Annual literary award
The Branford Boase Award is a British literary award presented annually to an outstanding children's or young-adult novel by a first-time writer; "the most promising book for seven year-olds and upwards by a first time novelist."[ 1] The award is shared by both the author and their editor, which The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature noted is unusual for literary awards.[ 2]
History
Wendy Boase , Editorial Director of Walker Books , and Henrietta Branford worked together to produce a great number of books. Both Boase and Branford died in 1999 of cancer . The Branford Boase Award was created to celebrate and commemorate their names and memories and to encourage new talent in writing, which they worked for. The awards were a joint idea by Julia Eccleshare and Anne Marley who both had jobs to do with books.[ 3] The Branford Boase Award runs alongside the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition for young writers (under 19).[ 3]
Winners receive a hand-crafted box with the Branford Boase Award logo and a cheque for £1,000. The prize and the official website are currently sponsored by the best-selling children's writer Jacqueline Wilson .[ 4] The award is given to both the author and their editor, "in recognition of the editor’s role in bringing a debut author to market."[ 2]
Reception
The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature has written that the award's "success in talent-spotting has been impressive, consistently recognising debut works by writers who subsequently go on to achieve great things—among them Marcus Sedgwick , Mal Peet , Meg Rosoff , B. R. Collins , Frances Hardinge , Sally Prue , Kevin Brooks and Siobhan Dowd ."[ 2]
In 2018 judges for the competition criticized the amount of family dramas nominated for the award, stating that it was formulaic and showed a lack of diversity.[ 5] Judge Philip Womack stated that at least third of the books fell into this category and that they all had a “very similar narrative: there’s an ill child at home, who notices something odd, and is probably imagining it, but not telling the reader. They’re all in the first person, all in the present tense, all of a type".[ 6] The Bookseller commented on the shortlist submissions for 2022, noting that there was a wider variety of authors and that they were more ambitious, which they felt resulted in "freshly told stories which reflect the writers’ understanding of the needs of today’s readers and the certainty of authors and publishers that those readers want to read outside their own experiences."[ 1] Publishing Perspectives praised the 2022 shortlist for including a strong selection of books that appeal to both boys and girls.[ 7]
Winners
Shortlists
Branford Boase Award winners and finalists
Year
Title
Editor(s)
Publisher
Result
Ref.
2000
Katherine Roberts
Song Quest
Barry Cunningham
The Chicken House
Winner
[ 9]
Dominic Barker
Sharp Stuff
Transworld
Finalist
Gus Clarke
Can We Keep It, Dad?
Andersen Press
Finalist
Richard Kidd
The Giant Goldfish Robbery
Transworld
Finalist
Paul May
Troublemakers
Transworld
Finalist
Stephen Pots
Hunting Gumnor
Egmont
Finalist
Louise Rennison
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
Piccadilly Press
Finalist
2001
Marcus Sedgwick
Floodland
Fiona Kennedy
Orion Books
Winner
[ 10] [ 11]
Nick Manns
Control Shift
Hodder
Finalist
William Nicholson
The Wind Singer
Egmont
Finalist
Hazel Riley
Thanis
Oxford University Press
Finalist
2002
Sally Prue
Cold Tom
Liz Cross
Oxford University Press
Winner
Emma Barnes
Jessica Haggerthwaite: Witch Dispatcher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Finalist
[ 36]
Adele Minchin
The Beat Goes On
Women's Press
Finalist
