Queen's Knickers Award

The Queen's Knickers Award is a British award for a children's illustrated book. It was founded in 2020 and is awarded annually by the Society of Authors for "an outstanding children's original illustrated book for ages 0-7".^[1][2] It is funded by children's author Nicholas Allan and takes its name from his book The Queen's Knickers (1993, Hutchinson: ISBN 978-0091764685).^[1]

Past winners

Winners and runners-up

Year	Rank	Author	Title	Publisher & ISBN	Notes
2020[3]	Winner	Elena Arevalo Melville	Umbrella	Scallyway Press: ISBN 978-1912650019
	Runner-up	Didier Lévy and Frederic Benaglia	How to Light Your Dragon	Thames & Hudson: ISBN 978-0500651971
2021[3]	Winner	Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Daine Ewen	Never Show a T-Rex a Book	Puffin: ISBN 978-0241392669
	Runner-up	Alex T. Smith	Mr. Penguin and the Catastrophic Cruise	Hachette: ISBN 978-1444944570
2022[4]	Winner	Alastair Chisholm and David Roberts	Inch and Grub: a story about Cavemen	Walker Books: ISBN 978-1406362817
	Runner-up	Mick Jackson and John Broadley	While You’re Sleeping	Pavillion Children's: ISBN 978-1843654650
2023[5]	Winner	Olaf Falafel	Blobfish	Walker Books: ISBN 978-1406397659
	Runner-up	John Agard and Satoshi Kitamura	When Creature met Creature	Scallywag Press: ISBN 978-1912650507

References

1. "The Queen's Knickers Award". www.societyofauthors.org. The Society of Authors. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
2. Anderson, Porter (3 July 2019). "'Quirky' Children's Illustrated Books: The Queen's Knickers Award". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
3. "Previous winners of the Queen's Knickers Award". www.societyofauthors.org. The Society of Authors. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
4. "The Queen's Knickers Prize 2022 Winners". saahub.com. Society of Artist's Agents. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
5. "The 2023 Queen's Knickers Award Winner". Society of Authors. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2023.