The Hampshire Book Award is given to works of children's literature published in paperback during the previous year. Around June every year, the final is held and selected Year 8 students from schools across Hampshire attend it in order to vote for the winning book. A celebration event for the award is held in October, and where possible, the winning author is invited to attend.
- Winners and shortlists
- 2012 Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel
- Burning Secrets by Clare Chambers
- Outlaw by Stephen Davies
- Reckless by Cornelia Funke
- Theodore Boone: Young Lawyer by John Grisham
- Angel by L.A. Weatherly
- 2011 Time Riders by Alex Scarrow
- Diary of a Wimpy Vampire by Tim Collins
- Halo by Zizou Corder
- Two Good Thieves by Daniel Finn
- Moster Repuplic by Ben Horton
- Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud by Andrew Lane
- 2010 Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Dot Robot by Jason Bradbury
- The Devil's Kiss by Sarwat Chadda
- Bang Bang You're Dead by Narinder Dhami
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- Medusa Project: The Set-Up by Sophie McKenzie
- 2009 Dogfight by Craig Simpson
- Foundling (Monster Blood Tattoo) by D.M. Cornish
- Dragonfly by Julia Golding
- Between Two Seas by Marie-Louise Jensen
- Crusade by Elizabeth Laird
- Outcast by Michelle Paver
- 2008 Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
- Nathan Fox: Dangerous Times by L. Brittney
- School's Out Forever by James Patterson
- H.I.V.E by Mark Walden
- Kat Got Your Tongue by Lee Weatherly
- 2007 Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
- Ellen's People by Dennis Hamley
- Evil Star by Anthony Horowitz
- Peter Raven Under Fire by Michael Molloy
- CHERUB: Divine Madness by Robert Muchamore
- The Devil's Footsteps by E.E. Richardson
- 2006 The Spook's Apprentice by Joseph Delaney
- Merrow by Louise Cooper
- The Heaven Shop by Deborah Ellis
- Blood Pressure by Alan Gibbons
- Mudlark by John Sedden
- Ruby Tanya by Robert Swindells
- 2005 Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
- Unique by Alison Allen-Grey
- Boy2Girl by Terence Blacker
- Iqbal by Francesco D'Adamo
- Horace by Chris d'Lacey
- The Voyage of the Snake Lady by Theresa Tomlinson
- 2004 A Little Piece of Ground by Elizabeth Laird
- Trollogy by Steve Barlow
- Fat Boy Swim by Catherine Forde
- Another Me by Catherine MacPhail
- Keeper by Mal Peet
- Child X by Lee Weatherly
- 2003 Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz
- Exodus by Julie Bertagna
- Nightland by Robert Dodds
- Stella by Catherine Johnson
- Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
- Match of Death by James Riordan
Read more about Hampshire Book Award: Hampshire Illustrated Book Award, Hampshire Picture Book Award, Hampshire Information Book Award
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