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The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award is a literary award that annually recognises one fiction book written for children or young adults (at least age seven) and published in the United Kingdom. It is conferred upon the author of the book by ''The Guardian'' newspaper, which established it in 1965 and inaugurated it in 1967. It is a lifetime award in that previous winners are not eligible. At least since 2000 the prize is £1,500. The shortlist of no more than four books and the winner are selected by three children's fiction writers, almost always including the latest winner. ''The Guardian'' calls it the only children's book award winner selected by peers. The newspaper's children's book editor Julia Eccleshare (at least since 2000) participates in selection of the longlist and thereafter chairs the panel of final judges. In recent years there is a longlist of eight books announced May or June, a shortlist of no more than four announced in September, and a single winner. The longlist is the foundation for a summer program of reading, reviewing, and discussion. The U.K. publishers of eligible books must enter them for the prize with a fee, although the chair may call for submission. The publication year is August to July of the current year, but May, June, and July books must be submitted in advance. Books originally published in another language are eligible in English translation for five years. ==Current rendition== Piers Torday won the 2014 Guardian Prize, announced 13 November, for ''The Dark Wild'' from Quercus Publishing. It is the second book of a trilogy inaugurated by ''The Last Wild'', whose conclusion ''The Wild Beyond'' is forthcoming April 2015.〔 The judges were ''Guardian'' children's book editor Julia Eccleshare and three British children's writers (as always): 2012 prize winner Frank Cottrell Boyce, Gillian Cross, and Katherine Rundell.〔 The longlist of eight was announced late in June,〔 the shortlist of four early in October.〔 * Kate DiCamillo, ''Flora & Ulysses'', illus. K. G. Campbell (Walker Books), Age 9+ * Natasha Farrant, ''Flora in Love'' (Faber & Faber), Age 12+ * Candy Gourlay, ''Shine'' (David Fickling Books), Age 12+ * E. Lockhart, ''We Were Liars'', (Hot Key Books; U.S., Delacorte Press), Age 12+ * S. F. Said, ''Phoenix'', illus. Dave McKean (David Fickling Books), Age 10+ * Marcus Sedgwick, ''She Is Not Invisible'' (Orion Books), Age 12+ * Francesca Simon, ''The Lost Gods'' (Faber/ Profile), Age 9+ * Piers Torday, ''The Dark Wild'' (Quercus), Age 11+ DiCamillo and ''Flora & Ulysses'' won the annual Newbery Medal from the American Library Association as the most distinguished US children's book published during 2013. Torday was inspired to write books by the success of his father, Paul Torday (1946–2013), whose first book was published in 2006 when he was 59 years old.〔 ;Latest rendition Rebecca Stead of New York City won the 2013 Guardian Prize, covering books published August 2012 to July 2013, for ''Liar & Spy'', which was published by Andersen Press in the UK and Wendy Lamb Books in the US. Stead became the first winning writer from outside the British Commonwealth in the second year that all new children's books published in Britain were eligible.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Guardian Children's Fiction Prize」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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