Former winners

2022 Adult Fiction Prize, Karla Aryee
Lilja Cardew's cover design of 'Diary of a Young Naturalist'
2022 Adult Non-Fiction Prize, Lilja Cardew
Cassia Samson's cover design of 'Murder Most Unladylike'
2022 Children's Prize, Cassia Samson
Ella Garrett's cover design of 'Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee'
2021 Adult Prize, Ella Garrett, Liverpool John Moores University
Megan Kerr's cover design of 'The Uninhabitable Earth'
2021 Adult Non-Fiction Prize, Megan Kerr, Edinburgh Napier University
Aphra Blunt's cover design of 'Talking Turkeys'
2021 Children's Prize, Aphra Blunt, University of Dundee
2020 Adult Fiction Prize, Annie Kobyluch, Glasgow School of Art
2020 Adult Fiction Prize, Annie Kobyluch, Glasgow School of Art
Adult Non-Fiction Prize, Megan Glover, Central Saint Martins, UAL
2020 Adult Non-Fiction Prize, Megan Glover, Central Saint Martins, UAL
2020 Children's Prize, Chi Park, Kingston University
2020 Children's Prize, Chi Park, Kingston University
Norwegian Wood cover design by Bethany Rush
2019 Adult Fiction Prize, Bethany Rush, Falmouth University
The Establishment cover design by Toby Clarke
2019 Non-Fiction Prize, Toby Clarke, University of Northampton
Wonder cover design by Sian McKeever
2019 Children's Prize, Sian McKeever, University of the Arts London
A Brief History of Time book cover design by Harry Woodgate
2018 Adult Non-Fiction Prize, Harry Woodgate, University of Hertfordshire
Animal Farm design by Raemarie Lee
2018 Adult Fiction Prize, Raemarie Lee, Kingston University
Nought & Crosses book cover design
2018 Children's Prize, Fruzsina Czech, University of Ulster

2017 Adult Fiction Prize, Madalyn Farley, Kingston University
2017 Adult Fiction Prize, Madalyn Farley, Kingston University
The Secret Diary of Arian Mole book cover design
2017 Children's Prize, Beth Ewens, Leeds College of Art
In Cold Blood book cover design
2017 Adult Non-Fiction Prize, Elliot Lee, University of Northampton
A Clockwork Orange book cover design
2016 Adult Fiction Prize, Zack Crook, University of Central Lancashire
How to be a Woman book cover design
2016 Adult Non-Fiction Prize, Zachary Wieland, University of Texas
Emil and the Detectives book cover design
2016 Children's Prize, Ailsa Johnson, University of Edinburgh
Oranges are Not the Only Fruit book cover design
2015 Adult Fiction Prize, Kate Gamet, University of the Arts London
Carrie's War book cover design
2015 Children's Prize, Lucie Williams, University of Wolverhampton
Freakonomics book cover design
2015 Adult Non-Fiction Prize, Scott Kooken, University of Northampton
What a Carve Up! book cover design
2014 Adult Prize, Ellen Rockell, Norwich University of the Arts
The Outsiders book cover design
2014 Children's Prize, Craig Cox, Leeds Metropolitan University
The Big Sleep book cover design
2013 Adult Prize, Hayley Warnham, Royal College of Art
The Wind in the Willows book cover design
2013 Children's Prize, Vicky Mills, Coventry University
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest book cover design
2012 Adult Prize, A.J Hateley, University of Derby
Grimm's Fairy Tales book cover design
2012 Children's Prize, Tim Parker, Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University
100 Years of Solitude book cover design
2011 Adult Prize, Alexandra Allden, University College Falmouth
James and the Giant Peach book cover design
2011 Children's Prize, Niklas Sagebiel, University of Fine Arts, Hamburg
Perfume book cover design
2010 Adult Prize, Kirsty White, Liverpool School of Art
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland book cover design
2010 Children's Prize, Jurate Laugalyte, Anglia Ruskin University

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