In 2017, the Awards were re-launched to include both print and e-book sales. Silver, Gold & Platinum Awards are presented to single books that have sold over 250,000, 500,000 & 1 million copies respectively. Throughout the year, awards are presented to authors that have achieved outstanding sales in the 21st Century. In January each year, The Bestsellers Awards take place, rewarding authors that have topped the sales charts in 2017.   https://youtu.be/BxYISyv8cUg

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The Bookbug Picture Book Prize is a project delivered by Scottish Book Trust celebrating the very best Scottish picture books and encouraging reading for pleasure in homes, nurseries, primary schools and libraries across the country. The winning picture book is voted for entirely by children across Scotland.

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The Costa Book Awards honour some of the most outstanding books of the year written by authors based in the UK and Ireland. There are five categories – First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children’s Book – with one of the five winners chosen as Book of the Year, announced at an awards ceremony in London every January. The Costa Short Story Award was launched in 2012. Although under the umbrella of the Costa Book Awards, it’s judged separately and the winner is voted for by the general public.

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The Books Are My Bag Readers Awards are a unique set of awards. They are the only book awards with shortlists curated by bookshops, with the winners voted for by booklovers. Five shortlists are chosen by booksellers across the UK & Ireland: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Biography & Autobiography, Children’s and Breakthrough Author. A special Readers Choice Award; voted for entirely by booklovers; and a Beautiful Book Ward; voted for entirely by booksellers, complete the set. The Book Are My Bag Readers Awards are sponsored by National Book Tokens.

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The Irish Book Awards brings together the entire literary community – readers, authors, booksellers, publishers and librarians – to recognise and celebrate the very best of Irish literary talent. The Awards dinner has become the major event in the literary calendar with some of Ireland’s, and indeed the world’s, most recognised authors gathering together in a spirit of camaraderie and friendly competition to celebrate the success of the past year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2732&v=vZ3oZWtO4Mw

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The enormously popular and influential Blue Peter Book Awards have been recognising and celebrating the best authors, the most creative illustrators and the greatest reads for children since 2000.

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The Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize began life back in 2005, with Stuart Hill’s fantasy The Cry of the Icemark bagging the inaugural award. The Prize now covers three key areas of children’s publishing – Picture Books, Younger Fiction and Older Fiction. Each year, of the three category winners from the 18-strong shortlist, one title will also have the honour of walking away with the overall Prize.

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The British Book Industry Awards celebrate the greatness of the British book trade and the people behind it – the best books, the best writers, the best bookshops, the best publishers – from industry greats to those starting out. The Books of the Year create a BAFTA-esque recognition of books that have been superbly written and brilliantly published. Winning one of the four categories – children’s, adult fiction, non-fiction and debut – or the overall Book of the Year is a huge accolade for author and publisher alike.

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The Children’s Book Award is the only national award voted for solely by children from start to finish. It is highly regarded by parents, teachers, librarians, publishers and children’s authors and illustrators as it truly represents the children’s choice. Thanks to the support of the publishers, over 1,000 new books are donated to be read and reviewed by our Testing Groups across the country every year, with over 150,000 total votes being cast in the process. At the end of each testing year, nearly 12,000 books are donated to hospitals, women’s refuges, nurseries and disadvantaged schools by our groups.

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The YA Book Prize is awarded annually to the best young adult book written by an author living in the UK or Ireland. Previous winners of the prize are Louise O’Neill’s Only Ever Yours (2015) and Sarah Crossan’s One (2016). Worth £2,000 to the winning author, the prize is presented at Hay Festival.

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The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals are the UK’s oldest and most prestigious children’s book awards. Often described by authors and illustrators as ‘the one they want to win’ – they are the gold standard in children’s literature. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people. The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people.

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Independent Bookshop Week (IBW) is a campaign run by the Booksellers Association and its members to celebrate independent bookshops on the high streets of the UK & Ireland. Independent Bookshop Week Book Award 2017 winners were: Adult Category Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (Faber & Faber) Children’s Category A Poem for Every Night of the Year, edited by Allie Esiri (Macmillan Children’s Books) Picture Book Category Tidy by Emily Gravett (Macmillan Children’s Books)

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The UKLA Book Awards seek to celebrate children’s books in order to: – encourage teachers to increase their professional and personal knowledge of recently published high quality children’s books – promote the place of books for young people in all educational settings from nursery to key stage 4 The books selected for the award will be titles that teachers can share with pupils as part of regular classroom experience, eg to: read for pleasure in the teacher’s read aloud programme to the whole class inspire extended response from learners (through discussion, creative interaction or understanding the wider curriculum) be the …

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The Kelpies Prize is an annual prize for new Scottish writing for children run by publisher Floris Books.

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