2012 Inky Awards

"The Inkys are international awards for teen literature, voted for online by the readers of insideadog.com.au. There are three awards: the Gold Inky for an Australian book, the Silver Inky for an international book, and the Creative Reading Prize, won by a young person for a creative response to a book they love, in any format they choose."

The longlists for these awards have now been announced as follows:

Gold Inky Award

Shift by Em Bailey
Night Beach by Kirsty Eagar
Brotherband 1: The Outcasts by John Flanagan
Act of Faith by Kelly Gardiner
Queen of the Night by Leanne Hall
Blood Song by Rhiannon Hart
Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan
The Coming of the Whirlpool: Ship Kings 1 by Andrew McGahan
The Deep: Here Be Dragons, Volume 1 by Tom Taylor (illustrated by James Brouwer)
The Reluctant Hallelujah by Gabrielle Williams

Silver Inky Award

Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
BZRK by Michael Grant
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
Storm: Elementals 1 by Brigid Kemmerer
Legend by Marie Lu
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (illustrated by Jim Kay)
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Voting opens on the "Inside a Dog" website on 27th August.