Inky Awards

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The Inky Awards recognise high-quality young adult literature, with the longlist and shortlist selected by young adults, and the winners voted for online by the teen readers of the Inside a Dog website. There are two awards: the Gold Inky Award for an Australian young adult title, and the Silver Inky Award for an international (non-Australian) young adult title.

The Awards are named after Inky – the Inside a Dog mascot and all-round wonder-dog.

The Inky Awards were founded by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library Victoria in 2007 as Australia's first national teen choice awards for young adult literature.

In 2020, the INKY awards were discontinued indefinitely as part of State Library timetabling changes.{{Cite web|title=Inky Awards - Inside a Dog|url=https://insideadog.com.au/the-inky-awards/|access-date=2021-11-07|website=insideadog.com.au}}

Gold Inky Award Winners (Australian)

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!Year

!Author

!Title

!Publisher

2019

|Lynette Noni

|Whisper{{Cite web|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/09/19/139289/lynette-noni-wins-gold-inky-award/|title=Lynette Noni wins Gold Inky Award|last=|first=|date=2019-09-19|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-21}}

|Pantera

2018

|Peter Vu

|Paper Cranes Don’t Fly{{Cite news|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2018/10/02/116396/vu-thomas-win-2018-inky-awards/|title=Vu, Thomas win 2018 Inky Awards {{!}} Books+Publishing|access-date=2018-11-08|language=en-AU}}

|Ford Street

2017

|Cath Crowley

|Words in Deep Blue{{Cite web|url=https://insideadog.com.au/inkys/2017-winners|title=2017 Winners {{!}} Inside A Dog|website=insideadog.com.au|language=en|access-date=2017-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311051734/https://insideadog.com.au/inkys/2017-winners|archive-date=2018-03-11|url-status=dead}}

|Pan Macmillan

2016

|Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

|Illuminae{{Cite web|url=https://insideadog.com.au/blog/2016-inky-awards-winners|title=2016 Inky Awards: The Winners!|website=insideadog.com.au|access-date=2016-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206073617/https://insideadog.com.au/blog/2016-inky-awards-winners|archive-date=2018-02-06|url-status=dead}}

|Allen and Unwin

2015

|Gabrielle Tozer

|The Intern{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/news/gabrielle-tozer-wins-2015-gold-inky-award-for-debut-novel/|title=Gabrielle Tozer wins 2015 Gold Inky Award for debut novel|website=blogs.slv.vic.gov.au|access-date=2016-05-24}}

|HarperCollins

2014

|Will Kostakis

|The First Third{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/news/2014-inky-award-winners-announced/|title=2014 Inky Award winners announced|website=blogs.slv.vic.gov.au|access-date=2016-05-24}}

|Penguin Random House

2013

|Barry Jonsberg

|My Life as an Alphabet{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/news/announcements/inky-awards-teen-choice-literary-prize-winners-announced-at-state-library-of-victoria/|title=Inky Awards teen choice literary prize winners announced at State Library of Victoria|website=blogs.slv.vic.gov.au|access-date=2016-05-24}}

|Allen and Unwin

2012

|Em Bailey

|Shift{{Cite web|url=http://www.readings.com.au/news/winners-of-the-inky-awards-2012|title=Winners of the Inky Awards 2012|website=www.readings.com.au|access-date=2016-05-24}}

2011

|Silvermay

2010

|Stolen{{Cite web|url=http://www.readings.com.au/news/stolen-shiver-win-the-2010-inky-awards|title=Stolen, Shiver win the 2010 Inky Awards|website=www.readings.com.au|access-date=2016-05-24|archive-date=2018-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108105305/https://www.readings.com.au/news/stolen-shiver-win-the-2010-inky-awards|url-status=dead}}

|Scholastic

2009

|Randa Abdul-Fattah

|Where the Streets Have No Name{{Cite web|url=http://www.readings.com.au/news/where-the-streets-had-a-name-and-the-hunger-games-win-the-2009-inky-awards|title=Where The Streets Had A Name and The Hunger Games win the 2009 Inky Awards|website=www.readings.com.au|access-date=2016-05-24}}

|HarperCollins

2008

|James Roy

|Town{{Cite web|url=http://www.readings.com.au/news/teenage-voted-inky-award-winners-announced|title=Teenage-voted Inky Award Winners announced|website=www.readings.com.au|access-date=2016-05-24}}

|University of Queensland Press

2007

|Simmone Howell

|Notes from the Teenage Underground{{Cite web|url=http://www.readings.com.au/news/inky-awards-2007|title=Inky Awards 2007|website=www.readings.com.au|access-date=2016-05-24|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617061909/http://www.readings.com.au/news/inky-awards-2007#|archive-date=2016-06-17}}

|Pan Macmillan

Silver Inky Award Winners (Non-Australian)

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!Year

!Author

!Title

!Publisher

!Ref.

2019

|Holly Black

|The Cruel Prince

|Allen & Unwin

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-09-04 |title=Noni, Black win 2019 Inky Awards |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/09/04/138688/noni-black-win-2019-inky-awards/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2019-09-21 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU}}

2018

|Angie Thomas

|The Hate U Give

|Walker

2017

|Alice Oseman

|Radio Silence

|HarperCollins

2016

|Jandy Nelson

|I'll Give You the Sun

2015

|Fangirl

2014

|All The Truth That's In Me

2013

2012

|The Fault in Our Stars

|Penguin Random House

|{{Cite web |title=Winners of the Inky Awards 2012 |url=http://www.readings.com.au/news/winners-of-the-inky-awards-2012 |access-date=2016-05-24 |website=www.readings.com.au}}

2011

2010

|Shiver

2009

2008

|Penguin Random House

2007

|John Green

|Looking for Alaska

|HarperCollins

The Process

Eligible books are submitted for consideration by publishers via a nomination form on InsideaDog.com.au.

A longlist of 10 Australian books and 10 international books is then selected by "Inky Awards teen alumni", with the Centre for Youth Literature staff acting as the filter for coordination and eligibility.

The longlist is read by a panel of teenaged judges, who whittle the list down to a shortlist of ten books (5 Australian, 5 international).

The shortlist is published on Inside a Dog and individuals aged 12–18 can vote for their favourite. The Australian book with the most votes receives the Gold Inky Award and a cash prize ($2000), and the international book with the most votes wins the Silver Inky Award.{{cite web |title=The Inky Awards |url=https://insideadog.com.au/the-inky-awards/ |website=Inside a Dog |accessdate=22 July 2019}}

Reference List

External links

[https://insideadog.com.au/the-inky-awards/ Official website]

Category:Awards established in 2007

Category:Young adult literature awards

Category:Australian literary awards