Inky Awards
The Inky Awards recognise high-quality young adult literature, with the longlistand shortlist selected by young adults, and the winners voted for online by the teen readers of 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.
Gold Inky Award Winners (Australian)
| Year | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Gabrielle Tozer | The Intern | HarperCollins |
| 2014 | Will Kostakis | The First Third | Penguin Random House |
| 2013 | Barry Jonsberg | My Life as an Alphabet | Allen and Unwin |
| 2012 | Em Bailey | Shift | Hardie Grant Egmont |
| 2011 | James Moloney | Silvermay | HarperCollins |
| 2010 | Lucy Christopher | Stolen | Scholastic |
| 2009 | Randa Abdul-Fattah | Where the Streets Have No Name | HarperCollins |
| 2008 | James Roy | Town | University of Queensland Press |
| 2007 | Simmone Howell | Notes from the Teenage Underground | Pan Macmillan |
Silver Inky Award Winners (Non-Australian)
| Year | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Rainbow Rowell | Fangirl | Pan Macmillan |
| 2014 | Julie Berry | All The Truth That's In Me | HarperCollins |
| 2013 | Maggie Stiefvater | Raven Boys | Scholastic |
| 2012 | John Green | The Fault in Our Stars | Penguin Random House |
| 2011 | Cassandra Clare | Clockwork Angel | Walker Books |
| 2010 | Maggie Stiefvater | Shiver | Scholastic |
| 2009 | Suzanne Collins | The Hunger Games | Scholastic |
| 2008 | Jenny Downham | Before I Die | Penguin Random House |
| 2007 | John Green | Looking for Alaska | Penguin Random House |
The Process
Eligible books are submitted for consideration via a nomination form on InsideaDog.com.au.
A longlist of 10 Australian books and 10 international books is then selected by Centre for Youth Literature 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 six teenaged judges, who whittle the list down to a shortlitst of ten books (5 Australian, 5 international).
The shortlist is published on Inside a Dog and individuals aged 12-20 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.
Resources
The Inky Awards Ambassador Program wass designed to encourage schools to program events around the Inky Awards and to support them as they do so.
Ambassador schools:
- act as the local hub for all things Inky
- be responsible for uniting their local reading community
- work with the Centre for Youth Literature to run key events that tie in with the Awards.
Toolkits include:
- Library Resources
- Classroom Resources: Teachers
- Ambassador Schools
- Teen Ambassadors