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: 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: …
2022 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Graphic Novels
Round 1 Cecelia Larsen Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia Twitter: @ceceliabedelia Instagram : @ceceliareads Rosemary Kiladitis Mom Read It Twitter: @roesolo Instagram: @roesolo Jennifer Caynor Twitter: @Readerosaurus Instagram: @Readerosaurus Tiktok: @Readerosaurus Melissa Fox The Book Nut Twitter: @book_nut Instagram: @mmfbooks Kristen Harvey Goodreads Twitter: @bookgoil Instagram: @bookgoil Round 2 Anne Wilson News from Youth Services – MPPL Twitter: @aclibrarian Helen Murdoch …
2022 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Poetry
Round 1 : Anne Bennett My Head Is Full of Books Twitter: @headfullofbooks Matt Esenwine Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme Twitter: @MattForrestVW Instagram: @MattForrestVW Sheri Howard Lobit Education Village Library Instagram: @jinxyrad Tricia Stohr-Hunt The Miss Rumphius Effect Twitter: @missrumphius Instagram: @tricia_stohr_hunt Sylvia Vardell Poetry for Children Twitter: @SylviaVardell Instagram: @sylviavardell Round 2 Christy Mihaly GROG Twitter: @CMwriter4kids Instagram: @christymihaly Rosemary …
2022 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Non-Fiction
Round 1: Genevieve Ford Twitter: @GenevieveFord1 Sandy Brehl Unpacking The Power of Picture Books Twitter: @PBWorkshop and @SandyBrehl Instagram: @SandyBrehl Brooke Freebairn Twitter: @thebrookelist Instagram: @thebrookelist Mary Duffy Just Read Journal Insta: @justreadjournal Reshama Deshmukh Twitter: @stackingbks Insta: @stackingbks Kelly Krasner-Clarke KidLitunderground Goodreads Twitter: @writervisionary Karen Austin Goodreads Twitter: @thegenaboveme Ashley Pearson Twitter: …
2022 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Easy Reader and Early Chapter Books
Round 1 Heidi Grange Geo Librarian Twitter: @GeoLibrarian Shannon Griffin Magical Wonder of Books Pamela Thompson-Mcleod Books by Pamela Thompson Twitter: @MostlyMcLeod Nadia Pshonyak Instagram: @nadiareads.sgf Ellen Zschunke On the Shelf 4 Kids Twitter: @ontheshelf4kids Round 2 Tori Bowman Insta: @bookmarkguides Terry Doherty The Reading Tub Twitter: @thereadingtub Instagram: @readingtub Claire Noland A Field Trip Life Twitter: @claire_noland Instagram: …