Editing Carnegie Medal for Writing (section)

=== 1970s ===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Medal winners and commended titles, 1970-1979<ref name="CCSU" />
!Year
!Author
!Title
!Publisher
!Result
!Ref.
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |[[1970 in literature|1970]]
|{{sortname|last=Garfield|first=Leon}} and [[Edward Blishen]], illus. by [[Charles Keeping]]
|''{{sort|1=God Beneath the Sea|2=[[The God Beneath the Sea]]}}''
|[[Longman]]
|Winner
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Dickinson|first=Peter}}
|{{Sort|DEVIL'S CHILDREN|''The Devil's Children''}}
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Garfield|first=Leon}}
|{{Sort|Drummer Boy|''The Drummer Boy''}}
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Mayne|first=William}}
|''Ravensgill''
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |[[1971 in literature|1971]]
|{{sortname|last=Southall|first=Ivan}}
|''[[Josh (novel)|Josh]]''
|[[Angus & Robertson]]
|Winner
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Avery|first=Gillian}}
|{{Sort|Likely Lad|''A Likely Lad''}}
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Cresswell|first=Helen}}
|''Up the Pier''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{Sortname|Rosemary|Sutcliff}}
|''[[Tristan and Iseult (novel)|Tristan and Iseult]]''
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" |[[1972 in literature|1972]]
|{{sortname|last=Adams|first=Richard}}
|''[[Watership Down]]''
|[[Rex Collings]]
|Winner
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|{{sortname|last=Dickinson|first=Peter}}
|{{Sort|Dancing Bear|''The Dancing Bear''}}
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{Sortname|Emma|Smith|dab=author}}
|''No Way of Telling''
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |[[1973 in literature|1973]]
|{{sortname|last=Lively|first=Penelope}}
|''{{sort|1=Ghost of Thomas Kempe|2=[[The Ghost of Thomas Kempe]]}}''
|[[Heinemann (publisher)|Heinemann]]
|Winner
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Bawden|first=Nina}}
|''[[Carrie's War]]''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Cooper|first=Susan}}
|''[[The Dark Is Rising]]''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Cresswell|first=Helen}}
|''The Bongleweed''
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |[[1974 in literature|1974]]
|{{sortname|last=Hunter|first=Mollie}}
|''{{sort|1=Stronghold|2=[[The Stronghold (novel)|The Stronghold]]}}''
|[[Hamish Hamilton]]
|Winner
|
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Ribbons|first=Ian}}
|''{{sort|1=Battle of Gettysburg, 1–3 July 1963 |2=The Battle of Gettysburg, 1–3 July 1963 }}''
|[[Oxford University Press]]
|Highly commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Cawley|first=Winifred}}
|''[[Gran at Coalgate]]''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Walsh|first=Jill Paton}}
|{{Sort|Emperor's Winding Sheet|''The Emperor's Winding Sheet''}}
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" |[[1975 in literature|1975]]
|{{sortname|last=Westall|first=Robert}}
|''{{sort|1=Machine Gunners|2=[[The Machine Gunners]]}}'''{{Efn|name=Top10}}'''''
|[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]
|Winner
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Cooper|first=Susan}}
|{{Sort|Grey King|''[[The Grey King]]''}}
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Jones|first=Diana Wynne}}
|''[[Dogsbody (novel)|Dogsbody]]''
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="2" |[[1976 in literature|1976]]
|{{sortname|last=Mark|first=Jan}}
|''[[Thunder and Lightnings]]''
|Kestrel
|Winner
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|{{sortname|last=Dickinson|first=Peter}}
|{{Sort|Blue Hawk|''The Blue Hawk''}}
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |[[1977 in literature|1977]]
|{{sortname|last=Kemp|first=Gene}}
|''{{sort|1=Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler|2=[[The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler]]}}''
|[[Faber & Faber]]
|Winner
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|{{Sortname|Peter|Carter|dab=author}}
|''Under Goliath''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Jones|first=Diana Wynne}}
|''[[Charmed Life (novel)|Charmed Life]]''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Pearce|first=Philippa}}
|{{Sort|Shadow-Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural|''The Shadow-Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural''}}
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
![[1978 in literature|1978]]
|{{sortname|last=Rees|first=David|dab=author}}
|''{{sort|1=Exeter Blitz|2=[[The Exeter Blitz]]}}''
|[[Hamish Hamilton]]
|Winner
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |[[1979 in literature|1979]]
|{{sortname|last=Dickinson|first=Peter}}
|''[[Tulku (novel)|Tulku]]''
|[[Victor Gollancz|Gollancz]]
|Winner
|<ref name=":2" />
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Sancha|first=Sheila}}
|''{{sort|1=Castle Story|2=The Castle Story}}''
|
|Highly commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Ashley|first=Bernard|dab=author}}
|''{{Sort|Wild Kind of Justice|A Wild Kind of Justice}}''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Pearce|first=Philippa}}
|''{{Sort|BATTLE OF BUBBLE AND SQUEAK|The Battle of Bubble and Squeak}}''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Westall|first=Robert}}
|''{{Sort|DEVIL ON THE ROAD|The Devil on the Road}}''
|
|Commended
|
|}