Inky Awards Longlists for 2010

The Inkys are international awards for teenage literature that are voted for online by the readers of insideadog.com.au.

Voting will open on October 12 when the Inkys shortlists are chosen by the judges and annnounced. The judges this year are authors Randa Abdel-Fattah and Andrew McDonald and teenagers Broede Carmody, Esther Crowley, Hamish Knowles and Grace Bell.

The Gold Inky (for an Australian book)

Liar by Justine Larbalestier
Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey
Merrow by Ananda Braxton-Smith
Raw Blue by Kirsty Eager
Swerve by Philip Gwynne
The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta
Confessions of a Liar, a Thief and a Failed Sex God by Bill Condon
Anonymity Jones by James Roy
Stolen by Lucy Christopher
Loving Richard Feynman by Penny Tangey

The Silver Inky (for an international book)
The Poison Throne by Celine Kiernan
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
Heist Society by Ally Carter
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
The Bride’s Farewell by Meg Rosoff
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
The Wrong Grave by Kelly Link
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan & John Green
Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

As well as the Gold and Silver Inkys, there is also a Creative Reading Prize, won by a young person for a creative response to a book they love. This year the prize is an iPad!!! Creative responses can take any form including short story, song, video, poem, illustration, artwork or even a cupcake. The iPad prize will be awarded to the organisers favourite entry that comes from someone under the age of 20. Check out the full details here.

Read more about the Inky Awards.