Some nominees are nominated in several categories. Links lead to external websites with more information about the candidate, often in the candidate's language.
All candidates listed for the Award in 2027 (in alphabetical order):
- A Book A Day
Promoter of reading, Organisation, USA
https://abookadayprogram.com - Abbas Jahangirian
Author, Iran
https://abbasjahangirian.info - ABCXXI All of Poland Reads to Kids
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Poland
https://calapolskaczytadzieciom.pl - Achilleas Razis
Illustrator, Greece
https://achilleasrazis.gr/el - Adam O
Author, Denmark
https://adamo.dk/ - Agrafka Art Studio
Illustrator, Ukraine
https://agrafkastudio.com/ - Ahlam Bsharat
Author, Palestine
https://www.ahlambsharat.com/ - Áine Ní Ghlinn
Author, Ireland - Aleck Kaposa
Author, Promoter of reading, Zimbabwe - ALIJA
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Argentina
https://alija.org.ar/ - Alireza Goldouzian
Illustrator, Iran
https://www.instagram.com/alirezagoldouzian/ - Alison Lester
Illustrator, Author, Australia
https://alisonlester.com/ - Amal Barghout-Karzai
Illustrator, Palestine
https://www.amaillustration.com/ - Amanda Baesa
Illustrator, Chile/Portugal
https://amanda-baeza.tumblr.com/ - Amanda Mijangos
Illustrator, Mexico
https://www.instagram.com/amandamijangos/ - Amir ShabanipoorIllustrator, Iran
https://www.instagram.com/amir.shabanipour/ - Ana Romero
Author, Mexico
https://literatura.inba.gob.mx/michoacan/4473-romero- - Anamaria Smigelschi
Author, Illustrator, Romania - Andante Associação ArtísticaPromoter of reading, Organisation, Portugal
https://www.andante.com.pt/ - Andreas Steinhöfel
Author, Germany - Anna Margrethe Kjærgaard
Illustrator, Denmark
http://amkjaergaard.dk/ - Anna Woltz
Author, Netherlands
https://annawoltz.nl/english/ - Anne Herbauts
Author, Illustrator, Belgium - Anne-Laure Bondoux
Author, France
https://bondoux.jimdofree.com/ - Ánte Mihkkal Gaup
Storytelling, Norway - Antonio Jorge Goncalves
Illustrator, Portugal
http://www.antoniojorgegoncalves.com/ - Antonio Ramos Revillas
Author, Mexico - Arina Stoenescu
Promoter of reading, Sweden - Arndis Þórarinsdóttir
Author, Iceland
https://arnd.is/ - ASSABIL - Culture for All
Organisation, Promoter of reading, Lebanon
https://assabil.com - Atanu Roy
Illustrator, India - Atinuke
Storytelling, Author, Nigeria/United Kingdom
https://atinuke.co.uk/ - Atoosa Salehi
Author, Iran
http://www.atoosasalehi.com/ - Authorship and Career Network (ACN)
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Zambia
https://acnpublishers.com/ - Axel Scheffler
Illustrator, Germany
https://axelscheffler.com/ - Barnaútvarpið
Promoter of reading, The Faroe Islands
https://kvf.fo/ljod/vit - Basarat Kazim
Promoter of reading, Pakistan - Beatrice Alemagna
Author, Illustrator, Italy
https://www.beatricealemagna.com/ - Beatriz Falero
Storytelling, Mexico - Ben Okri
Author, Nigeria/United Kingdom
https://benokri.co.uk - Bent Haller
Author, Denmark
http://www.forfatterweb.dk/haller-bent - Bibi Dumon Tak
Author, Netherlands - Bimba Landmann
Author, Illustrator, Italy
http://www.bimbalandmann.com - Bjørn Ingvaldsen
Author, Promoter of reading, Norway
https://forfatteren.no - Book Dash
Promoter of reading, Organisation, South Africa
https://bookdash.org - Bubisher
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Western Sahara
http://www.bubisher.org - Candace FlemingAuthor, USA
https://candacefleming.com/ - CANVAS
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Philippines
https://www.canvas.ph - Carme Solé Vendre
llIllustrator, Spain
http://www.carmesolevendrell.com - Carmen Agra Deedy
Author, Storytelling, USA
https://carmenagradeedy.com - Casa de la Literatura Peruana
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Peru
https://www.casadelaliteratura.gob.pe - Catherine Louis
Illustrator, Switzerland
https://catherinelouis.ch - Cecilia Torudd
Author, Illustrator, Sweden - Centre for Literacy in Primary Education
