We love all the reactions we’re seeing on Twitter about the winners, and thought we’d share some of our favorites!
Masters of Disguise, Floodwaters & Flames, Plants Can't Sit Still & Sachiko are all @cybils finalists! 🎉 https://t.co/XzPuRIcXc3
— Emily Harris (@emily_harris) January 1, 2017
WOO-HOO! Weekends w/Max & his Dad is a @cybils Early Reader/Chapter Book finalist along with @dsantat @LKellerBooks @CeceBellBooks & more!
— Linda Urban (@lindaurbanbooks) January 1, 2017
So honored to have #idaalways as a finalist in 2016 cybils https://t.co/9MCp4yOmxA 🙏📚 @caronlevis pic.twitter.com/zXgOIXEvGY
— Charles Santoso (@minitreehouse) January 1, 2017
What fresh delicious news! So grateful! #cybils TY @JoneMac53 @LBaie @carwilc @missrumphius @JoyAcey @onedeepdrawer @SylviaVardell
— Irene Latham (@Irene_Latham) January 1, 2017
The Borden Murders is a Cybils finalist! Thanks @cybils for jump-starting my new year! @schwartzwade @WendySchmalz https://t.co/n6rnw2Gxgh
— Sarah Miller (@SMillerBooks) January 1, 2017
Wow! BLOBFISH is a @cybils finalist! Check out all the books here! Congrats, all! https://t.co/qZEnsyw6Pf
— Jess Keating (@Jess_Keating) January 1, 2017
Thank you, @cybils first-round judges for selecting THE LAST FIFTH GRADE OF EMERSON ELEMENTARY as a poetry finalist. https://t.co/7mFwARb1JS
— Laura Shovan (@LauraShovan) January 1, 2017
Wow, 2017 is off to a great start — thanks SO MUCH for the Infamous love, @cybils! 🐭❤️🐭 https://t.co/sI96aNOzI4
— Kara LaReau (@karalareau) January 1, 2017
Congrats to our six CYBILS award finalists!
Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction:
Claire Fayers, THE… https://t.co/LCmzoo4sdC— The Sweet Sixteens (@TheSweet16s) January 1, 2017
I'm super honored that THE SERPENT KING is a Cybil Award finalist!!https://t.co/hWGhzwPwla
— Jeff Zentner (@jeffzentner) January 1, 2017
Hey! The Memory Thief is a Cybils Finalist! Woohoo!! https://t.co/XA5uqDY2gl
— Bryce Moore (@bmoorebooks) January 1, 2017
Congrats to all the @cybils finalists! Honored to have THE DOOR AT THE CROSSROADS in the YA spec fic category: https://t.co/sToeNRmBEI pic.twitter.com/AvS4nidPdI
— Zetta Elliott (@zettaelliott) January 1, 2017
Hooray for Poetry Power! Thanks, @cybils. https://t.co/PG9q2dOrKY
— Laura Shovan (@LauraShovan) January 1, 2017
Congrats to all & thx to publishers for bringing forth #poetry. #cybils @boydsmillspress https://t.co/I5CrHPYknf
— Irene Latham (@Irene_Latham) January 1, 2017
@fallingletters @AuthorWeeks @gitavarad1 Thanks Jenna! And props to the Cybils readers for all of their time and devotion. So honored.
— John David Anderson (@anderson_author) January 1, 2017
@MsYingling @AuthorWeeks @Scholastic @cybils so honored to be on this list! A great beginning to 2017
— Gita Varadarajan (@gitavarad1) January 1, 2017
@NikiOhsBarnes @cybils What lovely unexpected news! Hooray and many thanks. Have you seen @ClaraVulliamy @WalkerBooksUK ?
— Polly Faber (@Pollylwh) January 1, 2017
@MsYingling @rantryan @anderson_author @cybils Thank you both! Your words and support mean a great deal to our entire team! Thank you!
— Walden Pond Press (@WaldenPondPress) January 1, 2017
Overjoyed to see MS. BIXBY'S LAST DAY by @anderson_author has been selected as a @cybils finalist! Thank you judges! https://t.co/Wqkg8FWEQn
— Walden Pond Press (@WaldenPondPress) January 1, 2017
Hooray! For those of you who don't know, The Cybils Awards recognize books that combine the highest literary merit and popular appeal.#SMAS https://t.co/ndg7rRatQV
— Sarah Weeks (@AuthorWeeks) January 1, 2017
@mstewartscience @cybils @candacemfleming @RebeccaEHirsch @donnajbbwrites @CarolCHinz What an amazing list! Honored to be there!
