Media Release
Inky Awards Winners Announced
13 November 2007
3000 votes were cast by young people around the world to decide the inaugural Inky Awards, Australia’s first teenage choice book prize. The winners were announced at the State Library of Victoria last night.
‘These awards reflect what teenagers want to read rather than what they are told to read,’ says Lili Wilkinson, awards coordinator and manager of insideadog.com.au.
The Inky Awards were created by the State Library of Victoria’s Centre for Youth Literature to encourage reading for pleasure amongst teenagers.
There are two awards: the Golden Inky for an Australian book, and the Silver Inky for an International book.
The winner of the Golden Inky will receive a trophy and $2000 in prize money. The winner of the Silver Inky will receive a trophy.
The Inkys were awarded to the most popular books from a shortlist selected by a panel of six judges – four teenagers, Lili Wilkinson, and Ryan Paine, editor of Voiceworks magazine.
Votes were submitted online and via SMS.
The winners
Golden Inky
Notes from the Teenage Underground, Simmone Howell (Pan Macmillan)
Silver Inky
Looking for Alaska, John Green (HarperCollins)
Insideadog.com.au is dedicated to books and reading for teenagers and was developed by the Centre for Youth Literature, State Library Victoria.
Media inquiries
Matthew van Hasselt
Media relations coordinator
State Library of Victoria
Ph: 03 8664 7263
Email: mvanhasselt@slv.vic.gov.au
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