Promoter of reading, Organisation, United Kingdom - Chiara Carminati
Author, Italy
https://www.parolematte.it - Chihiro Art Museum
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Japan
https://chihiro.jp/ - Chiu Chen-Tsung
Illustrator, Taiwan
https://www.facebook.com/chentsung.chiu - Cho Won-hee
Illustrator, South Korea - Christian Kingue Epanya
Author, Illustrator, Cameroon/France
https://kingue-epanya.com/portfolio - Claudia Rueda
Illustrator, Colombia
http://claudiarueda.com/ - COBIAC
Promoter of reading, Organisation, France
https://cobiac.org/ - Cooperative Children's Book Center
Promoter of reading, Organisation, USA
https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/ - Daniel Munduruku
Author, Brazil
https://www.danielmunduruku.com/ - Daniela Olejníková
Illustrator, Slovakia - David Álvarez
Illustrator, Mexico - Davide Morosinotto
Author, Italy - Dean Atta
Author, United Kingdom
https://www.instagram.com/deanatta/ - Diavazontas Megalono
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Greece
https://www.diavazontas.org/english - Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Promoter of reading, Organisation, USA
https://imaginationlibrary.com/ - Done Stan
Illustrator, Romania - Ebo Assan Donkoh
Promoter of reading, Ghana - Eiichiro Oda
Illustrator, Author, Japan - Elena Odriozola
Illustrator, Spain
https://www.instagram.com/elenaodriozolaillustration/ - Elena Perikleous
Author, Cyprus
https://elenaperikleous.com/ - Elisabeth Steinkellner
Author, Austria
https://www.elisabeth-steinkellner.at/e - Elise Gravel
Author, Illustrator, Canada
http://www.elisegravel.com/ - Elizabeth Acevedo
Author, Storytelling, USA
https://www.acevedowrites.com/ - Emily Lim-Leh
Author, Singapore
https://mummumstheword.wordpress.com/ - Emma AdBåge
Author, Illustrator, Sweden
https://www.instagram.com/emmaadbagee - Empathy Lab
Promoter of reading, Organisation, United Kingdom - Enes Kiševic
Author, Croatia - Espazo Lectura
Promoter of reading, Spain
https://www.espazolectura.gal/ - Ethiopia Reads
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Ethiopia
https://www.ethiopiareads.org/ - Eugene Trivizas
Author, Greece - Felicita Sala
Illustrator, Italy
https://www.felicitasala.com/ - Flore Vesco
Author, France
https://florevesco.com/ - Fred Taikon
Author, Sweden
http://www.romaniglinda.se/ - Frida Nilsson
Author, Sweden - Fundacja Powszechnego Czytania
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Poland
https://www.fpc.org.pl/ - Gabriel Pacheco
Illustrator, Mexico - Gcina Mhlophe
Author, Promoter of reading, Storytelling, South Africa
https://www.gcinamhlophe.co.za/ - Gene Luen Yang
Author, USA
https://geneluenyang.com/ - Gerda Dendooven
Author, Illustrator, Belgium
https://blog.picturebookmakers.com/post/gerda-dendooven - Gheorghe Erizanu
Promoter of reading, Moldova - Ghizlane El Ayadi
Author, Morocco - Giorgos Panagiotakis
Author, Greece
https://giorgospanagiotakis.wordpress.com/ - Gro Dahle
Author, Norway - Gundega Muzikante
Illustrator, Latvia - Halyna Malyk
Author, Ukraine - Hamelin Associazione Culturale
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Italy
https://hamelin.net/ - Hassan Manasra
Illustrator, Jordan
https://www.instagram.com/hassan.manasrah.illustrations/ - Heinz Janisch
Author, Austria
https://www.heinz-janisch.com/ - Hoda Hadadi
Illustrator, Iran
https://hoda-hadadi.com/ - Hooda Shawa
Author, Palestine - Hsu-kung Liu
Illustrator, Taiwan - Huang Beijia
Author, China - Huynh Kim Lien
Author, Illustrator, Vietnam - Iedereen Leest
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Belgium
https://www.iedereenleest.be/ - Ilya Green
Author, Illustrator, France
https://ilya-green.com/a-propos/ - Inés Garland
Author, Argentina
https://www.instagram.com/garlandines - Inese Zandere
Author, Latvia
https://latvianliterature.lv/en/writers/62 - Intelaq Mohammed Ali
Author, Illustrator, Promoter of reading, Iraq
https://www.facebook.com/intelaq.ali - Internationale Jugendbibliothek München
