2026 shortlist
- Young Adult
Winner You’re Never Too Much
By Charlie Castelletti
- Designer: Arabella Jones
- Illustrator: Muokkaa Studio
- Art Director: Rachel Vale
- Imprint: First Ink
Poems for Tortured Souls
By Liz Ison
- Designer: Shelley Nicoli
- Illustrator: Thy Bui
- Imprint: Hodder Children’s Books
iNSiDE
By S. A. Gales
- Designer: Micaela Alcaino
- Imprint: Faber
His Face is The Sun
By Michelle Jabès Corpora
- Designer: Micaela Alcaino
- Imprint: Hachette Childrens
Feminist History for Every Day of The Year
By Kate Mosse
- Designer: Rachel Vale
- Imprint: Macmillan Children’s Books
Birdy Arbuthnot’s Year of Yes
By Joanna Nadin
- Designer: Anna Morrison
- Art Director: Becky Chilcott
- Imprint: Fox and Ink