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Shortlists Announced

The Wainwright Prize, a celebration of nature and conservation writing, announces its 2025 shortlists. This year marks a bold new chapter, with three new categories reflecting the evolving landscape of environmental storytelling – particularly in how it reaches and inspires younger audiences.

2025 Shortlists

The Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing

The Possibility of Tenderness
Ingrained by Callum Robinson
Intertidal
Our Oaken Bones
Raising Hare
The Accidental Garden
Of Thorn and Briar

The Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing

Is A River Alive
What the Wild Sea Can Be
A Training School for Elephants
Climate Injustice
Nature's Genius
Red Pockets
The Lie of the Land

The Wainwright Prize for Illustrative Books

Feed the Planet
Homecoming
Insectopolis
Swoop Sing Perch Paddle
The Perimeter
Trees in Winter

2025 Shortlists

The Children's Wainwright Prize for Fiction

Ettie and the Midnight Pool
Ghostlines
Land of the Last Wildcat
Turtle Moon
Wildful
Wildlands

The Children's Wainwright Prize for Non-Fiction​

Cloudspotting for Beginners
Hamza's Wild World
MEGA
Look What I Found by the River
Secrets of Bees
Wildlife in the Balance

The Children's Wainwright Prize for Picture Books

Bothered By Bugs
Flower Block
Frog
HERD
Leave the Trees, Please
The World to Come
The Wild

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