See past winners from previous years back to 1981.
The prestigious 2008 Award Ceremony was held again at the Guardian Hay Festival 2008, in South Wales.
You can see photos from our past Award ceremonies.
Overall Winner

- Skulduggery Pleasant
- Derek Landy
- Category:Older Readers
Category Winners

- Penguin
- Polly Dunbar
- Category:Younger Children

- Ottoline and the Yellow Cat
- Chris Riddell
- Category:Younger Readers
Other Nominees
Younger Readers

- The Perfumed Pirates of Perfidy
- Charlie Small

- Mammoth Academy in Trouble
- Neal Layton
Older Readers

- The London Eye Mystery
- Siobhan Dowd

- Teacher's Dead
- Benjamin Zephaniah