The Carnegie prizes for writing and illustration were announced, as were the Shadowers’ picks.

Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald won for writing and Olivia Lomenech Gill’s Clever Crow for illustration.

The Shadowers’ Choice prizes went to King of Nothing by Nathaneal Lessore and Homebody by Theo Parish.

Find all four below and see the full round up on our Carnegie page.  Plus you’ll find Q&As here from  Nathanael and Theo.

Colossal Words for Kids took the ultimate prize in this year’s CLiPPA Award.

Written by Collette Hiller and illustrated by Tor Freeman it is a book full of what judge Roger McGough called ‘ rhymes that demand to be spoken aloud’.

You can find Collette and Tor’s title below and discover more of this year’s prize on our dedicated CLiPPA page.  Plus read Collette’s blog about the beauty of not shying away from colossal words here.

The UKLA winners are chosen in four separate categories by judges who are all teachers.

In 2025 those judges faced a mighty task in whittling the shortlists down and “were faced with some very difficult decisions, because of the strength of all four shortlists” Awards Chair Chris Lockwood said.

You can find the full round up on our UKLA Awards page here and see each of the four category winners below.  Do have a read of Craig Barr Green and Francis Martin‘s perspectives on their book Gina Kaminski which they kindly shared for our blog.

This year’s winner of the Jhalak Children’s and YA Prize is already on the page!  It’s a second showing for Nate Lessore’s King of Nothing – you can read our Q and A with Nate about King of Nothing here.

Three proud prizes have narrowed their fields in recent weeks – and now the really hard work begins in trying to choose winners.

The YA Book Prize, The Week Junior and The SLA Information Book Award feature a variety of categories that celebrate children’s publishing.

Find links to the full round ups of each Shortlist below – plenty of absolutely marvellous titles to choose from on both these lists!