2016 Nominations: Poetry

Please view the full blog post to see a list of all 2016 nominated books in the Poetry category.

2016 Nominations: Audiobooks

Please view the full blog post to see a list of all 2016 nominated books in the Audiobooks category.

List Fun: Diverse YA Speculative Fiction by Diverse Authors

At the Cybils Awards, we care a great deal about diversity in children’s books. We put great importance on finding and promoting books which meet our high standards and which have protagonists from under-represented groups. In addition to the importance of diverse characters, though, it’s equally important to find and recognize books written by voices from marginalized groups. Such books …

Publishers and Authors: Last Call to Submit

Publishers, authors, publicists, and others connected with a book have until this Sunday, October 25, to submit titles for consideration by the judges for the 2015 Cybils Awards. You may submit up to 10% (rounded) of the children’s/YA books you published during our eligibility year of October 16, 2014 to October 15, 2015. If you published fewer than 10 titles, you …

2015 Nominations Are Closed

Nominations for 2015 have now ended. A big thank you to everyone who nominated! Our dedicated judges are already hard at work reading the nominated titles. Finalists will be announced January 1. If you’d like to follow along, you can subscribe to our newsletter.  We are now accepting submissions from authors, illustrators, publishers, and publicists. You can find the publisher/author …