Reinstate Kate Greenaway's name on CILIP illustration award, a statement by Dr Rose Roberto and Tamsin Roswell, petition creators

Kate Greenaway award should NEVER have been renamed in favour of money and branding. Illustrator awards should reflect grounbreaking illustration

I’ve mirrored this competition in schools and mourn the absence of the name of the artist who inspired it.

Reinstate the Kate Greenaway title to this medal. Industrialist muscle and corporate wealth should have nothing to do with this award.

Please stop erasing women’s name and achievements. People know who Kate Greenaway was and recognise her artwork, they deserve to hear her name too.

Kate Greenaway's 'Under the Window' is imprinted on my earliest childhood memory (a very old edition handed down 82 years ago by an elderly aunt) together with my very first watercolour paint box. Can't believe anyone would want to erase the Greenaway name from anything to do with children's illustration.

It is unthinkable that Kate Greenaway's name be removed from the name of this important and well established award.

Kate Greenaway is an inspiration to British women and should not be sidelined or removed.

Kate Greemaways work is a significant part of g design history and of the contribution of women in 19th century. It was and is an insult to both to have removed her from the award

one of the best illustrators ever. Needs to be remembered.

And it really is not enough that CILIP "does something else" to honour Greenaway.

Reinstate Kate

There are very few illustrators that people can name, and it's important to keep the discussion going. This award should feature Kate Greenaway regardless of the brands sponsoring it.

Kate Greenwaway was a renowned female illustrator and giving the award that name just makes sense and sends a positive message that women are equally important to men in the publishing/library world. Why change the name after all this time to that of a wealthy, white male, just for something that just looks like convenience.

Please bring back Kate Greenaway - honour the illustrator!

Stop the erasure of women! Don't replace a British female illustrator, who is part of our art history, with a male industrialist!

As a former judge on the medals I strongly oppose this move which undermines the role of illustrators. Carnegie Greenaway is a strong brand without any need for tampering. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

This was an appalling insensitive move by a cynical bunch of people.

The Kate Greenaway prize is so specific- an award for creators of children’s books! To alter the name would be a tragedy

This is corporate and branding madness. What happened to simple identity and appreciation of not only female illustrators but also people with important places in history. It must be reinstated.

Carnegie gave us some great Libraries Kate Greenaway put her art, soul and sensitivity on the bookshelves.