Welcome to the inaugural CYBILS Awards Book Playlist. If you love listening to music as you read, these posts are for you! Each post pairs a curated Spotify playlist with one CYBILS Awards finalist or winner. If you have a playlist request, be sure to drop us a line at cybilsawards [at] gmail [dot] com. DEAR JUSTYCE: A NOVEL (Dear Martin …
New Feature: CYBILS Awards 📚🎶
We are excited to introduce our newest blog feature: Book Playlists! This idea has been on our drawing board for quite some time, and being able to start creating them is, well, music to our ears. Our goal is to publish a Book Playlist for a CYBILS Awards finalist or winner every 6-8 weeks. Each post will feature one book …
2022 Cybils: Publisher/Author Submissions OPEN
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 26, publishers and authors may submit your own eligible titles for consideration, up to 10% of your books published in 2022, rounded. (If you published fewer …
2022 Cybils: Nominations Open NOW
It’s TIME! If you haven’t already, 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. (If you’re stumped for ideas, you can check out …
2022 Cybils: Nominations are Upon Us!
It is that time, already! (I feel like that should be a question: it is that time, ALREADY? Where did the time go?) Time to gear up for this year’s nominations for the best of the kid-friendly children’s literature! In preparation, check out our category descriptions and idea boards and start thinking about them. The nominations open on October 1st …
2022 Cybils: Category Changes
Things are always in flux around here, as we try and tweak the award to find the biggest number of best books possible. There are only two real changes this year:Â We are adding Novels in Verse as an award. It will be judged by the Poetry panel, but they have long felt that novels in verse need their own …
2022 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Middle Grade Fiction
Round 1 Amanda Snow Goodreads Instagram @sealeycrew  Susan Jensen Bloggin’ ’bout Books Goodreads Twitter: @bbbforme Instagram: @blogginboutbooks  Debbie Tanner The Booksearch   Instagram: @imtanner320  Emily Cook Book by Book  Instagram: @arrrgh_schooling YouTube  Lisa Carter  Round 2 Beth Schmelzer Best Books By Beth  Jenn Naughton The Bookish Society Goodreads Twitter: @bookishsociety Instagram: @bookish_society Tiktok: @bookish_society Hilary …
2022 Cybils Panelists and Judges: YA Speculative Fiction
Round 1: Sarah Cook YouTube: Sarah Cook Instagram: @sarahyael_ Sondra Eklund Sonderbooks Twitter: @Sonderbooks Karen Jensen Teen Librarian Toolbox Twitter: @tlt16 Molly Mack Silver Button Books Twitter: @silverbuttonbks TikTok: @silverbuttonbooks Jessie Maimone The Library Coven Twitter: @TheLibraryCoven Instagram: @thelibrarycoven Jennifer Miller Raise Them Righteous Twitter: @jlmiller516 Melissa Wiley Here in the Bonny Glen Twitter: @melissawiley Instagram: @melissawileybooks Round 2: Shannon …
2022 Cybils Panelists and Judges: YA Fiction
Round 1 Gina Adamsdb Goodreads Instagram: @gsreadingspree Gary Anderson What’s Not Wrong? Goodreads Twitter: @AndersonGL Instagram: @glanderson @evergreenliterature Christopher Helton Plucked from the Stacks Twitter: @chrishelton Hailey McKinney Goodreads Christa Seeley Goodreads Twitter: @ChristasBooks Instagram: @christasbooks Round 2 Lianne Ashfield Your Books Are Calling Instagram: @yourbooksarecalling Dana Foley Instagram: @illreadwhatsheread Deborah Khuanghlawn Twitter: @beatccr Instagram: @debreadsalot Katy Manck Books YA …
2022 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction
Round 1: Charlotte Taylor Charlotte’s Library Twitter @charlottelib Jenna Grose Falling Letters twitter @fallingletters Jolyn Asato Goodreads Storygraph Instagram: @literacyedprof Katy Kramp alibrarymama Twitter: @alibrarymama Instagram: @alibrarymama Leila Roy Bookshelves of Doom Bookshelves of Doom | leila | Substack Twitter: @bkshelvesofdoom Round 2 Diane Severson Mori Goodreads Twitter: @divadiane Instagram: @Divadianepoetry Gina Reba Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers Twitter: @grgenius Instagram: …