Guardian Children's Fiction Prize

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about".The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award was a literary award that annually recognised one fiction book written for children or young adults (at least age eight) and published in the United Kingdom.[1] It was conferred upon the author of the book by The Guardian 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.[2]

History

The prize was established in 1965 as the "only children's book award made to writers by their fellow authors"[3](2005 shortlist) and inaugurated by the 1967 award to Leon Garfield 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. "[F]iction 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.[3]

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 Julia Eccleshare participated (from 2000 to 2016) in selection of the longlist and thereafter chaired the panel of final judges.

In years to 2016, a longlist of eight books was 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.

Honorees

Through 2016, 52 prizes were awarded in 49 years covering 1966 to mid-2015 publications. There were co-winners in 1992 and 1996.[3]

1960s

Guardian Children's Fiction Prize winners, 1967-1969[3]
Year Author Title Publisher Result
1967 Template:Sortname Devil-in-the-Fog Constable Winner
1968 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Collins Winner
1969 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Jonathan Cape Winner
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Runner-up

1970s

Guardian Children's Fiction Prize winners, 1970-1979[3]
Year Author Title Publisher Result
1970 Template:Sortname Template:Sort (1967–1969) Oxford Winner
1971 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Hamish Hamilton Winner
1972 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Collins Winner
1973 Template:Sortname Watership Down Rex Collings Winner
1974 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Longman Winner
1975 Template:Sortname Gran at Coalgate Oxford Winner
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Runner-up
1976 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Gollancz Winner
1977 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Gollancz Winner [4]
1978 Template:Sortname Charmed Life Macmillan Winner
1979 Template:Sortname Conrad's War Blackie Winner

1980s

Guardian Children's Fiction Prize winners and finalists, 1980-1989[3]
Year Author Title Publisher Result
1980 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Macmillan Winner
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Runner-up
1981 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Oxford Winner
1982 Template:Sortname Goodnight Mr. Tom Kestrel Winner
1983 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Heinemann Winner
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Runner-up
1984 Template:Sortname Template:Sort(US title: Babe, the Gallant Pig) Gollancz Winner
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Puffin Runner-up
1985 Template:Sortname What is the Truth Faber Winner
1986 Template:Sortname Henry's Leg Viking Kestrel Winner
1987 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Viking Kestrel Winner
Template:Sortname Madame Doubtfire Puffin Runner-up
1988 Template:Sortname The Runaways Hutchinson Winner
1989 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Oxford Winner

1990s

Guardian Children's Fiction Prize winners and finalists, 1990-1999[3]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
1990 Template:Sortname Goggle-Eyes Hamish Hamilton Winner
1991Template:Efn Template:Sortname Template:Sort Methuen Winner
Template:Sortname Wolf Oxford Finalist
1992 Template:Sortname Paper Faces Oxford Winner
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Gollancz Winner
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Finalist [5]
1993 Template:Sortname Low Tide Jonathan Cape Winner
Template:Sortname Finalist
1994 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Julia MacRae Winner
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Finalist [5]
1995 Template:Sortname MapHead Walker Books Winner
1996 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Macmillan Winner
Template:Sortname Northern Lights

(US title, The Golden Compass)

Scholastic UK Winner
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Jonathan Cape Finalist
Template:Sortname No Turning Back Finalist
Template:Sortname Love In Cyberia Finalist
1997 Template:Sortname Junk Penguin Winner
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Mammoth Finalist [5]
Template:Sortname Creepers Finalist
Template:Sortname Johnny and the Bomb Finalist
1998 Template:Sortname Fire, Bed, and Bone Walker Books Winner
Template:Sortname Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Bloomsbury Finalist
Template:Sortname Secret Songs Hodder Children's Books Finalist
1999 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Scholastic UK Winner
Template:Sortname Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Bloomsbury Finalist

2000s

Until 2000, books published in the previous year were eligible for the award, and the award included a winner and a shortlist. In 2001, the award cycle was rescheduled to conclude in the fall rather than the spring. At the same time, a longlist of seven books was instituted with a shortlist of four to six books.

