Hereby announcing the list of winners for the Best of Indian Children’s Writing (BICW) – Contemporary Awards 2018, segregated by level. To know more about our levelling process, read here.
| Levels | Theme | Title | Publisher |
| 1 | FRIENDS | Ramya’s Snack Box | Ms Moochie Books |
| 1 | HOME | Where is Amma? | Tulika Books |
| 1 | FAMILY | Minu and her Hair | Tulika Books |
| 1 | LOVE | My Mother’s Sari | Tulika Books |
| 1 | CHANGE | Annual Haircut Day | Pratham Books |
| 1 | FOOD | Balu’s Basket | Tulika Books |
| 2 | ADVENTURE | A Walk With Thambi | Tulika Books |
| 2 | ANIMAL STORIES | Gajapati Kulapati | Tulika Books |
| 2 | FAMILY | The Night Monster | Karadi Tales |
| 2 | FUN | Dungi Dance | Tulika Books |
| 2 | MAKE-BELIEVE | Neelu’s Big Box | Tulika Books |
| 2 | SEASONS | Raindrops | Tulika Books |
| 3 | ANIMAL STORIES | Rooster Raga | Tulika Books |
| 3 | KINGS AND QUEENS | A Silly Story of Bondapalli | Tulika Books |
| 3 | FRIENDSHIP | Mangoes and Mischief | Ms Moochie Books |
| 3 | LOST AND FOUND | Catch That Cat | Tulika Books |
| 3 | FANTASY | The Magic Umbrellas | Ms Moochie Books |
| 3 | LEARNING A LESSON | Angry Akku | Pratham Books |
| 4 | ROYAL FAMILIES | The Lonely King and Queen | Tulika Books |
| 4 | FUN | Aditi Zoo | Ms Moochie Books |
| 4 | BEING DIFFERENT | Wings To Fly | Tulika Books |
| 4 | HEROISM | Kali And The Rat Snake | Tulika Books |
| 4 | ANIMAL STORIES | Up World, Down World | Pratham Books |
| 4 | GRANDPARENT TALES | Dada’s Useless Present | Karadi Tales |
| 5 | SIBLINGS | How Old is Muttajji? | Pratham Books |
| 5 | ANIMAL STORIES | Magnificent Makhna | Tulika Books |
| 5 | FOLK TALES | Under the Neem Tree | Tulika Books |
| 5 | BEATING THE ODDS | The Dog Who Taught Me Math | Ms Moochie Books |
| 5 | ADVENTURE | Trouble with Magic | Duckbill Books |
| 5 | MISCHIEF | Timmi in Tangles | Duckbill Books |
| 6 | FRIENDSHIP | Sandy to the Rescue | Duckbill Books |
| 6 | CURIOSITY | Bhimrao Ambedkar: The Boy Who Asked Why | Tulika Books |
| 6 | ADVENTURE | The Missing Mathematics Notebook | Ms Moochie Books |
| 6 | BLAST FROM THE PAST | Eeee… Here’s My Story! | Ms Moochie Books |
| 6 | WIT AND WISDOM | Razia and the Pesky Presents | Duckbill Books |
The BICW – Contemporary Award 2018 aims to recognise and reward the best books for children in the age group of 6 to 12 years from publishers across the country. Here is how it all began.
Aside from recognition, the BICW Award affords the winning titles a minimum guarantee purchase (anywhere between 200 to 2000 copies) which will, in turn, be distributed to schools across South India.
