Carnegie Medal
The Carnegie Medal is awarded each year to one outstanding new book for children or young adults.
The Medal was named after the Scottish-born American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
The Carnegie Medal is the UK’s oldest and most prestigious book award for children’s writing.
No Award was given in 1943, 1945, or 1966. That is because no book was considered suitable.
Learn more: official Carnegie Medal homepage.
Winners:
Junk (1996)
Author(s):
Melvin Burgess
Illustrator(s):
Matthew Ward
River Boy (1997)
Author(s):
Tim Bowler
Illustrator(s):
Rafal Olbinski
Skellig (1998)
Author(s):
David Almond
Illustrator(s):
Adam Fisher
Postcards from No Man’s Land (1999)
Author(s):
Aidan Chambers
Illustrator(s):
Eric Dinyer
The Other Side of Truth (2000)
Author(s):
Beverley Naidoo
Illustrator(s):
Phil Hefferan
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents (2001)
Author(s):
Terry Pratchett
Illustrator(s):
David Wyatt
Ruby Holler (2002)
Author(s):
Sharon Creech
Illustrator(s):
Marc Burckhardt
A Northern Light (2003)
Author(s):
Jennifer Donnelly
Illustrator(s):
Joseph Devenney
E. O. Hoppé
Millions (2004)
Author(s):
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Illustrator(s):
Steven Lenton
Tamar (2005)
Author(s):
Mal Peet
Illustrator(s):
Phil Schramm
Just in Case (2006)
Author(s):
Meg Rosoff
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Here Lies Arthur (2007)
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Author(s):
Philip Reeve
Illustrator(s):
None
The Graveyard Book (2008)
Author(s):
Neil Gaiman
Illustrator(s):
Dave McKean
Chris Riddell
Bog Child (2008)
Author(s):
Siobhan Dowd
Illustrator(s):
Kamil Vojnar
Monsters of Men (2010)
Author(s):
Patrick Ness
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
A Monster Calls (2011)
Author(s):
Patrick Ness
Illustrator(s):
Jim Kay
Maggot Moon (2012)
Author(s):
Sally Gardner
Illustrator(s):
Jim Kay
The Bunker Diary (2013)
Author(s):
Kevin Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Buffalo Soldier (2014)
Author(s):
Tanya Landman
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
One (2015)
Author(s):
Sarah Crossan
Illustrator(s):
Elsa Moore
