YA Book Prize

YA Book Prize
Awarded foryoung adult novels
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byThe Bookseller
First award2014; 12 years ago (2014)
Websitewww.thebookseller.com/awards/the-ya-book-prize

The YA Book Prize is a British literary award established by publishing magazine The Bookseller in 2014. The accolade is given to young adult novels published by an author in the United Kingdom or Ireland in the previous year.

As of 2022, the prize is presented at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Judges have included past winners Patrice Lawrence and Alice Oseman.

Recipients

2010s

Year Author Work Ref
2015
Louise O'Neill Only Ever Yours
David Almond A Song for Ella Grey
Keren David Salvage
Juno Dawson Say Her Name
Tom Ellison, Lucy Ivison Lobster
Sally Green Half Bad
Kim Hood Finding a Voice
Dawn O'Porter Goose
Non Pratt Trouble
Marcus Sedgwick The Ghosts of Heaven
2016
Sarah Crossan One
Holly Bourne Am I Normal Yet?
Jenny Downham Unbecoming
Frances Hardinge The Lie Tree
Catherine Johnson The Curious Tale of the Lady Caraboo
Patrick Ness The Rest of Us Just Live Here
Louise O'Neill Asking for It
Melinda Salisbury The Sin Eater's Daughter
William Sutcliffe Concentr8
Lisa Williamson The Art of Being Normal
2017
Patrice Lawrence Orangeboy
Sara Barnard Beautiful Broken Things
Malorie Blackman Chasing the Stars
Laure Eve The Graces
Clare Furniss How Not to Disappear
Lisa Heathfield Paper Butterflies
Peadar Ó Guilín The Call
Francesca Simon The Monstrous Child
Martin Stewart Riverkeep
Alex Wheatle Crongton Knights
2018
Will Hill After the Fire
Emily Barr The One Memory of Flora Banks
M. A. Bennett S.T.A.G.S
Holly Bourne It Only Happens in the Movies
Sarah Crossan Moonrise
Patrice Lawrence Indigo Donut
Patrick Ness Release
Sally Nicholls Things a Bright Girl Can Do
Philip Pullman La Belle Sauvage
Alex Wheatle Straight Outta Crongton
2019
Sara Barnard Goodbye, Perfect
Juno Dawson Clean
Laura Dockrill Big Bones
Muhammad Khan I Am Thunder
Louise O'Neill The Surface Breaks
Alice Oseman I Was Born for This
Tom Pollock White Rabbit, Red Wolf
Fiona Shaw Outwalkers
Katherine Webber Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Laura Wood A Sky Painted Gold

2020s

Year Author Work Ref
2020
Juno Dawson Meat Market
Dean Atta The Black Flamingo
Malorie Blackman Crossfire
Holly Bourne The Places I've Cried in Public
Jenny Downham Furious Thing
Frances Hardinge Deeplight
Holly Jackson A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Lauren James The Quiet at the End of the World
Kiran Millwood Hargrave The Deathless Girls
William Sutcliffe The Gifted, the Talented and Me
2021
Alice Oseman Loveless
Darren Charlton Wranglestone
Holly Jackson Good Girl, Bad Blood
Danielle Jawando And the Stars Were Burning Brightly
Patrice Lawrence Eight Pieces of Silva
Meg Rosoff The Great Godden
Bethany Rutter Melt My Heart
Melinda Salisbury Hold Back the Tide
Alex Wheatle Cane Warriors
Laura Wood A Snowfall of Silver
2022
Adiba Jaigirdar Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Ace of Spades
Holly Bourne The Yearbook
Tanya Byrne Afterlove
Femi Fadugba The Upper World
Simon James Green You're the One That I Want
Manjeet Mann The Crossing
Krystal Sutherland House of Hollow
Lisa Williamson First Day of My Life
2023
Danielle Jawando When Our Worlds Collided
Catherine Doyle, Katherine Webber Twin Crowns
Louise Finch The Eternal Return of Clara Hart
Holly Jackson Five Survive
Becky Jerams, Ellie Wyatt The Songs You've Never Heard
Nadia Mikail The Cats We Meet Along the Way
Melinda Salisbury Her Dark Wings
Cynthia So If You Still Recognise Me
Laura Steven The Society for Soulless Girls
Alex Wheatle Kemosha of the Caribbean
2024
Lex Croucher Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
Benjamin Dean How to Die Famous
Bea Fitzgerald Girl, Goddess, Queen
Ravena Guron This Book Kills
Anika Hussain This Is How You Fall in Love
Jenny Ireland The First Move
Josh Silver HappyHead
Laura Steven Every Exquisite Thing
Kate Weston Murder on a School Night
2025
Moira Buffini Songlight
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and Adiba Jaigirdar Four Eids and a Funeral
Sarah Crossan Where the Heart Should Be
Catherine Doyle The Dagger and the Flame
Leon Egan Lover Birds
Bea Fitzgerald The End Crowns All
Holly Jackson The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Danielle Jawando If My Words Had Wings
Margaret McDonald Glasgow Boys
O R Sorrel Apocalypse Cow
2026
Josh Silver Traumaland
Bea Fitzgerald A Beautiful Evil
Ravena Guron Mondays Are Murder
Lauryn Hamilton Murray Heir of Storms
Anika Hussain Heartbreaker
William Hussey The Boy I Love
Caroline O'Donoghue Shipshock
Elgan Rhys (tr Mared Roberts) The Five
Laura Steven Our Infinite Fates
Harry Trevaldwyn The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King

Special achievement award

Repeat nominees

Multiple nods

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

References

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  8. ↑ "Sarah Crossan's One, about conjoined twins, wins YA book prize". BBC Entertainment & Arts News. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
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  11. 1 2 3 "Winner of the YA Book Prize 2018: After the Fire by Will Hill". The Tattooed Book. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  12. 1 2 "The YA Book Prize shortlist 2019". Readings. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  13. 1 2 Hayward, Marie (1 October 2019). "Local Author Wins YA Book Prize 2019". Brighton Journal. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  14. 1 2 Carpenter, Caroline (26 March 2020). "Jackson, Blackman and Hardinge in the running for YA Book Prize 2020". The Bookseller. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  15. 1 2 "Dawson's Meat Market wins the YA Book Prize". The Bookseller. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
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  18. 1 2 "YA Book Prize 2022". The Bookseller. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  19. 1 2 "Bangladeshi-Irish author Adiba Jaigirdar wins £2,000 YA Book Prize". The Irish Times. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
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  21. 1 2 Doyle, Martin (25 August 2023). "Alice Winn wins Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize; Danielle Jawando awarded YA Book Prize". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
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  23. 1 2 "Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art announced as winner of the YA Book Prize 2024". The Bookseller. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
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  25. ↑ "YA Book Prize: Malorie Blackman receives special achievement award for NOUGHTS & CROSSES". Alt Africa Review. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2024.

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