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CILIP Carnegie Medals 2010

The 2010 CILIP Carnegie Medals went to The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (Carnegie Medal for Writing) and Harry & Hopper by Margaret Wild and Freya Blackwood (Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration). 16 books made the shortlist across 2 categories.

Winners

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaimansource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. Harry & Hopper by Margaret Wild and Freya Blackwoodsource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. Chains by Laurie Halse Andersonsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Fever Crumb by Philip Reevesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Nation by Terry Pratchettsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Revolver by Marcus Sedgwicksource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Rowan the Strange by Julie Hearnsource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Nesssource (opens in a new tab)
  7. The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grantsource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKeansource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Leon and the Place Between by Angela McAllister and Grahame Baker-Smithsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Millie's Marvellous Hat by Satoshi Kitamurasource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Dunderheads by Paul Fleischman and David Robertssource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddellsource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Great Paper Caper by Oliver Jefferssource (opens in a new tab)
  7. There Are Cats in This Book by Viviane Schwarzsource (opens in a new tab)

About the CILIP Carnegie Medals

Shortlists and winners of the Carnegie Medal for Writing and the Kate Greenaway Medal (Carnegie Medal for Illustration since 2023), kept as two categories. Year is the award year as CILIP labels it. Before 2007 CILIP labelled medals by publication year, so the medal presented in 2006 is CILIP's "2005" award and no award carries the 2006 label (count 0). 2007-2009 shortlists come from the archived carnegiegreenaway.org.uk site (Wayback Machine), whose pages also gave the ISBNs; 2010-2025 from carnegies.co.uk shortlist archives. Longlists and nomination lists are not included. Author names the writer, then the illustrator when different.

Organization: CILIP, the Library and Information Association. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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