Surfacing talent through awards
AWARDS are something of a theme in this issue – with coverage of CILIP’s flagship Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal winners (pp. 10-11); the launch of a new award to surface under-represented talent (p. 17); and a look at the history and future of the Tir na n-Og Awards (pp 32-34).
Here, we take a look at some other awards to inspire you – each offering something a little different. Lockdown regulations has impacted on each of the awards in some way, but all are due to reveal shortlists in the coming months, with winners revealed in the autumn.
CLiPPA
The Centre for Literature in Primary Education (CLPE) runs CLiPPA – the only award for published poetry for children in the UK. Established in 2003 the award has seen a long list of notable winners including Jackie Kay, Carol Ann Duffy, Joseph Coelho, Karl Nova and last year’s winner Steven Camden for his collection Everything All at Once.
This award is designed to build a love and understanding of poetry from an early age, and includes a shadowing scheme that enables children to engage directly. Teachers are supported by a huge range of resources, created and curated by CLPE – offering tools, lesson ideas, study themes and hundreds of videos from well-known poets. The shadowing scheme encourages children to perform their favourite
poem from the shortlist and culminates with a celebration of performances at the National Theatre. This year’s awards have been postponed because of the COVID 19 restrictions that have seen schools closed to the majority of pupils. Louise Johns-Shepherd, Chief Executive of the CLPE, said: “Unlike most awards, the CLiPPA is very much a team project, bringing poets and their audience together to explore and celebrate poetry. We want to wait therefore until children and teachers are back together in their classrooms before launching the 2020 award. By then too the National Theatre will be open again to host another rousing and inspirational CLiPPA award ceremony.”
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The Fab Prize The Fab Prize was founded by publisher Faber & Faber and the Andlyn Literary Agency as the
UK’s only children’s prize for new BAME Authors and illustrators. Rohan Agalawatta (text) and Lucy Farfort (illustration) were the award’s first winners in 2017; followed by Yu-Hua Lo (illustration ) and Reba Khatun (text) in 2018. Last year saw joint winners in both categories, with Simji Park and Sarah Christou picking up awards for illustration while Nadia Attia and Ayesha Braganza won in the text category.
The Fab Prize states that: “Every child deserves to see themselves in books, and in the authors and illustrators whose work they read. The FAB Prize aims to discover and showcase new talent, closing the gap between what is currently published
and the reality for many families.” This year’s shortlist is due to be revealed in August, with winners announced in September.
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The Little Rebels Book Award The Little Rebels Children’s Book Award is a prize for radical fiction aimed at children aged up to 12 years old. The award is made by the Alliance of Radical Booksellers and was established in conjunction with Letterbox Library – which now administers the prize alongside Houseman Bookshop. It is now in its eight year and previous winners include Catherine Johnson for Freedom; Zanib Mian for The Muslims; Andrea Beaty and David Roberts for Ada Twist, Scientist; Alexis Deacon and Vivian Schwarz for Henry Finch; Gill Lewis for Scarlet Ibis; Gillian Cross for After Tomorrow; Sarah Garland for Azzi in Between.
The shortlist for the award was due to be announced in April, but organisers decided to postpone it saying: “We want to announce the shortlist at a time when it is possible for radical and independent booksellers in particular to really champion the books.”
That means this year’s shortlist will be revealed in July, with the winner announced in September or October.
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