The longlists for the 2023 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing and Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration have been announced!

The Carnegie Medal for Writing is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people. The Carnegie Medal for Illustration* is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people.

*formerly known as the Kate Greenaway Medal

Below are this year's two longlists.

The 2023 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing longlist:

• The Light in Everything by Katya Balen
• When Shadows Fall by Sita Brahmachari, illustrated by Natalie Sirett
• Medusa by Jessie Burton, illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill
• The Blackthorn Branch by Elen Caldecott
• Running with Horses by Jason Cockcroft
• The Eternal Return of Clara Hart by Louise Finch
• The Worlds We Leave Behind by A.F. Harrold, illustrated by Levi Pinfold
• Green Rising by Lauren James
• When Our Worlds Collided by Danielle Jawando
• Needle by Patrice Lawrence
• Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, illustrated by Tom de Freston
• Wrath by Marcus Sedgwick
• I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
• The Silver Chain by Jion Sheibani
• The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros

The 2023 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration (formerly known as the Kate Greenaway Medal) longlist:

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

The shortlists for the awards will be announced on Friday 17 March with the winners announced at a ceremony on Thursday 16 June. You can find out more about the awards here.