Promoter of reading, Germany
https://www.ijb.de/home - Ion Creanga National Children's Library
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Moldova
https://www.bncreanga.md/ - Iris Samartzi
Illustrator, Greece
http://www.irissamartzi.com/ - Irmelin Sandman Lilius
Author, Illustrator, Finland
https://www.irmelinsandmanlilius.fi/ - Isabelle Arsenault
Illustrator, Author, Canada
https://www.isabellearsenault.com/ - Ivar Da Coll
Illustrator, Colombia - Jan Lööf
Author, Illustrator, Sweden - Jane Mitchell
Author, Ireland
http://www.janemitchell.ie/ - Janja Vidmar
Author, Slovenia
https://drustvo-dsp.si/pisatelji/janja-vidmar/ - Jason Reynolds
Author, USA
https://www.jasonwritesbooks.com/ - Jef Aerts
Author, Belgium
http://www.jefaerts.com/ - Jelena Pervan
Author, Croatia
https://www.hdkdm-klubprvihpisaca.hr/pervan-jelena/ - Jenny Lucander
Illustrator, Finland
https://www.jennylucander.com/ - Jillian Tamaki
Illustrator, Canada
https://www.jilliantamaki.com/ - Joan Manuel Gisbert
Author, Spain
https://www.joanmanuelgisbert.com/ - Jorge Luján
Author, Argentina - Julia Alvarez
Author, Storytelling, Dominican Republic
https://www.juliaalvarez.com/ - Julia Donaldson
Author, United Kingdom
https://www.juliadonaldson.co.uk/ - Jurga Vile
Author, Lithuania - Katarina Kieri
Author, Sweden
https://www.instagram.com/livet_och_skrivet/ - Kate DiCamillo
Author, USA
https://www.katedicamillo.com/ - Katsiaryna Dubovik
Illustrator, Belarus
https://www.instagram.com/creepyfreaky_studio/ - Kinderbuchhaus Schneiderhäusl
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Austria
https://www.kinderbuchhaus.at/ - Kinga Rofus
Illustrator, Hungary
https://www.instagram.com/rofuszkinga/ - Kiro Donev
Author, North Macedonia - Korean Children's Book Association
Promoter of reading, Organisation, South Korea
https://www.childbook.org/ - KPBA Society for the Advancement of Children's Literature
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Indonesia
https://kpbamurti.org/ - Krajina čitateľov (Land of Readers)Promoter of reading, Organisation, Slovakia
https://krajinacitatelov.sk/ - Kristina Radojicic
Author, Montenegro - Krystyna Lipka-Sztarballo
Illustrator, Poland - Kulanda House
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Zambia
http://kulakids.app/ - Kwon Yoon-duck
Illustrator, South Korea
https://blog.naver.com/authorhp - Labor Ateliergemeinschaft
Author, Illustrator, Germany
https://www.laborproben.de/ - Lajee Center
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Palestine
https://lajee.org/ - Laskaridis Foundation
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Greece - Lecture jeunesse
Promoter of reading, Organisation, France
https://www.lecturejeunesse.org/ - Lee Juyoung
Promoter of reading, South Korea
http://cafe.daum.net/children.c.s - Lena Raubaum
Author, Austria
https://www.lenaraubaum.com/ - Leo Timmers
Author, Illustrator, Belgium
https://www.leotimmers.com/ - Libros para Niños
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Nicaragua
https://www.lpninos.org/ - Lina Itagaki
Illustrator, Lithuania
https://www.instagram.com/linaitagaki/ - Linda Bondestam
Author, Illustrator, Finland
https://www.lindabondestam.com/ - Linda Wolfsgruber
Illustrator, Austria/Italy
http://www.lindawolfsgruber.at/ - Lisen Adbåge
Illustrator, Sweden - Lorenz Pauli
Author, Switzerland
https://www.lorenz-pauli.ch/ - Lotta Geffenblad
Author, Illustrator, Sweden
http://www.lottageffenblad.se/ - Loty Petrovits-Andrutsopulou
Author, Greece - Lubuto Library Partners
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Zambia
https://www.lubuto.org/ - Lucie Félix
Author, Illustrator, France
https://www.luciefelix.fr/ - Luigia Negro
Storytelling, Italy - Luis Soriano
Promoter of reading, Colombia
https://www.instagram.com/biblioburrooficial - Luize Pastore
Author, Latvia
http://www.luizepastore.com/eng - Läsrörelsen
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Sweden
https://www.lasrorelsen.nu/ - Magabala Books
