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CILIP Carnegie Medals 2024

The 2024 CILIP Carnegie Medals went to The Boy Lost in the Maze by Joseph Coelho (Carnegie Medal for Writing) and The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker (Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration). 16 books made the shortlist across 2 categories.

Winners

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. The Boy Lost in the Maze by Joseph Coelhosource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. The Tree and the River by Aaron Beckersource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

Carnegie Medal for Writing

  1. Away With Words by Sophie Cameronsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Choose Love by Nicola Daviessource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Crossing the Line by Tia Fishersource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khansource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Steady for This by Nathanael Lessoresource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexandersource (opens in a new tab)
  7. The Song Walker by Zillah Bethellsource (opens in a new tab)

Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration

  1. April's Garden by Isla McGuckin and Catalina Echeverrisource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Lost by Mariajo Ilustrajosource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Bowerbird by Julia Donaldson and Catherine Raynersource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Midnight Panther by Poonam Mistrysource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish by Chloe Savagesource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Wilderness by Steve McCarthysource (opens in a new tab)
  7. To the Other Side by Erika Mezasource (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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