Congratulations to Mark Bradley, John Patrick Green and Alice Oseman, who were crowned the winners of the inaugural Scholastic Graphic Novel Prize at a ceremony held at The Cartoon Museum in London earlier this week.

The shortlists for each of the three award categories were selected by a panel of judges made up of teachers, and graphic novel and comic experts but the winners were chosen by young people in schools across the UK and Ireland.

Commenting on the award, Jo Cummins, teacher, book blogger and one of this year’s shortlisting judges, said: ‘I am thrilled that Scholastic have launched this fantastic new prize to celebrate a medium which is enjoying a well-deserved explosion in popularity – the graphic novel. It was incredibly difficult to whittle down the submissions to the final shortlist of nominees but I hope that in doing so, we have managed to showcase the breadth of themes, genres and artistic styles readers can experience in graphic novel format. It is also my hope that this award will help raise the profile of graphic novels in schools and see them being meaningfully incorporated into the school curriculum and enjoyed by a whole new audience.’

Winner Best Graphic Novel for Younger Readers