Children's judges 

Emily Lloyd-Gale - Winner of the Ink Book Prize Best Children's Book 2025

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

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Tabrizia Jones -  Young adult librarian at the Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Branch of The New York Public Library. Co-host of the Fake Book Club podcast

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Fiction judges 

Sunna Coleman - author and winner of the Ink Book Prize Fiction 2025

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Shabana Kauser - book blogger and specialist paediatric nurse

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Priscilla Owusu - book blogger, freelance writer and communications professional

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Non-Fiction judges 

Charles Leon - author and winner of the Ink Book Prize Non-Fiction 2025

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

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