustrators and the greatest reads for children The Blue Peter Award has been running since 2000 and has the following categories: Best Story and the Best Book with Facts. -------------------------------------------
BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award
The BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award is given to a children's writer or illustrator whose body of work, in the opinion of the panel of judges, merits recognition for a lifetime's achievement in children's literature.BookTrust In Other Words prize (Children's fiction in translation)
In Other Words is a prize to promote the translation and UK publication of outstanding children's literature from around the world. -------------------------------------------
The Branford Boase Award
The BBA was set up on 2000 to reward the most promising new writers and their editors, as well as to reward excellence in writing and in publishing. The Award is made annually to the most promising book for seven year-olds and upwards by a first time novelist.
Carnegie Medal | Kate Greenaway Medal
The Carnegie Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal are awarded by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, and was set up in 1936.The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by children's librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people. The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded by children's librarians for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people. The longlist is announced in February, shortlists in March and the medal winners announced at a June ceremony.
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Children's Book Award | Federation of Children's Book Groups
The Children’s Book Award is the only national award voted for solely by children from start to finish. It has been running since 1968.The categories are:• Younger Children (Picture Books)
• Younger Readers (age 6 – 11)
• Older Readers (age 10 – 18)
There are two voting stages: Full testing: this creates a Top 50 Pick of the Year, from which the Top Ten books are selected. Only Federation of Children’s Book Group members take part in this element of the award. The entire process takes a calendar year and currently runs from January to December. Top Ten testing: this leads to the selection of the Category Winners and Overall Winner. Any child or young person across the UK can participate in this element of the award and vote on-line. This process takes approximately three months and currently runs from February until May.
The award ceremony normally takes place in June.
Costa Children's Book Awards
The Costa Book Awards was launched in 1971. The prize has five categories - First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children's Book - with one of the five winning books selected as the overall Costa Book of the Year. It is the only prize which places children’s books alongside adult books in this way.
Books are entered by publishers. The category Shortlists are normally Announced in November.Category Winners are announced in January and the winner announced in January.
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Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award is a literary award that annually recognises one fiction book written for children or young adults (at least age eight) and published in the United Kingdom. It was established it in 1965 and inaugurated it in 1967. It is a lifetime award in that previous winners are not eligible. The shortlist of no more than four books and the winner are selected by three children's fiction writers, almost always including the latest winner. In recent years there is a longlist of eight books announced May or June, a shortlist of no more than four announced in September, the winner announced in November.
Klaus Flugge Prize for Children's Book Illustration
The Klaus Flugge Prize is awarded to most exciting newcomer to children’s picture book illustration. The shortlist of 6 books is usually announced in 9 June and the winner announced in September. -------------------------------------------
UK Literacy Association Book Awards
The unique UKLA Book Awards, established in 2008, are judged entirely by teachers and submitted by publishers. The Categories are for books for readers ages: 3-6, 7-11,12-16The longlists of 6 books is usually announced in September, shortlist is usually announced in March and the winner announced in July.
Waterstones Children's Book Prize
The Waterstones Children's Book Prize is an annual award given to a new work of children's literature published during the previous year. First awarded in 2005, the three categories are: Illustrated Book, Fiction 5–12, and Teen.The shortlist is usually announced in February and the winner is announced in March.
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