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      Carnegie Medal Winners

      Browse Carnegie Medal winners and nominees by year, category, and historical archive. Explore the latest winners, past nominees, and major award archive award categories.

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      Recent Award Winners

      Recent Carnegie Medal winning books across major categories.

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      The Blue Book of Nebo cover
      2023 Children's

      The Blue Book of Nebo

      Ros, Manon Steffan

      Winner · Children's

      October, October cover
      2022 Children's

      October, October

      Balen, Katya

      Winner · Children's

      Look Both Ways cover
      2021 Children's

      Look Both Ways

      Reynolds, Jason

      Winner · Children's

      Lark cover
      2020 Children's

      Lark

      McGowan, Anthony

      Winner · Children's

      The Poet X cover
      2019 Children's

      The Poet X

      Acevedo, Elizabeth

      Winner · Children's

      Where the World Ends cover
      2018 Children's

      Where the World Ends

      McCaughrean, Geraldine

      Winner · Children's

      Carnegie Medal Winners by Year

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      Carnegie Medal Categories

      Browse Carnegie Medal categories including Novel, First Novel, Paperback Original, and more.

      Children's

      Browse Carnegie Medal Children's winners and nominees across the full archive.

      215 results across this category

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      Popular Carnegie Medal Winners and Categories

      Explore recent winners, major categories, and popular award archives.

      2023 Carnegie Medal Winners

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      Carnegie Medal – Children's

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