(I really wanted to title this OOOOH PRETTY, but I refrained.) Our wonderful graphic designer and co-blog editor, Sarah, worked her magic and whipped up a new batch of logos for this year’s Cybils. Feel free to grab, share, link, place, enjoy at your leisure. We definitely think they’re possibly our favorite out of all of them! And don’t forget …
Call for Judges: We Need YOU!
It’s CYBILS TIME again! (Already? Can you believe it?) After 10 years of doing this, you know the drill. We need YOUR help. It wouldn’t be the Cybils without audience participation. So, we are lining up a crew of judges (newbies and returning ones) who will be willing to read, discuss, think about, blog about, narrow down, and select the year’s …
Changes are FUN! (Part 2)
What we should have said in Friday’s post is that for now meant until Sunday… A couple more quick changes before we get the ball rolling this year. First, we’d like to welcome two more new chairs! Jennie Rothschild will be heading up the YA Non-Fiction category and Jodie Rodriguez as our Easy Readers and Early Chapter Book chair. The bigger change, …
Change Is Fun!!
Or: What’s New at the Cybils this year. We aren’t really changing anything substantial, but we thought we’d try out a few new things, just to see how they go. First: with the increasing number of good non-fiction titles out there, we felt that it would be best if we split both of the non-fiction titles into two award. The …
Watch This Space….
*sweeps floor* *dusts off bookcases* *straightens papers* *gathers cats* It’s Cybils Time again! Keep an eye out over the next week or so. We’ve got a few changes to the award to announce (Change Is Fun!) and we’re going to be looking for able and willing bloggers to help out (as always). So excited! *throws cats in the air* *arms …
The 2015 Finalists
Given our colorful logo at the top of this page, I keep thinking it’s been ten years since Cybils rolled out its very first roster of finalists. It’s actually been nine – but this is our 10th contest, inclusive. My 8th grade Algebra I teacher, Mr. Cloutier, is somewhere shaking his head in my direction at my stubborn innumeracy. I’m …
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 …
2015 Easy Reader/Early Chapter Judges
Round 1 Katie Fitzgerald @mrskatiefitz Story Time Secret Juliana Lee @JulianaLeeWrite Juliana Lee, Crafting Stories Susan Murray @semurray From Tots to Teens Mia Wenjen @PragmaticMom Pragmatic Mom Jennifer Wharton Jean Little Library Round 2 Emily Andrus @literaryhoots Literary Hoots Freya Hooper @onegreatbook One Great Book Amy Johnson @sunlitpages Sunlit Pages …
Judges Announced Tomorrow!
Just a little teaser posts to say that the listings of our wonderful panelists and judges for the 2015 Cybils will start rolling out at 9:30 a.m. PDT tomorrow. Stay tuned!