The Inky Awards are Australia’s only YA award completely selected by teenagers. The shortlist is created by our dedicated team of teen Inky Awards judges, which is then open to voting by Australian teenagers aged 12-19.

Here are the titles they have selected as the Inky Award winning books of 2018:

2019 Gold Inky Award Winner

Whisper by Lynette Noni

“Lengard is a secret government facility for extraordinary people,” they told me.

2019 Silver Inky Award Winner

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Thank you to everyone who voted! And of course BIG thank you to our wonderful Inky Judges, Marlees, Catalina, Alisa, Zitong, Juliette, Krisha, Kiara and Fred.