[ 36]
Bali Rai
(Un)arranged Marriage
Corgi
Finalist
[ 36]
Philip Reeve
Mortal Engines
Scholastic
Finalist
[ 36]
2003
Kevin Brooks
Martyn Pig
Barry Cunningham
The Chicken House
Winner
[ 12]
Julia Bell
Massive
Pan Macmillan
Finalist
Patricia Elliott
Ice Boy
Hodder
Finalist
Richard MacSween
The Firing
Andersen Press
Finalist
Simon Mason
The Quigleys
David Fickling Books
Finalist
Livi Michael
Frank and the Black Hamster of Narkiz
Puffin Books
Finalist
Nicky Singer
Feather Boy
HarperCollins
Finalist
2004
Mal Peet
Keeper
Paul Harrison
Walker Books
Winner
[ 13]
Steve Augarde
The Various
David Fickling Books
Finalist
Graham Gardner
Inventing Elliot
Dolphin
Finalist
Julie Hearn
Follow Me Down
Oxford University Press
Finalist
L. S. Matthews
Fish
Hodder
Finalist
Eleanor Updale
Montmorency
Scholastic
Finalist
2005
Meg Rosoff
How I Live Now
Rebecca McNally
Puffin Books
Winner
Alison Allen-Gray
Unique
Oxford University Press
Finalist
Cathy Cassidy
Dizzy
Puffin Books
Finalist
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Millions
Macmillan
Finalist
John Dougherty
Zeus on the Loose
Random House
Finalist
Michelle Paver
Wolf Brother
Orion Books
Finalist
Leslie Wilson
Last Train from Kummersdorf
Faber
Finalist
2006
Frances Hardinge
Fly By Night
Ruth Alltimes
Macmillan Children's Books
Winner
Nicola Davies
Home
Walker Books
Finalist
Joshua Doder
A Dog Called Grk
Andersen Press
Finalist
Ann Kelley
The Burying Beetle
Luath Press
Finalist
Anthony McGowan
Hellbent
Doubleday
Finalist
Sarah Singleton
Century
Simon & Schuster
Finalist
Cat Weatherill
Barkbelly
Puffin Books
Finalist
2007
Siobhan Dowd
A Swift Pure Cry
David Fickling and Bella Pearson
David Fickling Books
Winner
[ 14]
Linda Buckley-Archer
Gideon the Cutpurse
Simon & Schuster
Finalist
Charlie Fletcher
Stoneheart
Hodder
Finalist
Ally Kennen
Beast
Scholastic
Finalist
Sian Pattenden
The Awful Tale of Agatha Bilke
Short Books
Finalist
Andy Stanton
You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum
Egmont
Finalist
Tabitha Suzuma
A Note of Madness
Random House
Finalist
2008
Jenny Downham
Before I Die
David Fickling
David Fickling Books
Winner
Atinuke
Anna Hibiscus
Walker Books
Finalist
L. Brittney
Nathan Fox: Dangerous Times
Macmillan
Finalist
Sharon Dogar
Waves
The Chicken House
Finalist
Sarah Mussi
The Door of No Return
Hodder
Finalist
Jenny Valentine
Finding Violet Park
HarperCollins
Finalist
2009
B. R. Collins
The Traitor Game
Emma Matthewson
Bloomsbury Publishing
Winner
[ 15]
Emily Diamand
Flood Child [ a]
The Chicken House
Finalist
Marie-Louise Jensen
Between Two Seas
Oxford University Press
Finalist
Katy Moran
Bloodline
Walker Books
Finalist
Patrick Ness
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Walker Books
Finalist
Sally Nicholls
Ways to Live Forever
Scholastic
Finalist
Jeremy de Quidt
The Toymaker
David Fickling Books
Finalist
2010
Lucy Christopher
Stolen
Imogen Cooper
The Chicken House
Winner
Sarwat Chadda
Devil's Kiss
Puffin Books
Finalist
Damian Kelleher
Life, Interrupted
Piccadilly Press
Finalist
Anna Perera
Guantanamo Boy
Puffin Books
Finalist
Dan Tunstall
Big and Clever
Five Leaves
Finalist
Rachel Ward
Numbers
The Chicken House
Finalist
Victor Watson
Paradise Barn
Catnip
Finalist
2011
Jason Wallace
Out of Shadows
Charlie Sheppard
Andersen Press
Winner
J P Buxton
I am the Blade
Beverley Birch
Hachette
Finalist
[ 37]
Keren David
When I Was Joe
Maurice Lyon
Frances Lincoln
Finalist
[ 37]
Candy Gourlay
Tall Story
Bella Pearson
David Fickling Books
Finalist
[ 37]
Gregory Hughes
Unhooking the Moon
Roisin Heycock
Quercus
Finalist
[ 37]
Pat Walsh
The Crowfield Curse
Imogen Cooper
The Chicken House
Finalist
[ 37]
2012
Annabel Pitcher
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
Fiona Kennedy