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Australia
https://www.magabala.com/ - Maija Mendelin
Author, Illustrator, Finland
https://www.maijahurme.com/ - Maite Carranza
Author, Spain
https://maitecarranza.com/ - Malorie Blackman
Author, United Kingdom
https://malorieblackman.co.uk/ - Margarida Fonseca Santos
Author, Portugal - María José Ferrada
Author, Chile
https://www.instagram.com/mjferradalefenda - María López Vigil
Author, Nicaragua - Maria Parr
Author, Norway
https://samlaget.no/collections/maria-parr - Maria Vilja
Author, Illustrator, Finland
https://www.mariavilja.com/ - Mariana Alcántara
Illustrator, Mexico
https://mariana-alcantara.com/ - Mariana Osorio Gumá
Author, Cuba - Marina Katsari
Storytelling, Cyprus
http://www.marinakatsari.com/ - Marit Törnqvist
Author, Illustrator, Promoter of reading, Netherlands/Sweden
https://www.marittornqvist.nl/en/ - Marja-Liisa Plats
Illustrator, Estonia
https://marjaplats.com/ - Martijn van der Linden
Illustrator, Netherlands
https://www.martijnvanderlindenillustrator.nl/ - Mary Ailonieida Sombán Mari
Author, Norway
https://samidaiddar.no/no/sami-artist-catalogue/marry - Maya Fidawi
Illustrator, Lebanon
http://www.mayafidawi.com/ - Mehrdad Zaeri
Illustrator, Germany - Micaela Chirif
Author, Peru
http://www.micaelachirif.pe/en - Michael Roher
Author, Illustrator, Austria
https://mischa-loewenzahn.blogspot.com/ - Michael Rosen
Author, Promoter of reading, United Kingdom
https://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/ - Mitali Perkins
Author, USA
https://www.mitaliperkins.com/ - Miyase Sertbarut
Author, Turkey - Mojca Fo
Illustrator, Slovenia
https://mojcafo.com/ - Mošo Odalović
Author, Illustrator, Serbia - Musa M Isse
Promoter of reading, Sweden
https://www.instagram.com/musam.isse/ - Museum of the Resian people
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Italy
https://rezija.com/en/ass-culturale-museo-della-gente-della-val-resia/chi-siamo/ - Muthoni Garland
Author, Promoter of reading, Kenya
http://storymojaafrica.co.ke/ - Nabila Adani
Author, Illustrator, Indonesia
https://thebrightagency.com/us/childrens-illustration/artists/nabila-adani?collection=non-fiction-places - Nadia Budde
Author, Illustrator, Germany
http://www.nadiabudde.de/ - Nataša Konc Lorenzutti
Author, Slovenia - Nevena Angelova
Illustrator, Bulgaria - Nguyen Huu Quynh Huong
Author, Promoter of reading, Vietnam
https://www.instagram.com/nguyenhuuquynhhuong/ - Nicola Davies
Author, United Kingdom
https://nicola-davies.com/ - Nikolaus Heidelbach
Illustrator, Germany - Oliviera Olja Jelkić
Author, Promoter of reading, Storytelling, Serbia
https://oliveraoljajelkic.com/ - Óscar Pantoja
Author, Colombia - OvidiuRo Association
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Romania
https://www.ovid.ro/en/home/ - Paloma Valdivia
Illustrator, Chile - Patrice Lawrence
Author, United Kingdom - Patricia Forde
Author, Ireland - Pawel Pawlak
Illustrator, Poland
https://www.instagram.com/ten.pawel.pawlak/ - Peter Stevenson
Author, Illustrator, Storytelling, United Kingdom
https://www.peterstevensonarts.co.uk/ - Philip Reeve
Author, United Kingdom
https://philipreeve.com/ - Pija Lindenbaum
Author, Illustrator, Sweden
https://www.instagram.com/pijalindenbaumofficial - Pilar Lozano
Author, Colombia - POC-lukupiiri
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Finland
http://www.poc-lukupiiri.fi/ - Polona Lovšin
Illustrator, Slovenia
https://www.polonalovsin.art/ - Quek Hong Shin
Author, Illustrator, Singapore
http://www.quekie.myportfolio.com/ - Quentin Blake
Illustrator, United Kingdom
https://quentinblake.com/ - Radostina Nikolova
Author, Bulgaria
https://radostinanikolova.com/en/ - Raina Telgemeier
Author, Illustrator, USA
https://goraina.com/ - Raouf Karray
Illustrator, Tunisia - Read with me
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Iran
http://www.readwithme.ir/en - Ricardo Chávez Castañeda
Author, Mexico
https://www.ricardochavezcastaneda.com.mx/ - Roger Mello
Author, Illustrator, Brazil
