Carnegie Medal for Writing
Presented by: CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) and the Youth Libraries Group
For: Outstanding book written in English for children and young people
| Nominee | On Silver Tides | Sylvia Bishop |
| Nominee | You Could Be So Pretty | Holly Bourne |
| Nominee | I Am Wolf | Alastair Chisholm |
| Nominee | Sisters of the Moon | Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick |
| Nominee | Island of Whispers | Frances Hardinge |
| Winner | The Boy Lost in the Maze | Joseph Coelho |
| Nominee | The Little Match Girl Strikes Back | Emma Carroll |
| Nominee | Electric Life | Rachel Delahaye |
| Nominee | Tyger | S. F. Said |
| Nominee | Ravencave | Marcus Sedgwick |
| Winner | The Blue Book of Nebo | Manon Steffan Ros |
| Nominee | Medusa | Jessie Burton |
| Nominee | The Eternal Return of Clara Hart | Louise Finch |
| Nominee | The Blackthorn Branch | Elen Caldecott |
| Nominee | The Worlds We Leave Behind | A. F. Harrold |
| Nominee | Green Rising | Lauren James |
| Nominee | We Were Wolves | Jason Cockcroft |
| Nominee | The Girl Who Speaks Bear | Sophie Anderson |
| Nominee | Pet | Akwaeke Emezi |
| Nominee | Deeplight | Frances Hardinge |
| Nominee | The Deathless Girls | Kiran Millwood Hargrave |
| Nominee | Burn | Patrick Ness |
| Nominee | Nowhere on Earth | Nick Lake |
| Nominee | Lampie and the Children of the Sea | Annet Schaap |
| Nominee | Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black | Julian Sedgwick+Marcus Sedgwick |
| Nominee | Girl. Boy. Sea. | Chris Vick |
| Nominee | A Pocketful of Stars | Aisha Bushby |
| Nominee | Stepsister | Jennifer Donnelly |
| Nominee | Inkling | Kenneth Oppel |
| Nominee | The House with Chicken Legs | Sophie Anderson |
| Nominee | A Skinful of Shadows | Frances Hardinge |
| Nominee | Long Way Down | Jason Reynolds |
| Nominee | The Land of Neverendings | Kate Saunders |
| Nominee | The Colour of the Sun | David Almond |
| Nominee | Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor and Loki | Kevin Crossley-Holland |
| Nominee | My Side of the Diamond | Sally Gardner |
| Nominee | Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales | Hilary McKay |
| Nominee | Station Zero | Philip Reeve |
| Nominee | Release | Patrick Ness |
| Nominee | Wed Wabbit | Lissa Evans |
| Nominee | The Tale of Angelino Brown | David Almond |
| Nominee | The Song from Somewhere Else | A. F. Harrold |
| Nominee | The Call | Peadar Ò Guilin |
| Nominee | Black Light Express | Philip Reeve |
| Nominee | Encounters | Jason Wallace (UK/Zimbabwe) |
| Nominee | Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth | Frank Cottrell Boyce |
| Nominee | Railhead | Philip Reeve |
| Nominee | Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot | Horatio Clare |
| Nominee | Beetle Boy | M. G. Leonard |
| Nominee | Time Traveling with a Hamster | Ross Welford |
| Nominee | The Lie Tree | Frances Hardinge |
| Nominee | The Rest of Us Just Live Here | Patrick Ness |
| Nominee | Five Children on the Western Front | Kate Saunders |
| Nominee | The Ghosts of Heaven | Marcus Sedgwick |
| Nominee | There Will Be Lies | Nick Lake |
| Nominee | A Song for Ella Grey | David Almond |
| Nominee | The Door That Led to Where | Sally Gardner |
| Nominee | The Imaginary | A. F. Harrold |
| Nominee | The Shepherd's Crown | Terry Pratchett |
| Nominee | Thirteen Chairs | Dave Shelton |
| Nominee | Jessica's Ghost | Andrew Norriss |
| Nominee | Cuckoo Song | Frances Hardinge |
| Nominee | Tinder | Sally Gardner |
| Nominee | More Than This | Patrick Ness |
| Nominee | Liar and Spy | Rebecca Stead |
| Winner | Maggot Moon | Sally Gardner |
| Nominee | A Greyhound of a Girl | Roddy Doyle |
| Nominee | In Darkness | Nick Lake |
| Nominee | Midwinterblood | Marcus Sedgwick |
| Nominee | A Boy and a Bear in a Boat | Dave Shelton |
| Winner | A Monster Calls | Patrick Ness |
| Nominee | Small Change for Stuart | Lissa Evans |
| Nominee | Trash | Andy Mulligan |
| Winner | Monsters of Men | Patrick Ness |
| Nominee | The Death-Defying Pepper Roux | Geraldine McCaughrean |
| Nominee | White Crow | Marcus Sedgwick |
| Winner | The Graveyard Book | Neil Gaiman |
| Nominee | The Vanishing of Katharina Linden | Helen Grant |
| Nominee | The Ask and the Answer | Patrick Ness |
| Nominee | Nation | Terry Pratchett |
| Nominee | Fever Crumb | Philip Reeve |
| Winner | Bog Child | Siobhan Dowd |
| Nominee | Airman | Eoin Colfer |
| Nominee | Cosmic | Frank Cottrell Boyce |
| Nominee | The Knife of Never Letting Go | Patrick Ness |
| Nominee | Creature of the Night | Kate Thompson |
