Thank you all SO much for your nominations this year! Now our panelists will get busy reading and choosing their shortlists. Keep an eye on this space for reviews as we highlight books over the course of our season, and stay tuned on January 1st when we reveal our shortlists!
Last Change to Nominate!
You have until midnight TOMORROW (10/15) to nominate your favorite book (s) for the Cybils! Still looking for a book? Here are some that have been the unfortunate victims of double nominations and are in need of a nominator again: Poetry 2979 Days to the Moon by Suzanne Slade Early Chapter Books Judy Moody and the Right Royal Tea Party …
Only Five More Days to Nominate!
Have you nominated your favorite books yet? Yes? YAY! Thank you SOO much! No? You only have five more days to do it! Here’s the link to the form where you can do all that. Have your favorite books already been nominated? (I know, that’s so very sad!) Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! Over on our Twitter feed we’ve been …
The 2018 Nominations are Now OPEN!
The 2018 Cybils nominations are now live! 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. Take a minute …
On Your Mark… Get Set…
If you’re anything like us, you’ve been thinking for the past few weeks about all the books you want to nominate. And, if you’re anything like us, you (hopefully) have a few back-ups in case your first choice is already taken (which happens more than you would think!). If you haven’t come up with your lists of favorite books in …
Category Description: 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 …
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 Description: Junior/Senior High Nonfiction
Novels may get all the glory, but we know that truth is stranger than fiction any day of the week. We’re currently in a golden age of nonfiction. Forget the dry stuff they used to read in school to help with homework–today’s authors understand how important a great nonfiction piece of writing is to both students and teachers, both for …
Category Description: Graphic Novels
It seems like everyone is reading comics now, and no wonder: a picture is worth a thousand words. Using serial artwork to tell the tale, graphic novels bring stories and information to all ages and genres. Here at Cybils, we’re interested in the best graphic novels published over the past year. Submit your nominations for elementary/middle grade (approximately ages 5-12) …
Category Description: Poetry
Poetry What is Poetry? verse written for children and young adults The audience can be toddlers, preschoolers, elementary, middle grade, or young adult. What belongs in Poetry? anthologies or collections written by multiple authors anthologies or collections written by a single author Novels in verse or verse novels Some poetry will have illustrations. Some will not. Poetry does accept eBook …