https://elsewhereeditions.org/mello/ - Room to Read
Promoter of reading, Organisation, USA
https://www.roomtoread.org/ - Ruby Goka
Author, Ghana
http://www.rubygoka.com/ - Rumiko Takahashi
Author, Illustrator, Japan - Salla Simukka
Author, Finland
https://www.instagram.com/sallasimukka/ - Samisk bibliotektjeneste
Promoter of reading, Norway
https://samiskbibliotektjeneste.tromsfylke.no/ - Sanja Pilic
Author, Croatia
http://www.sanjapilic.hr/index_en.html - Sanna Pelliccioni
Illustrator, Finland
https://www.instagram.com/illustratorsannapelliccioni - Sara Lundberg
Author, Illustrator, Sweden
https://www.instagram.com/saralundbergart - Sarah Crossan
Author, Ireland - Sarah Engell
Author, Denmark
https://sarahengell.dk/ - Satoshi Kitamura
Illustrator, Japan
https://www.instagram.com/satoshikitamura6789/ - School the World
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Guatemala
https://schooltheworld.org/ - Schweizerisches Jugendschriftenwerk SJW
Promoter of reading, Switzerland
http://www.sjw.ch/ - SERAJ Library Project
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Palestine
https://www.serajlibraries.org/ - Sevim Ak
Promoter of reading, Turkey
https://www.instagram.com/evkutuphanemiz/ - Shao Xiaoyu
Illustrator, China
https://www.weibo.com/u/5613392038 - Shih-Jen Lin
Author, Taiwan
https://www.facebook.com/share/18Uq6kcj9s/ - Signe Kjær
Illustrator, Denmark
http://www.signekjaer.dk/ - Sigrún Eldjárn
Author, Illustrator, Iceland
https://www.forlagid.is/hofundar/sigrun-eldjarn/ - Simon Stranger
Author, Norway
https://www.simonstranger.com/ - Siobhán Parkinson
Author, Ireland
https://www.siobhanparkinson.com/ - Sipiwe Sikwila
Author, Promoter of reading, Zimbabwe
http://www.hopinolskopinol.com/ - Siri Kolu
Author, Finland
https://www.instagram.com/sirikolu/ - Sissel Horndal
Author, Illustrator, Norway
https://www.horndal.no/about - Society of Friends of the Book Mali Princ
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Bosnia & Herzegovina
http://www.maliprinc.ba/ - Sonia Nimr
Author, Palestine
http://www.sonianimr.com/ - Sozapato
Illustrator, Ecuador
https://www.instagram.com/sozapato - Sundui Oyunbadam
Author, Mongolia - Susanne Gervay
Author, Australia
https://sgervay.com/ - Suzy Lee
Author, Illustrator, South Korea - Svein Nyhus
Author, Illustrator, Norway
https://sveinnyhus.blogspot.com/ - Sydney Smith
Illustrator, Canada
https://www.instagram.com/sydneydraws/ - Sylvie Neeman
Author, Switzerland
https://sylvieneeman.ch/ - Taller Azul
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Argentina - Taman Bacaan Pelangi (Rainbow Reading Gardens)
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Indonesia
https://www.tamanbacaanpelangi.com/ - Tàssies
Illustrator, Spain - Ted van Lieshout
Author, Netherlands
http://tedvanlieshout.nl/ - Teresa Martínez
Illustrator, Mexico
http://www.behance.net/teresamtz - Thomas Lavachery
Author, Belgium
https://www.ecoledesloisirs.fr/auteur/thomas-lavachery - Timothée de Fombelle
Author, France - TOG The Community Volunteers Foundation
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Turkey
https://www.tog.org.tr/en/disaster-studies - Tokyo Children's Library
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Japan
https://www.tcl.or.jp/ - Tom Palmer
Author, United Kingdom
https://tompalmer.co.uk/ - Torben Kuhlmann
Illustrator, Germany
https://www.torben-kuhlmann.com/ - Triinu Laan
Author, Estonia - Tuutikki Tolonen
Author, Finland - Ursula Dubosarsky
Author, Australia
https://ursuladubosarsky.squarespace.com/ - Veronique Tadjo
Author, Illustrator, Ivory Coast/France - Vincent Villeminot
Author, France - Vladyslav Yerko
Illustrator, Ukraine - Wang Zumin
Illustrator, China - Yafa Cultural Center
Promoter of reading, Organisation, Palestine
https://yafacenter.ps/ - Yoo Eun-sil
Author, South Korea - Zaida Sanches
Author, Cape Verde - Žarko Vučinić
Author, Montenegro - Zumreta Poric
Promoter of reading, Bosnia & Herzegovina
[Quelle: Pressemitteilung]