Children's judges 

Claire Linney - children's author and book influencer. Winner of the Ink Book Prize Best Debut 2024

Rich Simpson -  Deputy Headteacher and Year 6 teacher at a primary school

Tabrizia Jones -  Young adult librarian at the Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Branch of The New York Public Library

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Fiction judges 

Eva Asprakis - author and winner of the Ink Book Prize Fiction 2024

Shabana Kauser - book blogger and specialist paediatric nurse

Priscilla Owusu - book blogger, freelance writer and communications professional

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Non-Fiction judges 

Emily Lloyd-Gale - children's author. Winner of the Ink Book Prize Children's 2024

Lucy George - book blogger

Tricia Frances - author and shortlisted in the Ink Book Prize Non-Fiction 2024 

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