Nominations open for CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medals 2008
All CILIP members are invited to nominate titles for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals. Judged by a panel of CILIP Members from all over the UK, the Medals are the country's most prestigious Children's Book Awards.
Nominations open for CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medals 2008
All CILIP members are invited to nominate titles for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals. Judged by a panel of CILIP Members from all over the UK, the Medals are the country's most prestigious Children's Book Awards.
The Medals celebrate the very best in children's literature and demonstrate the valuable work that CILIP members do in helping children and young people develop their literacy and social skills by reading for pleasure.
You can follow the progress of the Awards at www.ckg.org.uk
Over 60,000 young people in 3,200 school and public library groups take part in the shadowing scheme that accompanies the Awards. Further details on the scheme and a database of the reviews are on the website at www.ckg.org.uk/shadowing
2007/8 Timetable
Our mission is for the Medals to be the premiere children's and young people's book Award, promoting excellence in children's books and take the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. To achieve this we have changed the timetable for the Awards to make it easier for bookshops to be involved and allow schools in Northern Ireland and Scotland to take part in the shadowing scheme more easily.
26 October 2007 - close of nominations
9 November 2007 - nominations announced
18 April 2008 - shortlists announced
26 June 2008 - winners announced
How to nominate
Each CILIP member can nominate up to two titles per Medal.
Nominations can be submitted individually or through CILIP branches or special interest groups.
Titles can be fiction, non-fiction or poetry.
Nominations for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal can be dual-language.
To submit your nominations online visit www.ckg.org.uk/nomination
For further details about CILIP membership visit www.cilip.org.uk/member
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1. CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. It forms a community of around 36,000 people engaged in library and information work, of whom around 21,000 are CILIP members and around 15,000 are regular customers of CILIP Enterprises. For more information about CILIP, please go to www.cilip.org.uk
2. The Youth Libraries Group (YLG) is a Special Interest Group of CILIP. It works in a 'pressure group' role, independently and with other professional organisations, to preserve and influence the provision of quality literature and library services for children and young people, both in public libraries and school library services. For more information about YLG, please go to www.cilip.org.uk/ylg
3. In 2007 the CILIP Carnegie Medal celebrated its 70th anniversary and Kate Greenaway Medal its 50th. www.ckg.org.uk/celebration
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Updated: 24 January 2008