Oscar's Book Prize
Oscar’s Book Prize is an annual prize for the best picture book of the year for young children. The winner(s) receive £10,000. The prize is awarded in memory of Oscar Ashton and runs in partnership with Amazon, supported by the London Standard.
Watch this video to hear from nominees, members of the publishing community, and special guests as they reflect on the importance of the prize and the power of picture books to shape young minds.
Our 2025 winner
Oscar’s Book Prize 2025 winner: Polly Noakes. Image (C) PA
The winner of the six outstanding books on our 2025 shortlist was revealed at a star-studded party on Thursday 10th July as Just The Two Of Us by Polly Noakes!
Huge congratulations to Polly, and to all of our incredible twelfth year shortlistees. If you’d like to discover more about this tender and uplifting story of friendship, imagination and moving on, head to our News page now!
As ever, we would like to say a huge thank you to all who entered, and to our fantastic judges on both our longlist and shortlist panels for doing such an incredible job (and making the toughest decisions ever!).
Thanks so much for sharing our journey - not to mention so many outstanding picture books - with us. We are thrilled to have had such a memorable year!
We’ll post more information here about submissions for Oscar’s Book Prize 2026 in due course.
Oscar’s Book Prize 2025 shortlisted authors and illustrators. Image (C) PA