— Jess Keating (@Jess_Keating) January 1, 2017
@MsYingling @randomhousekids @cybils WOW! Thank you!!! 🙂
— Jenni Holm (@jenniholm) January 1, 2017
@barblepp @cybils Thank you so much! What an amazing start to the year! 😍
— Jess Keating (@Jess_Keating) January 1, 2017
Proud to be a Cybils NF finalist w @boydsmillpress authors @sandranwallace @rwallacebooks & their bio BLOOD BROTHER https://t.co/gLhIdE1Zyk pic.twitter.com/pvjoGpvItT
— Gail Jarrow (@GailJarrow) January 1, 2017
Day1 of 2017 brings happy news!SO HONORED 2 have BLOOD BROTHER chosen as a #cybils #YAlit #nonfiction Finalist alongside such stellar books. https://t.co/AHafFfEH14
— Sandra Neil Wallace (@SandraNWallace) January 2, 2017
.@GailJarrow @RWallaceBooks Congratulations, Gail! And Huzzah to @boydsmillspress. It's an honor to be a #cybils finalist with you.
— Sandra Neil Wallace (@SandraNWallace) January 2, 2017
.@uvagradu8 @RWallaceBooks Thanks, Shanetia! It's been a great day and thrilling to be a #cybils Finalist with these incredible titles.
— Sandra Neil Wallace (@SandraNWallace) January 2, 2017
FOLLOW THE YARN is one of five great books selected as a Cybils Board Book finalist! A good start to the new year. https://t.co/iCMfyut59K pic.twitter.com/CntsqRuqki
— Emily Sper (@EmilySper) January 2, 2017
@debnance @cybils I am so thrilled by this!!
— Lucy Ruth Cummins (@lucyruth) January 2, 2017
I am thrilled that The Weight of Zero is a Cybils finalist! https://t.co/eQ8qA2q77I
— Karen Fortunati (@KarenFortunati) January 2, 2017
@debnance @cybils WOW! What a wonderful surprise! Had no idea. Thank you!!
— Patty Rodriguez™ (@pattyrodriguez) January 2, 2017
@debnance @cybils @lucyruth @danielbernstrom @minitreehouse @BRENDAN_WENZEL @igo2cairo @lisamantchev thank you so much! Honoured.
— Eric Fan (@opifan64) January 2, 2017
Just named a Cybils finalist!!! 😊😊😊 https://t.co/nFXl4JNHxH
— Karen Fortunati (@KarenFortunati) January 2, 2017
The books on these MG and YA nonfiction lists look awesome! I'm honored to be included, @cybils! https://t.co/d9X47jYmel
— Bridget Heos (@bridgetheos) January 2, 2017
Thanks @cybils! What a list. I'm honored to be on it. https://t.co/idGDszlRBk
— Rebecca Hirsch (@RebeccaEHirsch) January 2, 2017
Huge thanks to the @cybils for their nomination of Beast in #YAfiction Honor to be a finalist w/stellar company! https://t.co/02z6nSY7AI
— Brie Spangler (@BrieSpangler) January 2, 2017
@MackenzieCBrady @cybils so super awesome, absolutely stoked at the news!
— Brie Spangler (@BrieSpangler) January 2, 2017
So cool!! Bera The One Headed Troll made the Cybils best of the year list! the https://t.co/Q88necii2C pic.twitter.com/CifCykECWC
— Eric Orchard (@Inkybat) January 2, 2017
This is awesome, I'm thrilled! 😀
PS. The Cybils really need to list artists along with writers. Two people made some of those comics. 🙁 https://t.co/9iz4T8AmXu— Faith Erin Hicks (@FaithErinHicks) January 3, 2017
Thanks, Faith! We fixed the oversight.
Another friend of The Ivy is a Cybils finalist: Erin Hagar for her book, The Inventors of LEGO Toys…. https://t.co/csLVlYwp23
— The Ivy Bookshop (@TheIvyBookshop) January 3, 2017
@mstewartscience @cybils @aprilpsayre @GailJarrow @bridgetheos Thanks Melissa! What a nice New Year's surprise.
