The Library
Awards and Prizes
Frances Hardinge has been shortlisted for and won various awards for her writing.
The Branford Boase award 2006 - winner!
The Branford Boase Award is awarded annually for the most promising first novel to a first-time writer of a book for young people. At the same time, it marks the important contribution of the editor in identifying and nurturing new talent.
Frances Hardinge won the award in 2006 for Fly By Night and, in her acceptance speech, she noted the contributions of three editors: Rebecca McNally, Marion Lloyd and Ruth Alltimes.
Visit the Frances Hardinge pages at the Branford Boase award site.
Other awards and shortlistings
- Gullstruck Island / The Lost Conspiracy was a finalist in the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize
- Hillingdon Schools' Library Service shortlisted Gullstruck Island / The Lost Conspiracy for their Secondary School Book of the Year 2010
- Gullstruck Island / The Lost Conspiracy reached the Big Kahuna Round (ie. the final) of the 2010 School Library Journal Battle of the Kids' Books
- Gullstruck Island / The Lost Conspiracy selected as one of Kirkus Review's Best Young Adult Books of 2009
- Selected as one of the School Library Journal Best Books 2009 for Gullstruck Island / The Lost Conspiracy
- Chosen for the Junior Library Guild Fall 09 Selection for Gullstruck Island / The Lost Conspiracy
- Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 2007 for Verdigris Deep / Well Witched
- Selected as one of the School Library Journal Best Books 2008 for Verdigris Deep / Well Witched
- Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction prize 2006 for Fly By Night.
- Shortlisted for the William Crawford Award 2006 for Fly By Night
- Listed in the New York Public Library's "One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing" 2006 for Fly By Night
- Listed in the ALA Best of the Best Books 2006 for Young Adults for Fly By Night
- Selected as School Library Journal Best Book 2006 for Fly By Night
- First Prize in Sutton Writers' Circle Short Story Competition for 'Borrowed Time', 2001
- First Prize in Scribble Quarterly Competition for 'Bengal Rose', 2003