Orion Books
Winner
[ 17]
Lindsey Barraclough
Long Lankin
Annie Eaton and Natalie Doherty
Bodley Head
Finalist
Phil Earle
Being Billy
Shannon Park
Puffin Books
Finalist
Lissa Evans
Small Change for Stuart
Annie Eaton and Ruth Knowles
Bodley Head
Finalist
Ali Lewis
Everybody Jam
Charlie Sheppard
Andersen Press
Finalist
Gill Lewis
Sky Hawk
Liz Cross
Oxford University Press
Finalist
Irfan Master
A Beautiful Lie
Emma Matthewson
Bloomsbury Publishing
Finalist
2013
Dave Shelton
A Boy and a Bear in a Boat
David Fickling
David Fickling Books
Winner
[ 18] [ 19]
S. D. Crockett
After the Snow
Emma Young
Macmillan
Finalist
Natasha Farrant
The Things We Did for Love
Julia Heydon-Wells
Faber
Finalist
Edward Hogan
Daylight Saving
Mara Bergman
Walker Books
Finalist
Wendy Meddour
A Hen in the Wardrobe
Janetta Otter-Barry
Frances Lincoln
Finalist
Andrew Prentice and Jonathan Weil
Black Arts
Simon Mason
David Fickling Books
Finalist
Lydia Syson
A World Between Us
Sarah Odedina
Hot Key Books
Finalist
2014
C. J. Flood
Infinite Sky
Venetia Gosling
Simon & Schuster
Winner
[ 20] [ 21] [ 22]
Natasha Carthew
Winter Damage
Rebecca McNally
Bloomsbury Publishing
Finalist
Rob Lloyd Jones
Wild Boy
Mara Bergman and Lucy Early
Walker Books
Finalist
Julie Mayhew
Red Ink
Emily Thomas
Hot Key Books
Finalist
Ross Montgomery
Alex the Dog and the Unopenable Door
Rebecca Lee and Susila Baybars
Faber
Finalist
Fletcher Moss
The Poison Boy
Imogen Cooper and Barry Cunningham
The Chicken House
Finalist
Holly Smale
Geek Girl
Lizzy Clifford
HarperCollins
Finalist
2015
Rosie Rowell
Leopold Blue
Katie Thomas
Hot Key Books
Winner
[ 20] [ 23]
Sara Crowe
Bone Jack
Charlie Sheppard and Eloise Wilson
Andersen Press
Finalist
[ 38] [ 39]
Clare Furniss
The Year of the Rat
Jane Griffiths
Simon & Schuster
Finalist
[ 38] [ 39]
Giancario Gemin
Cowgirl
Kirstie Stansfield
Nosy Crow
Finalist
[ 38] [ 39]
Sally Green
Half Bad
Ben Horslen
Puffin Books
Finalist
[ 38] [ 39]
Non Pratt
Trouble
Annalie Grainger and Denise Johnstone-Burt
Walker Books
Finalist
[ 38] [ 39]
Rupert Wallis
The Dark Inside
Jane Griffiths
Simon & Schuster
Finalist
[ 38] [ 39]
2016
Horatio Clare , illus. by Jane Matthews
Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot
Penny Thomas
Firefly Press
Winner
[ 25]
David Hofmeyr
Stone Rider
Ben Horslen and Tig Wallace
Penguin Random House
Finalist
[ 40] [ 41]
Will Mabbitt , illus. by Ross Collins
The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones
Ben Horslen
Penguin Random House
Finalist
[ 40] [ 41]
David Solomon
My Brother is a Superhero
Kirsty Stansfield
Nosy Crow
Finalist
[ 40] [ 41]
Ross Welford
Time Travelling with a Hamster
Nick Lake
HarperCollins Children’s Books
Finalist
[ 40] [ 41]
Lisa Williamson
The Art of Being Normal
Bella Pearson
David Fickling Books
Finalist
[ 40] [ 41]
2017
M. G. Leonard
Beetle Boy
Barry Cunningham and Rachel Leyshon
The Chicken House
Winner
[ 27]
Peter Bunzi
Cogheart
Rebecca Hill
Usborne
Finalist
[ 42]
Amber Lee Dodd
We Are Giants
Niamh Mulvey
Quercus
Finalist
[ 42]
Sue Durrant
Little Bits of Sky
Kirsty Stansfield
Nosy Crow
Finalist
[ 42]
Stewart Foster
The Bubble Boy
Rachel Mann
Simon & Schuster
Finalist
[ 42]
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Girl of Ink and Stars
Rachel Leyshon
The Chicken House
Finalist
[ 42]
Martin Stewart
Riverkeep
Shannon Cullen and Sharyn November
Penguin Random House
Finalist
[ 42]
2018
Mitch Johnson
Kick
Rebecca Hill and Becky Walker
Usborne Publishing
Winner
[ 28]
Yaba Badoe
A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars
Fiona Kennedy
Head of Zeus: Zephyr
Finalist
[ 43]
Sharon Cohen
The Starman and Me
Sarah Lambert
Quercus Children’s Books
Finalist
[ 43]
Chloe Daykin
Fish Boy
Leah Thaxton
Faber
Finalist
[ 43]
