Winners Announced!

When the 2024 CYBILS Awards winners were announced, our TBR pile grew exponentially richer!

Our goal is to recognize youth literature that portrays diversity, inclusion, and appropriate representation. This class of winners does that exceptionally well.

In 2025, we will be celebrating our 20th year. And it could be our most important one yet. Every young reader deserves the opportunity to see themselves and learn from and about others.

We are committed to ensuring that young readers have access to books that illustrate their lived experiences. And will remain vigilant against those who seek to erase these opportunities for readers and their families.

Vision Statement

The CYBILS AWARDS seeks to elevate the best books for children and young adults, expanding their audience and improving childhood literacy by helping to identify books that will encourage a love of reading in children and teens, and ensuring a diverse and equitable appreciation of literature through inclusivity.

Equity Diversity, and Inclusion

The Cybils Awards is committed to mindful inclusivity in its book selection process. To this end, the Cybils Awards Board

Published its Inclusivity Goals and Guidelines document to demonstrate its transparency; and
Requires diversity and cultural sensitivity training for all panelists to ensure critical engagement with books nominated for its awards.

Our Reporting Form offers the public a means to report books that are incompatible with these values for reasons that include blatant racism, sexism, and other hate-filled perspectives, with or without attribution. Learn more here.