Longlists announced for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals
18 February 2021
On Thursday 18 February 2021 the UK's oldest and best-loved book
awards for children and young people, the prestigious CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals,
announced the longlists for 2021. Congratulations to
Barrington Stoke which has a book on each list and
to Canongate Books with a book longlisted for the
Kate Greenaway medal:
2021 CILIP Carnegie Medal longlist
2021 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal longlist
The Medals celebrate outstanding achievement in children's
writing and illustration respectively and are unique in being
judged by children's librarians, with the Shadowers' Choice Award
voted for by children and young people. 40 titles have been
longlisted for the 2021 Medals (20 on each longlist) selected from
a total of 152 nominations, read by an expert volunteer team of 15
children's and youth librarians from across the UK.
The shortlists for both the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway
Medals 2021 will be announced on Thursday 18 March 2021, with the
winners announced on Wednesday 16 June 2021.