Yoto Carnegie Medals longlist 2023

 

The Yoto Carnegies, the UK’s longest running and best-loved book awards for children and young people, today announced the longlists for 2023. Dominated by independent publishers, the stories range from intimate examinations of family life to sensitive introductions to societal issues impacting the world today, with many reflecting on past histories or looking to the future of our planet.

 

The 2023 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing longlist is (alphabetical by author surname):

• The Light in Everything by Katya Balen (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
• When Shadows Fall by Sita Brahmachari, illustrated by Natalie Sirett (Little Tiger)
• Medusa by Jessie Burton, illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
• The Blackthorn Branch by Elen Caldecott (Andersen Press)
• Running with Horses by Jason Cockcroft (Andersen Press)
• The Eternal Return of Clara Hart by Louise Finch (Little Island)
• The Worlds We Leave Behind by A.F. Harrold, illustrated by Levi Pinfold (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
• Green Rising by Lauren James (Walker Books)
• When Our Worlds Collided by Danielle Jawando (Simon & Schuster Children’s)
• Needle by Patrice Lawrence (Barrington Stoke)
• Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, illustrated by Tom de Freston (Orion Children’s Books)
• Wrath by Marcus Sedgwick (Barrington Stoke)
• I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys (Hodder Children’s Books)
• The Silver Chain by Jion Sheibani (Hot Key Books)
• The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros (Firefly Press) 

 

 

The 2023 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration longlist is (alphabetical by illustrator surname):

• John Agard’s Windrush Child illustrated by Sophie Bass, written by John Agard (Walker Books)
• Rescuing Titanic illustrated and written by Flora Delargy (Wide Eyed Editions)
• Flooded illustrated and written by Mariajo Illustrajo (Frances Lincoln)
• Journey to the Last River illustrated by Teddy Keen, written by The Unknown Adventurer (Frances Lincoln)
• Medusa illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill, written by Jessie Burton (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
• The Fog Catcher’s Daughter illustrated by Alan Marks, written by Marianne McShane (Walker Books)
• Once Upon a Tune illustrated and written by James Mayhew (Otter-Barry Books)
• Dadaji’s Paintbrush illustrated by Ruchi Mhasane, written by Rashmi Sirdeshpande (Andersen Press)
• Alte Zachen: Old Things illustrated by Benjamin Phillips, written by Ziggy Hanaor (Circada Books)
• The Worlds We Leave Behind illustrated by Levi Pinfold, written by A. F. Harrold (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
• The Visible Sounds illustrated by Yu Rong, written by Yin Jianling (UCLan Publishing)
• Choices illustrated and written by Roozeboos (Child’s Play)
• The Queen in the Cave illustrated and written by Júlia Sardà (Walker Studio)
• Saving the Butterfly illustrated by Gill Smith, written by Helen Cooper (Walker Books)
• The Comet illustrated and written by Joe Todd-Stanton (Flying Eye Books)
• The Queen on our Corner illustrated by Nia Tudor, written by Lucy Christopher (Lantana)
• The Baker by the Sea illustrated and written by Paula White (Templar Books)
• Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear illustrated by Jeet Zdung, written by Trang Nguyen (Kingfisher)