The Wainwright Prizes

Stories that connect people & planet 🌱
#WainwrightPrize

👇 2025 WINNERS ANNOUNCED

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We’re delighted to announce the 2025 #WainwrightPrize Winners

From powerful storytelling to vital conservation work and bold illustration, this year’s winners reflect the richness, urgency, and joy of writing about the natural world.

https://t.co/00fO4r83uz

#StoriesThatConnect

[Waterstones @Waterstones]

Just announced, the winners of the 2025 @wainwrightprize! 🎉

From a charming account of unexpectedly raising a leveret to an atmospheric children's debut set in a near-future, discover the winners here: https://t.co/AMM1NjA9H6

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@WmCollinsBooks @guyshrubsole Congratulations to Guy and all at William Collins! 🍃

[BookBrunch @BookBrunch]

Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton has won the Wainwright Book of the Year Prize (@wainwrightprize)

https://t.co/WEa20EHeFQ (£)

[LoveReading @LoveReadinguk]

Yesterday at FarmED, a not-for-profit farming and food systems education centre in Oxfordshire, the winners of the @wainwrightprize were announced.

Congratulations to the six category winners and the Books of the Year.

Click to find out more:
https://t.co/eN8c6YFOMk

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@DoubledayUK @SusannaWadeson Congratulations to Sophy and all at Doubleday! 🍃

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@ABRAMSbooks @LanishaNicole14 @PuffinBooks @chloedaltonuk @canongatebooks @benhoarewild @NosyCrow @guyshrubsole @WmCollinsBooks It's our pleasure to announce that the inaugural winner of the Wainwright Prize Book of the Year is...

Raising Hare, @chloedaltonuk (@canongatebooks)

#WainwrightPrize #StoriesThatConnect

[The Wainwright Prizes @wainwrightprize]

We’re delighted to announce the 2025 #WainwrightPrize Winners

From powerful storytelling to vital conservation work and bold illustration, this year’s winners reflect the richness, urgency, and joy of writing about the natural world.

https://t.co/00fO4r83uz

#StoriesThatConnect

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@ABRAMSbooks @LanishaNicole14 @PuffinBooks @chloedaltonuk @canongatebooks @benhoarewild @NosyCrow @guyshrubsole @WmCollinsBooks We're delighted to announce that the inaugural winner of the Children's Wainwright Prize Book of the Year is...

Flower Block, @LanishaNicole14, illustrated by Hoang Giang (@PuffinBooks)

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Meet The Judges: Francesca Willow 🌿
Artist, writer, and activist Francesca shares what she’s looking for in this year’s entries, and the nature books that shaped her own journey.

👉 Read the full Q&A: https://t.co/0IPV5jAX9r

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

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Meet the Judges: Khalil Thirlaway🌱

Science communicator, storyteller & co-host of two @NHM_London podcasts, he shares why conservation writing must link environmental + social issues, and the seaside moments that shaped his love of nature.

🔗 Read here: https://t.co/LBuQwVIy5J

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We’re so proud to share the 2025 Children's #WainwrightPrize 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.

#StoriesThatConnect

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Meet the Judges: Jack Baker

Conservationist, podcaster & champion of overlooked nature stories, Jack shares why diverse voices matter, how visuals connect us, & the garden that sparked it all.

🔗 Read here: https://t.co/9yxfmgiUTm

[Eltham Library @ElthamLibrary]

We have a new display at #ElthamLibrary, celebrating the Wainwright Prize! An annual book prize that celebrates nature and the natural environment, nurturing respect for the planet 🌍 Pop in to browse and peruse a variety of books on the subject available to borrow 📚