Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Winners Children's Fiction

Awards List

2015

A Song for Ella Grey (Winner)
David Almond

Oct-2014
/ General Fiction

Apple and Rain (Nominee)
Sarah Crossan

Aug-2014
/ General Fiction

El Deafo (Nominee)
Cece Bell

Sep-2014
/ Graphic Novel

A Song for Ella Grey (Nominee)
David Almond

Oct-2014
/ General Fiction

A Song for Ella Grey (Finalist)
David Almond

Oct-2014
/ General Fiction

All the Bright Places (Nominee)
Jennifer Niven

Jan-2015
/ Literary

My Name Is Not Friday (Nominee)
Jon Walter

Jan-2016
/ Historical

2014

She Is Not Invisible (Nominee)
Marcus Sedgwick

Apr-2014
/ Mystery

2013

Liar & Spy (Winner)
Rebecca Stead

Aug-2012
/ Mystery

The Fault in Our Stars (Finalist)
John Green

Jan-2012
/ General Fiction

Maggot Moon (Nominee)
Sally Gardner

Feb-2013
/ Steampunk

The Wall (Nominee)
William Sutcliffe

Jun-2013
/ General Fiction

The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas (Finalist)
David Almond

Aug-2013
/ Action Adventure

Rooftoppers (Finalist)
Katherine Rundell

Sep-2013
/ Fantasy

2012

The Unforgotten Coat (Winner)
Frank Cottrell Boyce

Sep-2011
/ General Fiction

Dead End in Norvelt (Finalist)
Jack Gantos

Sep-2011
/ Action Adventure

2011

Return to Ribblestrop (Winner)
Andy Mulligan

Nov-2011
/ General Fiction

My Name Is Mina (Finalist)
David Almond

Oct-2011
/ General Fiction

2010

Ghost Hunter (Winner)
Michelle Paver

Jun-2010
/ Fantasy

The Ogre of Oglefort (Finalist)
Eva Ibbotson

May-2010
/ Science Fiction / Fantasy

Now (Finalist)
Morris Gleitzman

Jun-2012
/ General Fiction

Unhooking the Moon (Finalist)
Gregory Hughes

Oct-2013
/ Action Adventure

2009

Exposure (Winner)
Mal Peet

Oct-2009
/ General Fiction

Nation (Finalist)
Terry Pratchett

Sep-2008
/ Fantasy

2008

The Knife of Never Letting Go (Winner)
Patrick Ness

Sep-2008
/ Dystopian

Before I Die (Finalist)
Jenny Downham

Oct-2007
/ General Fiction

Bog Child (Finalist)
Siobhan Dowd

Feb-2008
/ General Fiction

Cosmic (Finalist)
Frank Cottrell Boyce

Jun-2008
/ General Fiction

2007

The Falconer's Knot (Finalist)
Mary Hoffman

Apr-2007
/ Historical Mystery

The Penalty (Finalist)
Mal Peet

Aug-2007
/ General Fiction

2006

A Darkling Plain (Winner)
Philip Reeve

Jun-2007
/ Fantasy

Sharp North (Finalist)
Patrick Cave

Apr-2006
/ Science Fiction

Framed (Finalist)
Frank Cottrell Boyce

Sep-2006
/ General Fiction

Fly by Night (Finalist)
Frances Hardinge

Feb-2008
/ General Fiction

Award Categories

Children's Fiction

Award Years