Guardian Children's Fiction Prize

This article is about the children's fiction prize. For the prize for adult books, see Guardian First Book Award.

The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award was a literary award that annual recognised one fiction book written for children or young adults (at least age eight) and published in the United Kingdom.[1] It was conferred upon the author of the book by The Guardian newspaper, which established it in 1965 and inaugurated it in 1967. It was a lifetime award in that previous winners were not eligible. At least from 2000 the prize was £1,500. The prize was apparently discontinued after 2016, though no formal announcement appears to have been made.[2]

  1. ^ "Guardian Children's Fiction Prize". The Guardian. 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Guardian children's fiction prize". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.