Ways to Help Cybils Out Through the Holidays

It is probably well known that everyone at the Cybils — from our Board President to our judge volunteers — is freely giving their time without being paid for it. We are a grass-roots, volunteer organization and no one takes any payment for their services. However, that doesn’t mean the Cybils are expense-free. We have site hosts and domain names …

2021 Cybils: Publisher and Author Submissions Welcome

Dear publishers and authors, The public has weighed in, nominating favorite titles, and we hope that some of yours were among them. If not, never fear, now is your turn! Between now and October 25, publishers and authors may submit your own eligible titles for consideration, up to 10% of your books published in 2021, rounded. (If you published fewer …

FINAL Call for PUBLIC Nominations!

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If you haven’t gotten yours in yet, today is the last day to do it. You can find everything you need on the nomination post. Don’t wait! 

Nominate for the 2021 Cybils NOW

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Are you ready? We’re definitely ready! Before we go, some quick business.  First off, be sure to check out our category descriptions. If you don’t know where the book should go, please read through the descriptions to help you decide. If you’re still not quite sure, make your best guess, and we can straighten things out behind the scenes. Take …

It’s Almost Time for the 2021 Cybils

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Public nominations start tomorrow, Friday, October 1st at midnight, Pacific Daylight Time. Get your lists of favorite and nomination-worthy books from the last year ready. And if you haven’t checked out our idea boards (especially for some of your less-read categories), now is a great time to do that! Be sure to follow us on  Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok! All the latest …

2021 Panelists and Judges: YA Speculative Fiction

Round 1 Sarah Cook sarah yael Instagram: @sarahyael_   Grace Barker Grace Gets Books Twitter: @gracegetsbooks Instagram: @gracegetsbooks   Kim Aippersbach Dead Houseplants   Tria Pallesen Goodreads   Nithya Myneni  Goodreads   Kimberly Lynne girlxoxo Instagram: @Chapter_Adventure    Jenna Ehler  Goodreads Twitter: @readthinkvote   Round 2 Rine Karr Goodreads Twitter: @rinekarr Instagram: @rinekarr   Sondra Eklund Sonderbooks Twitter: @Sonderbooks   …

2021 Panelists and Judges: YA Fiction

Round 1 Gary Anderson What’s Not Wrong? Twitter: @AndersonGL Instagram: @evergreenliterature  Christopher Helton Plucked Stacks Twitter:  @achrishelton   Karen Jensen Teen Librarian Toolbox Twitter: @tlt16  Christa Seeley Twitter: @christasbooks Instagram: @christasbooks  Haley Shaffer Goodreads Twitter: @hale27storm Instagram: @h_shaffer   Vidya Tiru Lady in Read Writes  Twitter: @LadyInReadvt Instagram: @ladyinreadwrites  Jamie Yocum Goodreads Instagram: @jamiereadsthings  Round 2  Lauren Becker Shooting Stars Mag Twitter: …

2021 Panelists and Judges: High School Nonfiction

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Round 1  Jennifer Giberga  Introverted Reader Twitter: @IntrovertReader Instagram: @Introverted.Reader Melissa Wiley Here in the Bonney Glen  Twitter: @melissawiley Instagram: @melissawileybooks   Julie Neitz Wielga Instagram: @partnersinliteracydenver   Gavin Woltjer Twitter: @GavinWoltjer   Beth Mitcham  Library Chicken  Twitter: @Beth Mitcham  Instagram: @bethjmitcham Round 2 Terry Doherty The Reading Tub Twitter: @TheReadingTub Instagram: @readingtub   Wendy Gassaway Falconer’s Library Twitter: @WendyGassaway     Anne Bennett My Head …

2021 Panelists and Judges: Graphic Novels

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Round 1  Rosemary Kiladitis Mom Read It  Twitter: @roesolo Instagram: @roesolo Tiffany Sorenson Provo Library Children’s Book Blog Jennifer Rummel YA Book Nerd  Twitter: @yabooknerd Instagram: @yabooknerdlibrarian Anne Wilson Mount Prospect Public Library  Kristen Harvey The Book Monsters  Goodreads Twitter: @bookgoil Instagram: @bookgoil Round 2 Helen Murdoch Helen’s Book Blog  Twitter: @hcmurdoch Instagram: @hcmurdoch Cheriee Weichel Library Matters  Twitter: @CherieeWeichel …

2021 Panelists and Judges: Poetry

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Round 1  Carol Grannick Carol’s Facebook  Twitter: @carolcgrannick Instagram: @carolcovengrannick Nicole Hewitt Feed Your Fiction Addiction  Twitter: @NicoleMHewitt Instagram: @NicoleFictionAddiction Rae Longest Powerful Women Readers  Margaret Simon Reflections on the Teche  Twitter: @MargaretGSimon Instagram: @margaretsmn Anastasia Suen #Kidlit Book of the Day  Twitter: @AnastasiaSuen Round 2 Linda Baie TeacherDance  Twitter: @LBaie Instagram: @lbaie Alex Baugh Randomly Reading  Twitter: @randomlyreading Instagram: …