#CYBILS2024 Time for Publisher and Author Submissions

announcement publisher period

Dear publishers and authors,

Thank you for your patience! We know you are very excited for the opportunity to get your books in front of our judges. Now that readers have had the opportunity to nominate their favorite titles, it is your turn.

From 10/1 – 10/15/2024 you can submit your own eligible titles that could fill in the gaps of books that may have been missed during our public nomination period.

  • You may submit up to 10% of your books published in 2024, rounded.
  • If you published fewer than ten titles, you  may still submit one title.
  • If a book was nominated during the public period, there is no need to submit it, and it does not count toward your 10%.

As you proceed, please consider our dual criteria of literary merit and kid/teen appeal. We’ are looking for books that are high quality, well-written, and that kids will love. We are also strongly supportive of greater diversity in children’s books, especially books written by authors with lived experiences representing marginalized communities. Please consider that in choosing your submissions. You can read more about our Inclusivity Initiative here.

Submitted books are considered on a fair and equal basis with nominated books; there is no advantage to one or the other. We ask that you please do not call submitted titles “nominees.”

Sheila Ruth, Publisher Liaison, will be in touch as soon as possible with a list of your nominated titles. You can view the 2024 Nominations by Category here:

Should you have any questions, please contact us at publishers@cybils.com.