Category Organizer: Sarah Stevenson (Reading YA: Readers’ Rants) Nominating Panel: Mary Lee Hahn (A Year of Reading)Alyssa Feller (The Shady Glade)Katie Zenke (Pixie Palace) Elizabeth Jones Gina Ruiz (AmoXicalli) Judging Panel: David Elzey (The Excelsior File) J.L. Bell (Oz and Ends)Anna (TangognaT)Snow Wildsmith (My Reading Project) Angie Thompson (Angieville)

Category Organizer: Sheila Ruth (Wands and Worlds) Nominating Panel: Kim BaccelliaSheila Ruth (Wands and Worlds)Leila Roy (Bookshelves of Doom)Sarah Stevenson (Reading YA: Readers’ Rants)TraciTasha Sacker (Kids Lit)Tanita Davis (TadMack) (Finding Wonderland: The Writing YA Weblog) Judging Panel: Michele Fry (Scholar’s Blog)Gwenda Bond (Shaken & Stirred)Chris Rettstatt (Chris Rettstatt’s blog)Janelle Bitikofer (Writermorphosis)Libby (Lessons from a Tortoise)

Category Organizer: Jen Robinson (Jen Robinson’s Book Page) Nominating Panel: Mindy (Propernoun.net)Susan Thomsen (Chicken Spaghetti)KT Horning (Worth the Trip) Vivian (HipWriterMama) Becky (Farm School at Home) Judging Panel: Tracy Chrenka (Talking in the Library) Emily Mitchell (Emily Reads)Camille Powell (Book Moot)Alice Herold (Big A litte a)Jennie Rothschild (Biblio File)

Category Organizer: Jackie Parker (Interactive Reader) Nominating Panel: Stacy DeKeyser Trisha (The YaYaYas)Anne Heidemann (Librarianne)Charlotte Taylor (Charlotte’s Library)Becky Laney (Becky’s Book Reviews)Eisha (Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast)Jackie Parker (Interactive Reader) Judging Panel: Liz Burns (A Chair, A Fireplace & a Tea Cozy) Jennifer Laughran (Not Your Mother’s Bookclub) Sarah MillerMaureen Kearney (Confessions of a Bibliovore) Jen Robinson (Jen Robinson’s Book …

Category Organizer: Liz Burns (A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy) Nominating Panel: Kate MessnerErin (Miss Erin)Little Willow (Bildungsroman) Sherry Early (Semicolon)Amanda Snow (A Patchwork of Books)Jocelyn Pearce (Teen Book Review)Kerry Millar (Shelf Elf) Judging Panel: Stacy Dillon (Booktopia)Betsy Bird (A Fuse #8 Production) Lindsey Dunn (Zee Says) Christine NorrisBruce Black (Wordswimmer)

Category Organizer: Eisha (Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast) Nominating Panel: Andrea (Just One More Book!!) Emily Beeson (Whimsy Books) Tricia Stohr-Hunt (The Miss Rumphius Effect)Fiona Bayrock (Books and Rocks)Jennifer Schultz (Kiddosphere) Judging Panel: Chris Barton (Bartography)Jackie Merchant (Tiny Treasury)Adrienne Mason (Tough City Writer)Becky Bilby (In the Pages)Adrienne Furness (What Adrienne Thinks About That)

Category Organizer: Julie Danielson (Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast) Nominating Panel: Julie Danielson (Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast)Marcie Flinchum Atkins (World of Words)Annie Teich (Crazy for Kids Books)Cheryl RainfieldPam Coughlan MotherReader Judging Panel: Mitali Perkins (Mitali’s Fire Escape)Nikki Tate (Work in Progress)Gail Wilson (Through the Studio Door)Barbara Johansen Newman (Cats and Jammers Studio)Stacey Shubitz (Two Writing Teachers)

Category Organizer: Kelly Fineman (Writing and Ruminating) Nominating Panel: Kelly Fineman (Writing and Ruminating) Laura Purdie Salas (Writing the World for Kids) Elaine Magliaro (Wild Rose Reader)Wendy Betts (Blog from the Windowsill)Sylvia Vardell (Poetry for Children) Judging Panel: Gregory K. (Gotta Book)Jone Rush MacCulloch (Check It Out)Sara Lewis Holmes (Read Write Believe)Cloudscome (A Wrung Sponge)Franki Sibberson (A Year of Reading)

A big hello to the members of SCBWI who found the Cybils via the March/April SCBWI Bulletin. We’ll be opening nominations for the 2007 Cybils awards in the Fall.  Please return in September to begin nominating your favorite children’s and YA titles of the year. Thanks to Susan Salzman Raab of Raab Associates for the wonderful article on the Cybils.  …