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CILIP Carnegie Medals 2021

The 2021 CILIP Carnegie Medals went to Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds (Carnegie Medal for Writing) and Small in the City by Sydney Smith (Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration). 16 books made the shortlist across 2 categories.

Winners

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. Look Both Ways by Jason Reynoldssource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. Small in the City by Sydney Smithsource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedosource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolksource (opens in a new tab)
  3. On Midnight Beach by Marie-Louise Fitzpatricksource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mannsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetyssource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Girl Who Became a Tree by Joseph Coelhosource (opens in a new tab)
  7. The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Andersonsource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. Arlo the Lion Who Couldn't Sleep by Catherine Raynersource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Hike by Pete Oswaldsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. How the Stars Came to Be by Poonam Mistrysource (opens in a new tab)
  4. I Go Quiet by David Ouimetsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. It's a No-Money Day by Kate Milnersource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Starbird by Sharon King-Chaisource (opens in a new tab)
  7. The Bird Within Me by Sara Lundberg, translated by B. J. Epsteinsource (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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