2025 Inklings Book Celebration 

Join us for a joyful celebration of youth voice and creativity!

We’re thrilled to launch Inklings Book 2025 and Inklings Book 2025: Teen Edition with a special live Zoom event featuring the authors themselves.

DATE: Sunday, September 14, 2025
TIME: 1:00 PM PT / 4:00 PM ET
LOCATION: On Zoom

At the event, you’ll:

  • Hear short readings from each author

  • Learn how they revised and polished their work

  • Hear from their mentors

  • Join a live Q&A to ask the authors about their process

We hope to see you there!

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INKLINGS BOOK 2025

Anay Bhatnagar,“The Deepest Place on Earth”
Lydia Ann Blakely, “Lucy’s Baby-sitting Adventure”
Emeline Caudle, “Timeless Echoes”
Maia Cavagnolo, “A Whole New Perspective”
Abigail Chen, “The Power Within”
Iris Cooper-Page, “Hawaii Beach”
Isla Griffin, “Henry the Potato”
Kenzie Lam, “The Sculptor, the Dragon, and the Child”
Kalixa Lobo, “The New”
Hudson McGinnis, “Seasons of Wild Irish Farms”
Haruka Sophie Rowland, “The Hemsworths”
Alaina Sharma, “Before Our Time Slips Away”
Amrit Sivaramakrishnan, “A Melody for Aria”
Melanie Trinidad, “The Midnight Train”
Yueling Qian, “Addicted”
Nolan Wei, “Wings of Determination”
Muya Yan, “The Story of a Dolphin”
Samantha Yeung, “Athlete Mentality”

INKLINGS BOOK 2025: TEEN EDITION

Advika Asthana, “Taste Buds”
Yimeng Cai, “Chiaroscuro”
Adele Coover, “Morning”
Zoë Friedman, “A Satin Pillowcase”
Eleanor Frink-Davis, “Extraordinary”
Raya Ilieva, “Potential Energy”
Via M, “His Eyes”
William Manche, “Bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-buuuum”
Kavya Murthy, “fog”
Naomi Pond, “Obsolescence”

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