Teenage Prize Young Judges

Every year five teenagers join the adult judging panel for the Booktrust Teenage Prize.

This year’s teenage judges were: Daniel Morgan-Thomas, Manyara Matambanadzo , Laura Hankins and Claudia Freemantle, who were joined by Aniketa Khushu from last year’s panel.

All young judges  were winners of  Booktrust’s short story competition – you can read their stories about being president for the day by clicking on the links on the left.

At the 2009 ceremony our young judges interviewed all the shortlisted authors; follow the links below to watch their video interviews.

You can read about their judging experiences too.

Claudia interviews Jenny Valentine, author of The Ant Colony and Keith Gray, author of Ostrich Boys

Laura interviews Helen Grant, author of The Vanishing of Katherina Linden

Manyara interviews Paul Dowswell, author of Auslander

Daniel interviews Chris Riddell, illustrator of The Graveyard Book

Aniketa Khushu interviewed 2008 winner, Patrick Ness, who was shortlisted again this year with The Ask and the Answer.