Yep, we’ve got a flyer for you already! This printable PDF has an overview of the Cybils contest on the front side and a list of every single finalist in every category on the back, so you can easily share our results so far with fellow readers, librarians, and so on. Of course, we’ll be sharing an updated version of …
Cybils Panelist Update: YA SFF Blog
We love it when our Cybils panelists post about what it's like to volunteer as a judge. A couple of weeks ago, we linked to a post by Round 1 YA Fiction panelist William Polking about what it's really like behind the scenes. This week, we've got a post from YA Fantasy and Sci-Fi blog's Aurora Celeste about how being …
More Holiday Shopping Hints
Many, many of our bloggers provide lists of favorite books for your holiday shopping enjoyment, but in my opinion none is quite so much fun as MotherReader (and FPB category chair) Pam Coughlan's annual Ways to Give a Book list. This year, she's put up an updated list of 150 Ways to Give a Book with book recommendations paired with related gift …
The Holidays Are Coming–Shop Cybils!
Psst! Hey! You! Have you been checking out our book review posts? Or our nominations lists? You might notice that every book has a link to Amazon. Because we're an Amazon affiliate, every purchase you make through a Cybils link means we get a dribble of cash to use for our prizes and other materials (like flyers and bookmarks). And …
What Being a Cybils Judge Is Really Like
Not everyone can be chosen as a Cybils judge. There are only so many spots available, and we like to populate them with both veterans and newbies, and we really do get a LOT of applicants, so we unfortunately can't pick everyone. We know you guys know that. BUT: if you haven't participated yet and you're wondering what it's actually …
Happy Thanksgiving from the Cybils!
In between cooking, eating, and reading, dare I say, a cornucopia of nominated titles, we here at the Cybils wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving! For our part, we're not only grateful for our legions of devoted volunteers, but also to the authors and illustrators who lend their hearts to creating wonderful books and apps, and the readers whose …
Cybils Midterm Progress Report
Greetings, and welcome to the halfway point of the Cybils reading period! Wondering how many nominees we ended up with after the publisher submission period? Curious about how quickly (or slowly) we're proceeding? Hows about a quick update on how we're doing so far? As of last night: Total eligible books across all categories: 1374, 1074 of which were public …
Cybils Updates
Cybils sends our best wishes to those of you (and those of us!) who were inundated by Hurricane Sandy over the past several days. We hope you all stayed warm, safe, and dry. Due to the wild weather, we're a little bit behind in making our contacts with publishers (many of whom have offices in the disaster zone), but we're …
2012 Nominations Roundup
Here they are–the fast facts about this year's Cybils nominating period! From October 1-15, book-loving bloggers and members of the public nominated a whopping 1074 eligible books across all categories of the Cybils. The category with the most books overall is, not surprisingly, Fantasy and Science Fiction, with a total of 287 books–122 in Middle Grade SFF and 165 in …
5 Reasons to Love the Cybils
This year, our own Charlotte Taylor, MG SFF Round 1 judge and blogger at Charlotte's Library, wrote up a post with five reasons why people should nominate books for the Cybils. Though the nominations period has ended, we still think Charlotte's list is noteworthy–and not only that, these are five excellent reasons to love and support the Cybils, not just …