As always, we're truly tickled to see the reactions of our Cybils-winning authors and illustrators. Check out what some of them have said over the past few days since the announcement:
- YA Fiction winner Swati Avasthi tweeted: "HOLY WOW! SPLIT RECEIVED THE #CYBILS AWARD YA (Is it a bird? is it a plane? No, it's an author with a CYBILS award in her hand.) #OMG,OMG" and gives us some love on her blog
- Via Facebook, from Short Chapter Books winner Jacqueline Jules: "SO ECSTATIC I'M TEARFUL! ZAPATO POWER WON THE 2010 CYBILS LITERARY AWARD FOR SHORT CHAPTER BOOK! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!"
- The winning author in Poetry, Marilyn Singer, posted on Facebook: "Holy moly! I am so excited that MIRROR MIRROR won the Cybil for poetry! Thanks, Joyce, Rocco, Laura–and, of course, the judges!"
- Fiction Picture Books winner David Ezra Stein says: "Chicken wins a Cybil Award! My thanks to all the wonderful and hard-working children's book bloggers who bring books to the web each day."
- Easy Readers winner Mo Willems has presented us with an awesome doodle of our very own–thanks, Mo!!
Thanks for your amazing work–and congratulations again!