Guardian Children's Fiction Prize winners and finalists, 2000-2009
Year Author Title Publisher Min. Age Result Ref.
2000 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Transworld Winner [6]
Template:Sortname Kit's Wilderness Hodder Children's Books Shortlist
Template:Sortname Little Soldier Orchard Shortlist
Template:Sortname King of Shadows Bodley Head Shortlist
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Scholastic Shortlist
Template:Sortname Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Bloomsbury Shortlist
2001Template:Efn Template:Sortname Template:Sort Orion Winner [7]
Template:Sortname My Brother's Ghost Puffin 9 Shortlist [7]
Template:Sortname Witch Child Bloomsbury 11 Shortlist [7]
Template:Sortname Raspberries on the Yangtze Simon & Schuster 11 Shortlist [7]
Template:Sortname Troy David Fickling/Scholastic 11 Longlist [7]
Template:Sortname Girl in Red Orion 11 Longlist [7]
Template:Sortname Journey to the River Sea Macmillan 10 Longlist [7]
Template:Sortname 24 Hours Collins Longlist [7]
Template:Sortname Heathrow Nights Hodder 12 Longlist [7]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Puffin Longlist [7]
2002Template:Efn Template:Sortname Thursday's Child Walker Books 12 Winner [8][9]
Template:Sortname Warehouse Red Fox 13 Shortlist [8]
Template:Sortname Jake's Tower Heinemann, MacMillan 11 Shortlist [8]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort David Fickling 12 Shortlist [8]
Template:Sortname Template:SortTemplate:Efn Doubleday, Transworld 11 Shortlist [8][10]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Orion 12 Shortlist [8][11]
Template:Sortname Revenge House Orchard Longlist
Template:Sortname Exodus Macmillan Longlist
Template:Sortname Green Boy Bodley Head Longlist
2003Template:Efn Template:Sortname Template:Sort Jonathan Cape, David Fickling 12 Winner [12]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Hodder 10 Shortlist [13]
Template:Sortname Lucas Chicken House 12 Shortlist [13]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Macmillan 11 Shortlist [13]
Template:Sortname Where in the World Little Hare 9 Longlist [13]
Template:Sortname Malarkey Red Fox 13 Longlist [13]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Orion 10 Longlist [11][13]
Template:Sortname Bad Alice Hodder & Stoughton 10 Longlist [13]
2004Template:Efn Template:Sortname How I Live Now Puffin 14 Winner [14]
Template:Sortname Millions Macmillan 9 Shortlist [14]
Template:Sortname No Shame, No Fear Walker Books 10 Shortlist [14]
Template:Sortname Last Train from Kummersdorf Faber 11 Shortlist [14]
Template:Sortname Kissing the Rain Chicken House 13 Longlist [14]
Template:Sortname Murkmere Hodder 10 Longlist [14]
Template:Sortname Useful Idiots David Fickling 13 Longlist [14]
Template:Sortname Private Peaceful Collins 10 Longlist [14]
2005Template:Efn Template:Sortname Template:Sort Bodley Head 11 Winner [15]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Oxford 10 Shortlist [15]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Macmillan 11 Shortlist [15]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Groundwood Books, 2000; Usborne 10 Shortlist [15]
Template:Sortname Candy Chicken House 13 Longlist [15]
Template:Sortname Wolf Brother Orion 9 Longlist [15]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Puffin 9 Longlist [15]
Template:Sortname Brind and the Dogs of War Puffin 10 Longlist [15]
2006Template:Efn Template:Sortname Template:Sort Scholastic UK Winner
Template:Sortname Blown Away Simon & Schuster 13 Shortlist
Template:Sortname Framed Macmillan 11 Shortlist
Template:Sortname Fly by Night Macmillan 11 Shortlist
Template:Sortname Clay Hodder 12 Longlist
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Doubleday 12 Longlist
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Penguin 8-11 Longlist
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Usborne 10 Longlist
2007Template:Efn Template:Sortname Finding Violet Park HarperCollins 12 Winner [16]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Bloomsbury 11 Shortlist
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Oxford 10 Shortlist
Template:Sortname Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire Egmont 7 Shortlist
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Puffin 8 Longlist [16]
Template:Sortname Stoneheart Hodder 10 Longlist [16]
Template:Sortname Fearless Walker Books 12 Longlist [16]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Walker Books 12 Longlist [16]
2008Template:Efn Template:Sortname Template:Sort Walker Books 13 Winner [17][18][19]
Template:Sortname Cosmic Macmillan 9 Shortlist [18][20]
Template:Sortname Bog Child David Fickling 13 Shortlist [18][20]
Template:Sortname Before I Die Definitions 13 Shortlist [18][20]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Walker Books 11 Longlist [21]
Template:Sortname Bad Blood Oxford 12 Longlist [21]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Definitions 14 Longlist [21]
2009Template:Efn Template:Sortname Exposure Walker Books Winner [22][23]
Template:Sortname Solace of the Road David Fickling Shortlist
Template:Sortname Then Puffin Shortlist
Template:Sortname Nation Doubleday Shortlist
Template:Sortname Genesis Quercus Longlist [24]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Orion Longlist [24]
Template:Sortname Rowan the Strange Oxford Longlist [24]
Template:Sortname Revolver Orion Longlist [11][24]

