Broadcaster Nick Ross, chair of the judging panel, said picking a winner would be extremely tough.
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They are the only major British book awards to include scholars and students on the judging panel.
The five member international judging panel will pick a winner to be announced on 6 June.
However, the judging panel did see 536 different shows over the three weeks of the Fringe.
It was selected by a judging panel including broadcaster Kirsty Wark and former MI5 director general Dame Stella Rimmington.
Singer Jarvis Cocker and actress Anjelica Huston are among members of the judging panel for best film.
The judging panel included actress Jenny Agutter, broadcaster Katie Derham, author Wendy Holden and writer DJ Taylor.
Eleanor Updale, children's writer and chair of the junior judging panel, said it was an "instantly appealing book".
The designs, on show at The Lighthouse, will be considered by a judging panel and the winner announced on 18 January.
"If I'm lucky enough to get picked I think the judging panel allocates you a spot, " said Mr Davis.
Former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen, chair of the judging panel, created the competition along with the reading charity Booktrust.
Their votes were then combined with the votes of the adult judging panel to find the two winners for 2011.
The image was also highly commended by the judging panel, this time in the Nature in Black and White category.
Literary critic and journalist Maya Jaggi, who led the judging panel, said Tan's novel had "stylistic poise and probing intelligence".
The BBC's political editor Andrew Marr will head the judging panel of one of the UK's leading non-fiction book awards.
The winner was praised for her "natural flowing style" by the expert judging panel, chaired by professional viola player Brian Hawkins.
The judging panel includes Paul Farley, who won the Forward Poetry Prize in 1998 and the Whitbread Poetry Award in 2002.
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The two-and-a-half hour regular round-trip Jim makes to help coach at the club was not lost on the four-strong judging panel.
Poets Michael Longley and David Morley are also on the judging panel.
"This double accolade is uniquely deserved, " said Sir Peter Stothard, chairman of the judging panel and editor of the Times Literary Supplement.
The judging panel comprises of David Mackay, MBM Architects Barcelona and Professor Andy McMillan, former head of Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art.
The British literary critic and scholar was joined on the judging panel by authors Elif Batuman, Aminatta Forna, Yiyun Li and Tim Parks.
She was last seen on British TV when she joined Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh and Tulisa on the X Factor judging panel last year.
Stevens is currently filming the third series of Downton Abbey and is on the judging panel for the 2012 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
Its judging panel was impressed by the delicious selection of organic, vegetarian, gluten-free and fair trade goods available, including stonebaked pizzas, locally brewed alcohol and homemade cakes.
In addition to Richardson, this year's judging panel includes journalist and former editor of The Lady Rachel Johnson, author Jojo Moyes and writer Natasha Walter.
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The judging panel included novelist Zadie Smith and artist Gary Hume.
Most of the awards are decided by a judging panel, but three awards are voted for by the public: Best British Video, Single and Newcomer.
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The judging panel comprised of David Mackay, MBM Architects Barcelona and Professor Andy McMillan, former head of Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art.
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The judging panel, which included children, a librarian, a publisher, a critic and a book seller, was chaired by BBC Radio 4 broadcaster James Naughtie.
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