We want to stop and give a huge THANK YOU to all who applied; without you there would be no Cybils. Those who have been accepted onto panels will soon be contacted by the category chair. And then you have a short break before the work begins after October 1 (or if you’re ambitious, you can start pre-reading, based on …
Call for Featured Blogger Nominations
The Cybils season is starting again, and with the call for judges comes a call for bloggers to feature. We want to highlight the diversity in the kidlitosphere, and feature blogs that are both well-known as well as ones that are not as popular. They don’t have to be Cybils judges or panelists. Here are some of the bloggers we’ve …
The 2015 Cybils Logo!
In case you haven’t heard already: it’s the Cybils 10th year! We are super excited that we’ve been able to work with you volunteers to select the best and most kid-friendly books each year for TEN WHOLE YEARS, that we thought we deserved a logo to match our celebratory spirit. And so, our illustrious logo-designer, Sarah, came up with this: …
2015 Cybils Call for Judges
It’s that time of year, again! I know, for many of us that means heading back to school, looking forward to fall. But, in the kidlitosphere, that also means it’s Cybils Time! And, because we can’t do this alone (we do like having a life off the computer), we are lining up a crew of new judges who will be …
Announcing the 2015 Cybils Organizing Team!
While most of the organizing team is returning, we do have a couple of new (well, returning) organizers: Sarah Stevenson from Finding Wonderland | Co-Blog Editor Terry Doherty from The Reading Tub | Fiction Picture Book Category Chair We are happy to welcome Sarah and Terry back! They join the returning organizers: Anne Boles Levy | Executive Director Sheila Ruth | Publisher Liaison and Young Adult Speculative …
2015 Cybils are Coming
SOON! Keep an eye on this spot…. It’s just about Cybils’s Time!
KidlitCon Registration is OPEN
From our friends over at Kidlitosphere Central: We are thrilled to announce that registration for KidLitCon 2015 is now open. We have been working on superior content for our two days of discussion and networking. We are expecting topics like: Why do kids read horror: are they freaks or something? How can I get paid to write about what I love? What really goes …
Now that the Awards are Over
The Cybils are done, and usually this space goes quiet until August. However, we’re being ambitious this year, and we thought we’d try something new: we’re going to keep the blog going over the summer. We’re only going to publish a couple times a week, but we’re really excited about what we have to offer. We’re going to keep up …
The 2014 Cybils Awards
As another Cybils winds to a close, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who played a part in it this year, from the round 1 panelist who spent countless hours reading to the round 2 judges who spent time debating and discussing to choose the winners below to the organizers who spent hours making sure that everything ran …
Tomorrow…
It’s Valentine’s Day. And International Book Giving Day. But, MOST IMPORTANTLY, it’s the day when we reveal the Cybils Winners! Stay tuned…