Editing Carnegie Medal for Writing (section)

== Process ==

CILIP members may nominate books each September and October, with the full list of valid nominations published in November.<ref name=CGprocess>{{cite web|url=https://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/awards-process.php|title=Awards Process|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=<!--Not stated-->|publisher=The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=4 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104024529/https://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/awards-process.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> The longlist, chosen by the judges from the nominated books, is published in February. The judging panel comprises 12 children's librarians, all of whom are members of CILIP's Youth Libraries Group (YLG). The shortlist is announced in March and the winner in June.<ref name=CGprocess/>

Titles must be English-language works first published in the UK during the preceding year (1 September to 31 August). According to CILIP, "all categories of books, including poetry, non-fiction and graphic novels, in print or ebook format, for children and young people are eligible".<ref name=rules>{{cite web|url=https://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/awards-process.php#criteria|title=Criteria: Carnegie Medal|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=<!--Not stated-->|publisher=The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=4 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104024529/https://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/awards-process.php#criteria|url-status=dead}}</ref> Multiple-author anthologies are excluded; however, co-authored single works are eligible.<ref name=rules/>

Young people from across the UK take part in shadowing groups organised by [[secondary school]]s and [[public library|public libraries]], to read and discuss the shortlisted books.<ref name=CGprocess/>

CILIP instructs the judging panel to consider plot, characterisation, and style.<ref name=rules/> Furthermore, it states that "the book that wins the Carnegie Medal should be a book of outstanding literary quality. The whole work should provide pleasure, not merely from the surface enjoyment of a good read, but also the deeper subconscious satisfaction of having gone through a vicarious, but at the time of reading, a real experience that is retained afterwards."<ref name=rules/>

A diversity review in 2018 led to changes in the nomination and judging process to promote better representation of ethnic minority authors and books.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/27/carnegie-medal-promises-immediate-action-over-lack-of-diversity|first=Alison|last=Flood|title=Carnegie medal promises immediate action over lack of diversity|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=27 September 2018|access-date=27 August 2020|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926221429/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/27/carnegie-medal-promises-immediate-action-over-lack-of-diversity|url-status=live}}</ref>