Following hot on the heels of Book Week, and kicking off a week of schools festivities at MWF, the shortlists for the 2012 Inky Awards have been announced!

This great prize, recognising both local (the Gold Inky) and international (the Silver Inky) work is judged by a panel of teenage readers and then voted for by an audience of young adults. So if your YA book is on the list you know you’re doing something right!

The 2012 Inky shortlist is a great one and can be found in full here but a special hooray goes to the following Booked Outers nominated for the Gold Inky.

• Leanne Hall Queen of the Night
• Gabrielle Williams The Reluctant Hallelujah
• Em Bailey (aka Meredith Badger) Shift

Congratulations and good luck all!