The favourites from our favourites After months of reading, careful consideration, and discussions behind the scenes, we have the youth and adult shortlists ready! We loved so many of the stories on the longlists that this was not easy. You can read the opening lines from the adult and youth shortlists on the new Ink of Ages website! These are the favourites from our favourites. Several made us laugh, and at least three made me cry (surprise, surprise 😂). Thank you to everyone who took part, writers and our fabulous reading team. The adult shortlist ‘In the Land of Heroes’ by Aleah Romer‘The Arithmetic of Ash’ by M.R. Cameo‘The Yaksha of the Pond’ by Loshi Rajen‘The African Griot’ by Takudzwa Wayne Mhaka‘Roserust Hollow: A Door Between Worlds’ by Azure Austin‘Apotheosis’ by Juliette Jarabek‘Warmth in the Woods’ by Sydney Miller‘The Last Scroll’ by Christina Charles‘Wet Plate Collodion’ by Madison Vansco‘Igbo Flight’ by Chisom Umeh‘Inferno Chinatown’ by Scott Ting-A-Kee‘SEIRA Inc.’ by Denarii Peters‘The Crown That Would Not Bow’ by Writinah‘Oberleutnant Raymond Zoller’ by Katie Thorn‘Perfection’ by Sparsh Sharma‘The Weaver …