Editing Carnegie Medal for Writing (section)

=== 1980s ===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Medal winners and commended titles, 1980-1989<ref name="CCSU" />
!Year
!Author
!Title
!Publisher
!Result
!Ref.
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |[[1980 in literature|1980]]
|{{sortname|last=Dickinson|first=Peter}}, illus. by [[Michael Foreman (illustrator)|Michael Foreman]]
|''City of Gold and other stories from the Old Testament''
|[[Victor Gollancz|Gollancz]]
|Winner
|
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Mark|first=Jan}}
|''Nothing To Be Afraid Of''
|
|Highly commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Branfield|first=John}}
|{{Sort|Fox in Winter|''The Fox in Winter''}}
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Needle|first=Jan}}
|{{Sort|Sense of Shame|''A Sense of Shame''}}
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |[[1981 in literature|1981]]
|{{sortname|last=Westall|first=Robert}}
|''{{sort|1=Scarecrows|2=The Scarecrows}}''
|[[Chatto & Windus]]
|Winner
|
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Gardam|first=Jane}}
|''{{sort|1=Hollow Land|2=The Hollow Land}}''
|
|Highly commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Gardam|first=Jane}}
|''Bridget and William''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Magorian|first=Michelle}}
|''[[Goodnight Mister Tom]]''
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="3" |[[1982 in literature|1982]]
|{{sortname|last=Mahy|first=Margaret}}
|''{{sort|1=Haunting|2=[[The Haunting (Mahy novel)|The Haunting]]}}''
|[[J. M. Dent]]
|Winner
|<ref name=":2" />
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Cross|first=Gillian}}
|''{{sort|1=Dark Behind the Curtain|2=The Dark Behind the Curtain}}''
|
|Highly commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Kennemore|first=Tim}}
|''Wall of Words''
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |[[1983 in literature|1983]]
|{{sortname|last=Mark|first=Jan}}
|''[[Handles (novel)|Handles]]''
|Kestrel
|Winner
|
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Watson|first=James|dab=author}}
|''Talking in Whispers''
|
|Highly commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Pearce|first=Philippa}}
|{{Sort|Way to Sattin Shore|''The Way to Sattin Shore''}}
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Wrightson|first=Patricia}}
|''A Little Fear''
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="2" |[[1984 in literature|1984]]
|{{sortname|last=Mahy|first=Margaret}}
|''{{sort|1=Changeover|2=[[The Changeover]]}}''
|[[J. M. Dent]]
|Winner
|
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Swindells|first=Robert}}
|''[[Brother in the Land]]''
|[[Oxford University Press]]
|Highly commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="2" |[[1985 in literature|1985]]
|{{sortname|last=Crossley-Holland|first=Kevin}}, illus. [[Alan Marks]]
|''[[Storm (novella)|Storm]][[1985 in literature|{{Efn|name=Top10}}]]''
|[[Heinemann (publisher)|Heinemann]]
|Winner
|<ref name=":2" />
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Howker|first=Janni}}
|''Nature of the Beast''
|
|Highly commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |[[1986 in literature|1986]]
|{{sortname|last=Doherty|first=Berlie}}
|''[[Granny Was a Buffer Girl]]''
|[[Methuen Publishing]]
|Winner
|<ref name=":2" />
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Howker|first=Janni}}
|''Isaac Campion''
|
|Highly commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Ashley|first=Bernard|dab=author}}
|''Running Scared''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Cross|first=Gillian}}
|''Chartbreaker''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Taylor|first=Andrew|dab=author}}
|''Coal House''
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="5" |[[1987 in literature|1987]]
|{{sortname|last=Price|first=Susan}}
|''{{sort|1=Ghost Drum|2=[[The Ghost Drum]]}}''
|[[Faber & Faber]]
|Winner
|
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Mahy|first=Margaret}}
|''Memory''
|
|Highly commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Dunlop|first=Eileen}}
|{{Sort|House on the Hill|''The House on the Hill''}}
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Furlong|first=Monica}}
|''Wise Child''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Morpurgo|first=Michael}}
|''[[King of the Cloud Forests]]''
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="7" |[[1988 in literature|1988]]
|{{sortname|last=McCaughrean|first=Geraldine}}
|''{{sort|1=Pack of Lies|2=[[A Pack of Lies]]}}''
|[[Oxford University Press]]
|Winner
|<ref name=":2" />
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Cross|first=Gillian}}
|''{{sort|1=Map of Nowhere|2=A Map of Nowhere}}''
|
|Highly commended
|
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Dickinson|first=Peter}}
|''[[Eva (novel)|Eva]]''
|[[Victor Gollancz|Gollancz]]
|Highly commended
|
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Laird|first=Elizabeth|dab=author}}
|''[[Red Sky in the Morning]]''
|
|Highly commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Alcock|first=Vivien}}
|{{Sort|Monster Garden|''The Monster Garden''}}
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Allen|first=Judy}}
|''Awaiting Developments''
|
|Commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Jones|first=Diana Wynne}}
|{{Sort|Lives of Christopher Chant|''The Lives of Christopher Chant''}}
|
|Commended
|
|- style="background:#cddeff"
! rowspan="4" |[[1989 in literature|1989]]
|{{sortname|last=Fine|first=Anne}}
|''[[Goggle-Eyes]]''
|[[Hamish Hamilton]]
|Winner
|<ref name=":2" />
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Fine|first=Anne}}, illus. by [[Philippe Dupasquier]]
|''[[Bill's New Frock]]''
|[[Egmont Group|Egmont]]
|Highly commended
|
|- style="background:LemonChiffon;" color:black
|{{sortname|last=Lloyd|first=Carole}}
|''{{sort|1=Charlie Barber Treatment|2=The Charlie Barber Treatment}}''
|
|Highly commended
|
|-
|{{sortname|last=Alcock|first=Vivien}}
|{{Sort|Trial of Anna Cotman|''The Trial of Anna Cotman''}}
|
|Commended
|
|}