Our own Gina Ruiz, former Cybils Social Media Guru and MG/YA Nonfiction category organizer, tipped us off to some most excellent news: she has a short story included in the newly-released (for grown-ups) anthology ¡Ban This! The BSP Anthology of Xican@ Literature. Gina says, "I am completely blown away to be in a book with Luis Urrea and Rodolfo Acuna," …
Download and Print Your 2011 Cybils Flyer!
Hey, it's me, Sarah, aka Aquafortis at Finding Wonderland. I'm back as your blog editor for this year's Cybils contest–I had to take a break last year because I had a novel eligible in the YA category, but since my next book isn't out until 2013, I happily accepted the invitation to return as blog editor in the meantime. You …
Cybils Winners Around the World
Just found out via the SCBWI Expression e-newsletter that the 2008 Cybils winner for Fiction Picture Books–How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham–has been translated into Persian by Iranian children's book author and translator Parvin Ali-pour. How cool is that? We think it's extremely cool. Congratulations, Bob! You can read more about the translation on the Iran Book …
Get Your Cybil Award Stickers Right Here!
Don't forget that if you're a winning author or illustrator (or publisher of such, or even a bookseller selling the winning titles), you can buy shiny golden Cybil Award Winner stickers to put on your book covers. To the right is a picture of what these gorgeous things look like, and you can buy them right here in our Cybils …
Cybils Finalists Recognized in International Book Awards
Some good news today for Cybils SFF finalist titles from international authors: Karen Healey's Guardian of the Dead is a finalist in the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, and Plain Kate by Erin Bow is a finalist for the Canadian Library Association's 2011 Book of the Year for Children Award. Congrats to Erin and Karen on earning additional well-deserved …
Writers and Bloggers Are Stepping Up
…to help those affected by the recent earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan. Via Galleycat, author Maureen Johnson has launched an online fundraiser with Shelterbox to help out earthquake victims in Japan, similar to the one that she organized for New Zealand. Check out the details here on Maureen's blog. Zoe Toft of the Playing by the Book blog, and …
A Sad Day
The children's and YA literature community has suffered a major loss: today we found out that Lisa Wolfson, perhaps better known to us as author L.K. Madigan, has lost her battle with pancreatic cancer. Earlier this year, she shared the difficult news in a heartfelt blog post. Today, her agent and friend Jennifer Laughran posted a memorial to her, including …
More Cybils Love
Our winners aren't the only ones who've been posting lovely things about the Cybils during these heady post-announcement days: Kelly Jensen of Stacked, one of our Round I panelists for YA Fiction, wrote a fantastic and well-worded blog post on Why the Cybils Matter, saying: "If you want a good slice of what the best books of the year were …
Sharing the Cybils Love
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 …
Now Open: 2010 Cybils Awards Store!
We've got something special on offer this year: Cybils stickers and high-res graphics for award winners! Cybils stickers are nice, shiny, embossed and metallic, just like you'd expect an award sticker to be. The high-resolution graphics are available in your choice of file formats, suitable for full-color printing on future print runs as well as promo materials. Authors, illustrators, publishers, …