2010s

Guardian Children's Fiction Prize winners and finalists, 2010-2016
Year Author Title Publisher Min. Age Result Ref.
2010Template:Efn Template:Sortname Ghost Hunter Orion 10 Winner [25][26]
Template:Sortname Now Puffin 9 Shortlist [27]
Template:Sortname Unhooking the Moon Quercus 11 Shortlist [27]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Macmillan 8 Shortlist [27]
Template:Sortname Prisoner of the Inquisition Doubleday 12 Longlist [28]
Template:Sortname Sparks Marion Lloyd Books 9 Longlist [28]
Template:Sortname, illus. by Pam Smy Lob David Fickling 8 Longlist [28]
Template:Sortname White Crow Orion 13 Longlist [11][28]
2011Template:Efn Template:Sortname Return To Ribblestrop Simon & Schuster 10 Winner [29]
Template:Sortname My Name is Mina Hodder 9 Shortlist [30]
Template:Sortname Twilight Robbery Macmillan 11 Shortlist [30]
Template:Sortname Moon Pie David Fickling 10 Shortlist [30]
Template:Sortname Small Change for Stuart Doubleday 8 Longlist [31][32]
Template:Sortname Momentum Hodder 12 Longlist [31][32]
Template:Sortname My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece Orion 10 Longlist [31][32]
Template:Sortname, illus. David Tazzyman Mr Gum and the Secret Hideout Egmont 7 Longlist [31][32]
2012Template:Efn Template:Sortname Template:Sort Walker 9 Winner [33]
Template:Sortname A Greyhound of a Girl Scholastic 12 Shortlist [33]
Template:Sortname Dead End in Norvelt Corgi 12 Shortlist [33]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Scholastic 8 Shortlist [33]
Template:Sortname Dying to Know You Bodley Head 14 Longlist [34]
Template:Sortname Soonchild Walker 14 Longlist [34]
Template:Sortname Bullet Boys Scholastic 14 Longlist [34]
Template:Sortname A Boy and a Bear in a Boat David Fickling 9 Longlist [34]
2013Template:Efn Template:Sortname Liar & Spy Andersen Press 10 Winner [35][36]
Template:Sortname, illus. Oliver Jeffers Template:Sort Walker 9 Shortlist [37][38]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Penguin 12 Shortlist [37][38]
Template:Sortname Rooftoppers Faber 10 Shortlist [37][38]
Template:Sortname After Tomorrow Oxford 10 Longlist [39]
Template:Sortname Maggot Moon Hot Key Books 12 Longlist [39]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Bloomsbury 12 Longlist [39]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Hot Key Books 14 Longlist [39]
2014Template:Efn Template:Sortname Template:Sort Quercus 11 Winner [40][41]
Template:Sortname, illus. K. G. Campbell Flora & Ulysses Walker; U.S., Candlewick 9 Shortlist [42][43]
Template:Sortname We Were Liars Hot Key Books; U.S., Delacorte 12 Shortlist [42][43]
Template:Sortname, illus. Dave McKean Phoenix David Fickling 10 Shortlist [42][43]
Template:Sortname Flora in Love Faber 12 Longlist [44][45]
Template:Sortname Shine David Fickling 12 Longlist [44][45]
Template:Sortname She Is Not Invisible Orion 12 Longlist [44][45]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Faber/Profile 9 Longlist [44][45]
2015 Template:Sortname A Song for Ella Grey Hodder Winner [46][47][48]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Macmillan Shortlist [49][50]
Template:Sortname An Island of our Own Scholastic Shortlist [49][50]
Template:Sortname Five Children on the Western Front Faber Shortlist [49][50]
Template:Sortname El Deafo Amulet Books) Longlist [51][52]
Template:Sortname Apple and Rain Bloomsbury Longlist [51][52]
Template:Sortname All The Bright Places Penguin Longlist [51][52]
Template:Sortname My Name's Not Friday David Fickling Longlist [51][52]
2016 Template:Sortname Crongton Knights Atom Books Winner [53]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Shortlist [54]
Template:Sortname Hell and High Water Shortlist [54]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Shortlist [54]
Template:Sortname Chasing the Stars Longlist [55][56]
Template:Sortname Riverkeep Longlist [55][56]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Longlist [55]
Template:Sortname Sweet Pizza Longlist [55]

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)

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In 2003, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon won the 2003 Whitbread Awards as the year's best novel (not children's book) and the "Book of the Year" across all five categories.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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."[12]

In 2007, Pullman's Northern Lights was named "Carnegie of Carnegies" for the award's 70-year celebration.[57]

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 editor.[58]

Beside the competition there is a summer book club that features one longlist book each week, with author interviews and discussion.

See also

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