Round 1Stephanie CharlefourLove Life Read @scharle4 Alyssa FellerThe Shady Glade Jeanene JohnsonGot My Book @gotmybookblog Katy KrampA Library Mama@alibrarymama Maren OstergardKing County Library System@mycornerwindow Round 2Tamara FordShelf Addiction@ShelfAddiction Melissa FoxThe Book Nut@book_nut Adrienne GillespieBooks and Bassets@adrienneelva Joella PetersonCinjella@cinjoella Nancy TandonNancy Tandon@nancytandon
Cybils 2016: Graphic Novels Judges
Round 1Alexandra Cenni For the Sake of Reading@PRationality Amy Estersohn No Flying No Tights@HMX_MSE Alysa Stewart Everead@everead Benedict Hutchinson A Goblin Reviews Graphic Novels Liz JonesLizjonesbooks@lizjonesbooks Round 2Earl DizonThe Chronicles Of A Children’s Book Writer@ea12l Sarah Stevenson Finding Wonderland@aquafortis Angel Cruz Mermaid Vision Books@angelcwrites Allie Jones In Bed with Books@wearedevilcow Kim Francisco Stacked@kimberlymarief
Cybils 2016 Poetry Judges
Round 1 Joy Acey Poetry for Kids Carol WilcoxCarol W’s Corner@carwilc Linda BaieTeacher Dance@LBaie Sylvia VardellPoetry for Children@SylviaVardell Kortney GarrisonOne Deep Drawer@onedeepdrawer Jone Rush MacCullochCheck It Out@JoneMac53 Tricia Stohr-HuntThe Miss Rumphius Effect@missrumphius Round 2 Margaret SimonReflections on the Teche@MargaretGSimon Diane MayrKurious Kitty’s Kurio Kabinet@terseverser Katharine ManningKid Book List@SuperKate Amy UptainHope Is the Word@HopetheWordBlog Nancy Bo FloodThe Pirate Tree@nancyboflood
Cybils 2016: Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction Judges
Round 1 Sherry Early Semicolon @semicolonblog Kristen Harvey The Book Monsters @bookgoil Brandy Painter Random Musings of a Bibliophile @brandymuses Charlotte Taylor Charlotte’s Library @charlotteslib Brenda Tjaden Log Cabin Library @logcabinlibrary Round 2 Mark Buxton Say What? Nicole Brinkley YA Interrobang @nebrinkley Heidi Grange Geo Librarian @geolibrarian Rosemary Kiladitis MomReadIt @roesolo Tasha Saecker Waking Brain Cells @tashrow
Cybils 2016: Middle Grade Fiction Judges
Round 1 Karen YinglingMs. Yingling Reads@msyingling Sarah SammisPuss Reboots@pussreboots Jenna GroseFalling Letters@FallingLetters Ryan Hanna Reading Rocks!@rantryan Mindy RigherProper Noun Blog@mindyreads Round 2Alex BaughRandomly Reading@randomlyreading Greg PattridgeAlways in the Middle Valerie BogertSkipping Through the Stacks@MsVal313 Katie McEnaneyThe Logonauts@thelogonauts Yamile MendezProject Middle Grade Mayhem@YamileSMendez
Cybils 2016: Elementary and Juvenile Non-Fiction Judges
Round 1 Sandy Brehl Unpacking the Power of Picture Books @PBWorkshop and @sandybrehl Carrie Waterson IndyPL Kids’ Blog IndyPL Ready to Read @indylibrary Reshama Deshmukh Stacking Books @Stackingbks Sara Ralph Two Nerdy Sisters @sralph31 Ellen Zschunke On the Shelf 4 Kids @ontheshelf4kids Joanne Roberts Bookish Ambition @BookishAmbition Elisa Bergslien Leopards and Dragons @DNAPL …
Cybils 2016: Easy Reader/Early Chapter Books Judges
Round 1 Maggi RhodeMama Librarian@mama_librarian Niki BarnesDaydream Reader@NikiOhsBarnes Kristi BernardKristi’s Book Nook@kristibernard Heather HibbettsBooks and Giggles@booksandgiggles Claire NolandA Field Trip Life@claire_noland Round 2Beth SchmelzerBest Books by Beth Amanda BoyarshinovThe Educators’ Spin On It@ABoyarshinov Kimberly MoranWritten Reflections@kagmoran Miranda RosbachMy Book Bloom@bookbloom Veronica FranklinGrounded Wanderlust@verilyfranklin
Cybils 2016: Fiction Picture Books Judges
Round 1Deb NanceThe Reader Buzz@debnance Jennifer WhartonJean Little Library@jeanlittlelib Kirsti CallReading for Research@kirsticall Lynne Marie PisanoMy Word Playground@Literally_Lynne Ami JonesA Mom’s Spare Time Sue MorrisKid Lit Reviews@suemmorris Kate UngerMom’s Radius@MomsRadius Round 2 Teri LesesneGoddess of YA@ProfessorNana Mel SchultLet’s Talk Picture Books@spiky_Penelope Benji MartinTales of an Elementary School Librarian@mrbenjimartin Lauren DavisHappily Ever Elephants@KidLitLauren Emily AndrusLiterary Hoots@literaryhoots
Changes Are Fun, Part Whatever
Due to some unfortunate circumstances, Terry Doherty has to step down as our Fiction Picture Books chair. We will miss her terribly, and wish her all the best. In her stead, Deb Nance has graciously volunteered to step up and fill Terry’s shoes this season. Here’s a bit about her: Fiction picture books are Deb Nance’s world. She’s had many huge …
Applications for Judges Are Now Closed
We want to make sure we send out an enormous THANK YOU to all who applied; without you there would be no Cybils. Category chairs are busy putting together panels and those who have been accepted onto panels will soon be contacted. From there, you’ll have a short break before the work (really: it’s fun!) begins after October 1. For those who …