Young People’s Book Prize
From The Royal Society
Resource type: Book awards
Price band: Free
Key stage: KS1, KS2, KS3
Region(s): All of UK
The Young People’s Book Prize is an annual award sponsored by The Royal Society. Its purpose is to support the writing of high quality, accessible STEM books for under-14s, and to encourage young people to read about science.
The shortlist is selected by an adult judging panel but the winner is chosen by judging panels made up of young people drawn from schools, youth groups and science clubs across the country. All student judging panels receive a free set of the shortlisted titles and a judging pack with information to help them take part.
See our shortlist announcement for the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2024.
Timetable:
- Registration to be one of the student judging panels for the Young People’s Book Prize opens in September and closes in October.
- The shortlist for 2024 will be announced on 6th November and student judging runs until February 2025.
- The winner will be announced in early March.
Cost: Free.
About The Royal Society: The Royal Society is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. Its purpose is to recognise, promote and support excellence in science, and to encourage the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity.
Further resources:
- Find out more about one teacher’s experience of running a young judges panel and the benefits of getting involved in our blog.
- The Royal Society provides a set of free resources to accompany the shortlisted titles on their website. The resources contain easy-to-implement activities and experiments that support the primary science, maths and computing curricula.
- Find past winners and shortlisted titles here.
- Other children’s book awards for non-fiction include the SLA Information Book Award, and the UKLA Information Book Award.
- Other book awards that offer an opportunity for young people to vote for their favourite title(s) include the FCBG Children’s Book Award, the Yoto Carnegie Shadowing Scheme, the Excelsior Award, the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards, the SLA Information Book – Children’s Choice Awards, and the Spark! School Book Awards.
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