Discover which of the outstanding titles on this year’s Medal shortlists our judges have selected as 2026’s Carnegie Medal Winners.
Plus find out who will be voted as the Shadowers’ favourite to win the Shadowers’ Choice Awards, voted for by the thousands of young people who take part in the Awards Shadowing Scheme.
Hosted by author Catherine Rayner in the Cambridge Theatre, join us to hear from our Chair of Judges, Stella Hine, our Medal winners, and the Shadowers’ Choice Awards winners voted for and announced by the Shadowers!
Order of announcements
Shadowers’ Choice Medal for Illustration
Carnegie Medal for Illustration
Shadowers’ Choice Medal for Writing
Carnegie Medal for Writing
To join us for this year’s celebrations simply tune in on this webpage ready for the ceremony to commence at 12pm on Tuesday 23rd June via a Youtube Live stream.
The ceremony will be live streamed for anyone to watch along with a running time of approximately 50 minutes. If you are not able to tune in live at midday we will make the recording available as soon as possible once the ceremony ends.
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