Holiday shopping time is here. You want to give books. You want them to love it. We can help. Books make the best gifts, don’t they? Keeping it fresh, though, isn’t always easy. We love a crafting book pairs (as you know from this post and this one). We’re back again with a new take on book pairings: micro themes. …
#CYBILS2024 Time for Publisher and Author Submissions
Dear publishers and authors, Thank you for your patience! We know you are very excited for the opportunity to get your books in front of our judges. Now that readers have had the opportunity to nominate their favorite titles, it is your turn. From 10/1 – 10/15/2024 you can submit your own eligible titles that could fill in the gaps …
Hey, look 👀It’s Reader Nomination Time! #CYBILS2024
Public Nominations #CYBILS2024 9/16/2024 to 9/30/2024 Yes, indeed! It’s the first date we circle on our calendar every year: the day you can finally nominate your favorite children’s and young adult books of 2024! Everything you need to know is in this post! To make the process easier and ensure books are nominated in the correct place and so you …
What’s next for #CYBILS2024?
We’re glad you asked! The Call for Judges is now closed and our category chairs are organizing their panels. We hope to announce the panels in the next week-ish. Chairs will reach out to individual applicants, so be sure to check your email. In the meantime, you can be getting ready for the Public Nomination period, which begins on 16 …
Attention Publishers: Change is Coming
First, thank you for your work championing books for young readers and your support of the CYBILS Awards. It is hard to believe that the 19th annual awards cycle is about to get underway. We appreciate you being on this journey with us year in and year out. On behalf of our Board, I wanted to make you aware of …
#CYBILS2024 Call for Judges
We know you’re busy enjoying the Summer Olympic Games, so we’ll keep this short and sweet. The Call for Judges for #CYBILS2024 has opened. Applications accepted between 8.1.2024 and 9.7.2024. You don’t need to be an (old school) blogger. If you actively share review books for kids & teens, consider applying. Got questions? Go here. Last thing: Apply here. Today. …
Now Calling: #CYBILS2024 Early Call for Judges
Welcome to our second annual summer call for judges! For many of us, summer means reading for fun, because, well, we have more time to read. Experienced Cybilites often use this time to read as many books as they can in the categories they love. The summer reading period is a great way to share what you love with other …
Summer is coming … and so is #CYBILS2024
This year, Memorial Day is more than the unofficial start of summer, it is also the unofficial start of the 2024 CYBILS Awards. In just a few days we will be launching the start of #CYBILS2024. Last year we tested a Summer Reading Period as a way to allow people to see what being a CYBILS Awards judge is like …
The 4-1-1 on the 2024 CYBILS Awards
A few weeks ago, we shared three goals that our Board set for its 2024 agenda. In this post we identified several that relate to changes in our award. With the 2024 CYBILS Awards season starting soon, we want to share more detail about several of those changes. Objective: Improve book access and reading volume issues Year in and year …
Spring 2024 Updates from the Board of Directors
The CYBILS Awards is committed to transparency in its operations and decision-making. To that end, we want to share some of the conversations taking place regarding the desire for continuous improvement of our program. The Board of Directors established its Spring Meeting as an opportunity for us to reflect on where we are and identify where we want to go …