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. It was conferred upon the author of the book by The Guardian newspaper, which established it in 1965 and inaugurated it in . It was a lifetime award in that previous winners were not eligible. At least from 2000 the prize was £1,500.<!-- source is coverage by theguardian at least 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2011 --> The prize was apparently discontinued after , though no formal announcement appears to have been made.
History
The prize was established in 1965 as the "only children's book award made to writers by their fellow authors"
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!1978
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|Charmed Life
|Macmillan
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!1979
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|Conrad's War
|Blackie
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1980s
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|+Guardian Children's Fiction Prize winners and finalists, 1980-1989
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|Methuen
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|Wolf
|Oxford
|Finalist
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! rowspan="3" |1992
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|Paper Faces
|Oxford
|Winner
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|Gollancz
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|Finalist
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! rowspan="2" |1993
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|Low Tide
|Jonathan Cape
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|Finalist
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! rowspan="2" |1994
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|Julia MacRae
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|Finalist
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|Kit's Wilderness
|Hodder Children's Books
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|Shortlist
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|Little Soldier
|Orchard
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|Shortlist
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|King of Shadows
|Bodley Head
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|Shortlist
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|Scholastic
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|Shortlist
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|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
|Bloomsbury
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|Shortlist
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! rowspan="10" |2001
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|Orion
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|My Brother's Ghost
|Puffin
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|Shortlist
| Laird, Newbery and Sedgwick made the shortlist.
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|Thursday's Child
|Walker Books
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|Winner
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|Warehouse
|Red Fox
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|Shortlist
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|Orion
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|Shortlist
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|Revenge House
|Orchard
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|Longlist
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|Exodus
|Macmillan
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|Longlist
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|Green Boy
|Bodley Head
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|Longlist
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! rowspan="8" |2003
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|Jonathan Cape, David Fickling<!--our article says Cape; Guardian 2002 says Fickling; simultaneous, say some websites-->
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|Winner
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|Hodder
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|Shortlist
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|Lucas
|Chicken House
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|Shortlist
| Morpurgo made the shortlist.
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|How I Live Now
|Puffin
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|Winner
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|Millions
|Macmillan
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|Shortlist
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|Oxford
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|Shortlist
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|Scholastic UK
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|Winner
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|Blown Away
|Simon & Schuster
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|Shortlist
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|Framed
|Macmillan
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|Shortlist
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|Fly by Night
|Macmillan
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|Shortlist
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|Clay
|Hodder
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|Longlist
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|Doubleday
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|Longlist
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|Penguin
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|Usborne
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|Longlist
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! rowspan="8" |2007
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|Finding Violet Park
|HarperCollins
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|Bloomsbury
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|Shortlist
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|Oxford
|10
|Shortlist
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|Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire
|Egmont
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|Shortlist
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|Puffin
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|Longlist
| Cottrell-Boyce and Ness made the shortlist.
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|Walker Books
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|Cosmic
|Macmillan
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|Shortlist
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|Bog Child
|David Fickling
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|Shortlist
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|Bad Blood
|Oxford
|12
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|Exposure
|Walker Books
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|Winner
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|Solace of the Road
|David Fickling
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|Shortlist
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|Then
|Puffin
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|Shortlist
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|Nation
|Doubleday
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|Shortlist
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|Genesis
|Quercus
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|Longlist
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|Orion
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|Longlist
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|Ghost Hunter
|Orion
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|Winner
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|Now
|Puffin
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|Shortlist
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|Unhooking the Moon
|Quercus
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|Shortlist
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|Sparks
|Marion Lloyd Books
|9
|Longlist
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|Return To Ribblestrop
|Simon & Schuster
|10
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|My Name is Mina
|Hodder
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|Shortlist
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|Twilight Robbery
|Macmillan
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|Shortlist
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|Momentum
|Hodder
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|Walker
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|A Greyhound of a Girl
|Scholastic
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|Shortlist
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|Soonchild
|Walker
|14
|Longlist
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|Liar & Spy
|Andersen Press
|10
|Winner
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|, illus. Oliver Jeffers
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|Walker
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|Penguin
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|Shortlist
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|Maggot Moon
|Hot Key Books
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|Longlist
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The longlist and shortlist were announced 28 June and 4 October, both about a month later than usual.
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|Quercus
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|, illus. K. G. Campbell
|Flora & Ulysses
|Walker; U.S., Candlewick
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|Shortlist
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|We Were Liars
|Hot Key Books; U.S., Delacorte
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|Shortlist
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|Shine
|David Fickling
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|Longlist
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|Macmillan
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|Shortlist
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|An Island of our Own
|Scholastic
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|Shortlist
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|Apple and Rain
|Bloomsbury
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|Longlist
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|Shortlist
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|Hell and High Water
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|Shortlist
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|Riverkeep
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|Longlist
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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.
Beside the competition there is a summer book club that features one longlist book each week, with author interviews and discussion.
See also
- Blue Peter Book Awards
- Carnegie Medal
- Children's Laureate
- Kate Greenaway Medal
- Nestle Smarties Book Prize
Notes
References
External links
- Guardian children's fiction prize (top page)
- British Children's Literary Awards