Today’s review of Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction nominee All the Impossible Things (Amazon, Indiebound) comes from round 1 panelist Jennifer, who blogs at RaiseThem Righteous. She writes: All the Impossible Things (2019) swept me away like a discarded paper bag on a windy day. It’s a beautiful story that is skillfully written and carefully paced with brave characters who love each …
2019 Cybils Logos!
I was reminded, recently, that I had neglected to make the logos available for anyone who wants to snag them! I apologize, and hereby rectify it Here they are, in all their glory, please take and share!
REVIEW 16 Words: William Carlos Williams and “The Red Wheelbarrow”
Today’s review comes from first round Poetry judge, Anastasia Suen, whose blog features a kidlit book of the day, among other offerings! She recently interviewed Lisa Rogers, the author of Elementary/Middle Grade Non-fiction nominee 16 Words: William Carlos Williams and “The Red Wheelbarrow” (Amazon, Indiebound). I thought this snippet was interesting: Through a great deal of research and interviews with …
REVIEW Yasmin the Chef
Hi and welcome to the first of this year’s Highlighted Reviews of Nominated BooksTM! We start this year with Kelly Karsner Clarke, who blogs over at Kidlit Underground. She recently reviewed Easy Reader nominee Yasmin the Chef (Amazon, Indiebound), writing: At 25 pages of text, divided into three chapters, YASMIN THE CHEF as a standalone has the readability of a picture book …
Now Accepting Publisher & Author Submissions
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 2019, rounded. (If you published fewer …
The 2019 Cybils Nominations are now OPEN!
The 2019 Cybils nominations are open and ready for you! Some quick reminders: 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. …
Nomination Day is Tomorrow!
And we’re all excited! We can’t wait to see what excellent books (published between October 16, 2018 and October 15, 2019) that you nominate! A quick reminder: The nominations open at midnight on October 1st (that’s tomorrow!). And, if you’re still unsure about what goes where, please check out our category descriptions. Get ready to nominate!
Cybils Inclusivity Initiative: Goals & Guidelines
Diversity is being invited to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance. –Verna Myers, ILA2017 Although diversity is not one of the two key criteria (reader appeal and literary merit) we use in our judging, it can contribute to both, and is something that is valued by the Cybils Board of Directors. During the last awards season, we …
Category Description: Young Adult Fiction
The world as it was and is. Not as it could, or would, or should be. Send the dystopias and space operas, the fairies and angels, the blood-suckers, zombies, and alternate realities to Speculative Fiction. In YA Fiction we are looking for realistic fiction, be it contemporary or historical, funny or mysterious, romantic or adventurous. We want the real world …
Category Descriptions: Young Adult Speculative Fiction
Speculative Fiction takes us to realms of the imagination: places and times and realities where the rules of life may be different than our own and where the impossible and improbable become real. But good science fiction and fantasy does more than that: it asks, “What if?” It makes us think. It holds up a mirror to our own society …