Thread by @j_iona_lib

A thread of book awards 1/?
Book awards are great. They help bring attention to less mainstream titles, provide useful starting points for finding new books to read, give recognition to quality work of #authors and #illustrators, bring together great books on thematically, ...

... help us discover wonderful materials to recommend to readers, fill libraries with, use in lessons. Here are a bunch of UK-based (I've avoided local and intenational) awards that are worth a look, with the list featuring awards from the genral to the specific, & covering ...

... fiction; non-fiction; graphic novels; poetry; funny and more, across all the age ranges from EYFS all the way to post-16. Again, not comprehensive or intentionally exclusive, but ones that I think are useful to be aware of if you are in the business of teaching, working ...

... with young people in schools, libraries or education or just know the odd kid or two.
Kicking off with the @Booktrust awards:
Blue Peter Book Awards, booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/awa….
BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award, booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/awa….

BookTrust Storytime Prize, booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/awa….
Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards, booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/awa….
All of these above are run or supported by @Booktrust so grouped together.

Now, in alphabetical order, come the rest:

ALCS Educational Writers' Award, societyofauthors.org/Prizes/Other-P…, @Soc_of_Authors.
Alligator's Mouth Award, thealligatorsmouth.co.uk/award, @alligatorsmouth.
Branford Boase Award, branfordboaseaward.org.uk, @BranfordBoase.
British Book Awards, thebookseller.com/british-book-a…, @thebookseller.

CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, carnegiegreenaway.org.uk, @CILIPCKG.
CLiPPA (Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award), clpe.org.uk/poetryline/cli…, @clpe1.
Costa Book of the Year, costa.co.uk/behind-the-bea…, @CostaBookAwards.

English 4-11 Picture Book Awards, www2.le.ac.uk/offices/englis…, @EnglishAssoc.
Excelsior Award, excelsioraward.co.uk, @ExcelsiorAward.
FCBG Children’s Book Award, fcbg.org.uk/childrens-book…, @FCBGNews.
SLA Information Book Award, sla.org.uk/information-bo…, @uksla.

Klaus Flugge Prize, klausfluggeprize.co.uk, @KlausFluggePr.
Laugh Out Loud Book Awards, shop.scholastic.co.uk/lollies, @scholasticuk
Little Rebels Children's Book Award, littlerebels.org, @littlerebsprize.
Teach Primary Book Awards, teachwire.net/bookawards, @TeachPrimary.

UKLA Book Awards, ukla.org/awards/ukla-bo…, @The_UKLA.
Waterstones Children's Book Prize, waterstones.com/the-waterstone…, @Waterstones.
YA Book Prize, thebookseller.com/ya-book-prize-…, @yabookprize.
Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, royalsociety.org/grants-schemes…, @royalsociety.

and finally the Queen's Knickers Award, societyofauthors.org/Prizes/Society…, @Soc_of_Authors.
I think that's it for now and my apologies for any mistakes made in the list ...

So #edutwitter follow them, sign up to their newsletters, shadow the awards process, highlight them in your libraries, classrooms, newsletters and inspire those kids to try reading something new. #libraries #bookawards #readingforpleasure #books #FridayMotivation

To add a couple that I missed:
Children’s book award Ireland, childrensbooksireland.ie/kpmg-childrens… @KidsBooksIrel.
The Bookbug Picture Book and the Scottish Teenage Book Prize, scottishbooktrust.com/learning-and-r…, @scottishbktrust.
The Tir na n-Of award in wales,
llyfrau.cymru/en/gwobrau/tir… @Books_Wales

Oscar’s Book prize, oscarsbookprize.co.uk @oscarsbookprize.
The diverse book award,
thediversebookawards.co.uk @The_DBAwards.