| Winner | Here Lies Arthur | Philip Reeve |
| Nominee | Gatty's Tale | Kevin Crossley-Holland |
| Winner | Just in Case | Meg Rosoff |
| Nominee | The Road of the Dead | Kevin Brooks |
| Nominee | Beast | Ally Kennen |
| Nominee | My Swordhand Is Singing | Marcus Sedgwick |
| Nominee | Clay | David Almond |
| Nominee | The White Darkness | Geraldine McCaughrean |
| Nominee | The Scarecrow and His Servant | Philip Pullman |
| Nominee | The Fire-Eaters | David Almond |
| Winner | Ruby Holler | Sharon Creech |
| Winner | The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents | Terry Pratchett |
| Nominee | Troy | Adèle Geras |
| Nominee | The Amber Spyglass | Philip Pullman |
| Nominee | The Ghost Behind the Wall | Melvin Burgess |
| Winner | Skellig | David Almond |
| Winner | River Boy | Tim Bowler |
| Nominee | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | J. K. Rowling |
| Nominee | Johnny and the Bomb | Terry Pratchett |
| Winner | Northern Lights | Philip Pullman |
| Winner | Whispers in the Graveyard | Theresa Breslin |
| Nominee | MapHead | Lesley Howarth |
| Nominee | The Baby and Fly Pie | Melvin Burgess |
| Nominee | The Stone Mouse | Jenny Nimmo |
| Nominee | Gulf | Robert Westall |
| Nominee | A Bone from a Dry Sea | Peter Dickinson |
| Nominee | The Real Tilly Beany | Annie Dalton |
| Nominee | The Drowners | Garry Kilworth |
| Winner | Wolf | Gillian Cross |
| Winner | A Pack of Lies: Twelve Stories in One | Geraldine McCaughrean |
| Nominee | A Map of Nowhere | Gillian Cross |
| Nominee | Eva | Peter Dickinson |
| Nominee | The Monster Garden | Vivien Alcock |
| Nominee | The Lives of Christopher Chant | Diana Wynne Jones |
| Winner | The Ghost Drum | Susan Price |
| Nominee | The House on the Hill | Eileen Dunlop |
| Nominee | Wise Child | Monica Furlong |
| Nominee | King of the Cloud Forests | Michael Morpurgo |
| Winner | Storm | Kevin Crossley-Holland |
| Winner | The Changeover | Margaret Mahy |
| Nominee | Brother in the Land | Robert Swindells |
| Nominee | A Little Fear | Patricia Wrightson |
| Winner | The Haunting | Margaret Mahy |
| Nominee | The Dark Behind the Curtain | Gillian Cross |
| Winner | The Scarecrows | Robert Westall |
| Winner | Tulku | Peter Dickinson |
| Nominee | The Devil on the Road | Robert Westall |
| Nominee | Charmed Life | Diana Wynne Jones |
| Nominee | The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural | Philippa Pearce |
| Nominee | The Blue Hawk | Peter Dickinson |
| Nominee | The Grey King | Susan Cooper |
| Nominee | Dogsbody | Diana Wynne Jones |
| Winner | The Stronghold | Mollie Hunter |
| Winner | The Ghost of Thomas Kempe | Penelope Lively |
| Nominee | The Dark Is Rising | Susan Cooper |
| Nominee | The Bongleweed | Helen Cresswell |
| Winner | Watership Down | Richard Adams |
| Nominee | The Dancing Bear | Peter Dickinson |
| Nominee | Up the Pier | Helen Cresswell |
| Nominee | Tristan and Iseult | Rosemary Sutcliff |
| Winner | The God Beneath the Sea | Leon Garfield+Edward Blishen |
| Nominee | The Devil's Children | Peter Dickinson |
| Nominee | The Drummer Boy | Leon Garfield |
| Nominee | The Night-Watchman | Helen Cresswell |
| Winner | The Moon in the Cloud | Rosemary Harris |
| Nominee | The Whispering Mountain | Joan Aiken |
| Winner | The Owl Service | Alan Garner |
| Nominee | The Dream-Time | Henry Treece |
| Nominee | Elidor | Alan Garner |
| Winner | Nordy Bank | Sheena Porter |
| Winner | The Twelve and the Genii | Pauline Clarke |
| Nominee | The Summer Birds | Penelope Farmer |
| Winner | A Stranger at Green Knowe | L. M. Boston |
| Winner | The Lantern Bearers | Rosemary Sutcliff |
| Nominee | The Borrowers Afloat | Mary Norton |
| Nominee | The Rescuers | Margery Sharp |
| Winner | Tom's Midnight Garden | Philippa Pearce |
| Nominee | The Chimneys of Green Knowe | L. M. Boston |
| Nominee | Warrior Scarlet | Rosemary Sutcliff |
| Winner | A Grass Rope | William Mayne |
| Nominee | The Silver Branch | Rosemary Sutcliff |
| Winner | The Last Battle | C. S. Lewis |
| Nominee | The Fairy Doll | Rumer Godden |
| Nominee | The Shield Ring | Rosemary Sutcliff |
| Winner | The Little Bookroom | Eleanor Farjeon |
| Nominee | The Children of Green Knowe | L. M. Boston |
| Nominee | Over the Hills to Fabylon | Nicholas Stuart Gray |
| Nominee | The Horse and His Boy | C. S. Lewis |
| Nominee | The Eagle of the Ninth | Rosemary Sutcliff |
| Winner | The Borrowers | Mary Norton |
| Winner | Collected Stories for Children | Walter de la Mare |
| Winner | The Little White Horse | Elizabeth Goudge |
| Winner | The Wind on the Moon | Eric Linklater |