Last year’s #WainwrightPrize ceremony was full of joy & gratitude as our 2024 shortlistees shared what the prize meant to them.

We’re so excited to welcome the 2025 shortlistees soon & celebrate another brilliant year of nature writing.

Thank you for making this community of readers, writers and wild-hearted book lovers so special. 🫶📚

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We’re so proud to share the 2025 Children's Wainwright Prize shortlists, bursting with wonder, joy, and powerful messages about our planet. These fiction, non-fiction, and picture books help young readers see, feel, and care for the natural world.

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The 2025 #WainwrightPrize shortlists are here.

Nature writing, conservation writing, and illustrative books that challenge, move, and inspire. A powerful year for environmental storytelling.

Discover them all → wainwrightprize.com