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

for Younger Children

  • The Tear Thief
  • Carol Ann Duffy & Nicoletta Ceccoli
  • A Dog Called Rod
  • Tim Hopgood
  • Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Really Big Adventure
  • Kristina Stephenson

for Younger Readers

  • The Perfumed Pirates of Perfidy
  • Charlie Small
  • Mammoth Academy in Trouble
  • Neal Layton

for Older Readers

  • The London Eye Mystery
  • Siobhan Dowd
  • Teacher's Dead
  • Benjamin Zephaniah