— Jane Sutcliffe (@jane_sutcliffe) January 3, 2017
Hooray for @aprilpsayre @yllekyhprum! THE SLOWEST BOOK EVER is a @cybils finalist! https://t.co/HEXOoVxAiJ pic.twitter.com/9KiDLyxE1i
— Boyds Mills Press (@boydsmillspress) January 3, 2017
Congrats to @nikkigrimes9 for the @cybils #poetry nomination for GARVEY'S CHOICE! https://t.co/DZ6JUY19VC pic.twitter.com/qmpmhPufTh
— Boyds Mills Press (@boydsmillspress) January 3, 2017
Paint & new carpet at the office for 2017. And news that SLACKER by @gordonkorman & GARVEY'S CHOICE by @nikkigrimes9 are @cybils finalists.
— Elizabeth Harding (@ehardingnyc) January 3, 2017
Delighted to see FRESH DELICIOUS by @Irene_Latham has been selected as a @cybils finalist! https://t.co/DZ6JUY19VC pic.twitter.com/5vJmzgj8Fp
— Boyds Mills Press (@boydsmillspress) January 3, 2017
Congrats @ClaireFayers for being chosen as a finalist for MG Speculative Fiction @cybils! https://t.co/3clPCk2lvR
— Gemma Cooper (@gemma_cooper) January 3, 2017
Celebrate (and read) @Cybils award finalists: https://t.co/IPNMljfJUo Many @SCBWI #authors and #illustrators among them.
— SCBWI Wisconsin (@SCBWIWisconsin) January 3, 2017
WILL'S WORDS is a finalist for the @Cybil award for Elementary/Juvenile Non-Fiction. Congrats, @jane_sutcliffe! https://t.co/ZRZf6ndKeu
— Charlesbridge (@charlesbridge) January 3, 2017
Congratulations to @DeborahNoyes, a #Cybils finalist for TEN DAYS A MAD WOMAN! https://t.co/YObumoRa2X
— Viking Children's (@VikingChildrens) January 3, 2017
Congratulations @KarenFortunati on the prestigious @cybils nomination!!! https://t.co/LWMCLMxzuI pic.twitter.com/uhbmMAKuzj
— Sara Megibow (@SaraMegibow) January 3, 2017
Congrats to @WriterJoshKhan for SHADOW MAGIC being a @cybils 2016 finalist! Nice way to begin 2017. #cybils @DisneyHyperion pic.twitter.com/zuGWJW46fE
— Stephanie Lurie (@SOLurie) January 3, 2017
#Radioactive! by Winifred Conkling has been shortlisted for the YA Non-fiction Cybils Award! https://t.co/M8L2mMYaM9 pic.twitter.com/vy7payZQjD
— AlgonquinYR (@AlgonquinYR) January 3, 2017
OH MY GOSH Lucky Penny is a 2016 finalist for the Cybil Award for YA Graphic Novels!! Ahh this is so cool!! ✨🌟 https://t.co/X5bdRCL37y pic.twitter.com/cwgi712nvX
— Yuko (@aidosaur) January 3, 2017
So exciting to have our book amongst so many great ones! Thank you @cybils @chroniclebooks @taylor_norm @literaticat @cfastwolf https://t.co/WWz1xrOnxq
— Raul the 3rd (@raulthe3rd) January 3, 2017
Wow! SO excited to see our LOWRIDERS on the list! Thank you, @cybils! Great start to the year! https://t.co/JB8L9RwHOg
— Taylor Norman (@taylor_norm) January 3, 2017
Congrats @ananthhirsh @aidosaur @strangelykatie—LUCKY PENNY and PRINCESS PRINCESS EVER AFTER are @cybils finalists! https://t.co/pmm7NPiurk pic.twitter.com/0Gsc8cyI0R
— Oni Press (@OniPress) January 3, 2017
Before I dive back into stories, TIWIE is a @cybils finalist! I'm so honored! And in *such* good company! Wow. <3 https://t.co/kuUaclAAe8
— Marieke Nijkamp (@mariekeyn) January 3, 2017
Hurray!! Some Cybils love for LUCKY PENNY by @ananthhirsh & @aidosaur! https://t.co/NF0eMLK43b
— Barry Goldblatt (@barrygoldblatt) January 3, 2017
Congratulations to our @cybils finalists! See the full lists here: https://t.co/heKn3mYXWU pic.twitter.com/zDcUxuJ7eB
— Lerner Books (@LernerBooks) January 4, 2017