Elys Dolan
Knighthood for Beginners
Clare Whitston and Elv Moody
Oxford University Press
Finalist
[ 43]
Tony Mitton
Potter's Boy
Anthony Hinton
David Fickling Books
Finalist
[ 43]
Jacob Sager Weinstein
The City of Secret Rivers
Gill Evans
Walker Books
Finalist
[ 43]
2019
Muhammad Khan
I Am Thunder
Lucy Pearse
Macmillan Children's Books
Winner
[ 29]
Sophie Anderson
The House with Chicken Legs
Rebecca Hill and Becky Walker
Usborne
Finalist
[ 44]
P. G. Bell
The Train to Impossible Places
Rebecca Hill and Becky Walker
Usborne
Finalist
[ 44]
Mel Darbon
Rosie Loves Jack
Sarah Stewart
Usborne
Finalist
[ 44]
Rowena House
The Goose Road
Mara Bergman
Walker Books
Finalist
[ 44]
Matt Killeen
Orphan Monster Spy
Sarah Stewart and Kendra Levin
Usborne
Finalist
[ 44]
Onjali Q Raúf
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Lena McCauley
Orion Books
Finalist
[ 44]
2020
Liz Hyder
Bearmouth
Sarah Odedina
Pushkin Children's Books
Winner
[ 30]
Humza Arshad and Henry White
Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer Aunties
Sharan Matharu and Holly Harris
Puffin Books
Finalist
[ 45]
Katya Balen
The Space We're In
Lucy Mackay-Sim
Bloomsbury Publishing
Finalist
[ 45]
Aisha Bushby
A Pocketful of Stars
Liz Bankes and Sarah Levison
Egmont
Finalist
[ 45]
Holly Jackson
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Lindsey Heaven
Electric Monkey
Finalist
[ 45]
Jamie Littler
Frostheart
Naomi Colthurst
Puffin Books
Finalist
[ 45]
Emma Smith-Barton
The Million Pieces of Neena Gill
Naomi Colthurst
Penguin Books
Finalist
[ 45]
2021
Struan Murray
Orphans of the Tide
Ben Horslen
Puffin Books
Winner
Kereen Getten
When Life Gives You Mangoes
Sara Odedina
Pushkin Press
Finalist
[ 46]
Finbar Hawkins
Witch
Fiona Kennedy
Zephyr
Finalist
[ 46]
Danielle Jawando
And the Stars Were Burning Brightly
Jane Griffiths
Simon & Schuster
Finalist
[ 46]
Manjeet Mann
Run, Rebel
Carmen McCullough
Penguin Books
Finalist
[ 46]
Elle McNicoll
A Kind of Spark
Eishar Brar
Knights Of
Finalist
[ 46]
Jenny Pearson
The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates
Rebecca Hill and Becky Walker
Usborne
Finalist
[ 46]
2022
Maisie Chan
Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths
Georgia Murray
Piccadilly Press
Winner
[ 33]
Natasha Bowen
Skin of the Sea
Carmen McCullough and Tricia Lin
Penguin Books
Finalist
[ 47] [ 48]
Femi Fadugba
The Upper World
Emma Jones , Stephanie Stein , and Asmaa Isse
Penguin Books
Finalist
[ 47] [ 48]
Luke Palmer
Grow
Penny Thomas
Firefly Press
Finalist
[ 47] [ 48]
Lesley Parr
The Valley of Lost Secrets
Zoë Griffiths
Bloomsbury Publishing
Finalist
[ 47] [ 48]
Ros Roberts
Digger and Me
Ella Whiddett and Ruth Bennett
Little Tiger
Finalist
[ 47] [ 48]
Helen Rutter
The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh
Lauren Fortune
Scholastic
Finalist
[ 47] [ 48]
Nadia Shireen
Grimwood
Ali Dougal
Simon & Schuster
Finalist
[ 47] [ 48]
2023
Christine Pillainayagam
Ellie Pillai is Brown
Leah Thaxton
Faber
Winner
[ 49] [ 50]
Kel Duckhouse
The Bones of Me
Harriet Birkinshaw
Flying Eye Books
Finalist
[ 49] [ 50]
Louise Finch
The Eternal Return of Clara Hart
Siobhán Parkinson
Little Island Books
Finalist
[ 49] [ 50]
Caryl Lewis , illus. by George Ermos
Seed
Sarah Hughes
Macmillan Children’s Books
Finalist
[ 49] [ 50]
Ann Sei Lin
Rebel Skies
Gráinne Clear
Walker Books
Finalist
[ 49] [ 50]
Nadia Mikail
The Cats We Meet Along the Way
Bella Pearson
Guppy Books
Finalist
[ 49] [ 50]
J P Rose
The Haunting of Tyrese Walker
Chloe Sackur
Andersen Press
Finalist
[ 49] [ 50]
Yarrow Townsend
The Map of Leaves
Rachel Leyshon
The Chicken House
Finalist
[ 49] [ 50]
Notes
^ Flood Child was originally published as Reavers' Ransom .
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