The heart of the Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards (aka CYBILS Awards) is a passion for engaging kids and teens with amazing books, and, by extension, igniting or rekindling the spark that is a love of reading. We know it isn’t just our passion, it’s yours, too. It’s why you work to … fill your library with books …
2021 Cybils are Here: A Call for Judges
We’re limping towards normal around here, slowly but surely. Publishing seems to be back on track, and there have been a good number of excellent children’s and young adult books out this year. So, what better way to get past division and stress and anxiety about the state of the world than to volunteer for the Cybils? (I can’t think …
Hey, Reader!
After 15 years of binge-reading, re-reading, fan-fictioning, nominating, voting for, and celebrating our favorite books, we at the CYBILS Awards have the privilege to once again invite you to be a part of the process of recognizing the stories which combine both “literary merit and popular appeal.” The CYBILS Awards are passionate about the stories we love equitably reflecting the …
Save the Date: It’s Time to Think about Applying!
It’s difficult to believe that six months have gone by since we announced our 2020 winners, and yet here we are: it’s the start of another Cybils Awards Season! We will be opening up our volunteer applications shortly, so keep an eye out for that. If you haven’t engaged with us this summer on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and (now: look …
The 2020 Cybils Winners!
Year after year, it never ceases to amaze us how the Cybils Awards manages to come together. From the people who volunteer as chairs to the panelists who spend so much of their fall reading, to the judges who thoughtfully deliberate to choose a winner. It was especially challenging this year, with the pandemic, and we are especially grateful for …
Support the Cybils AND Do Holiday Shopping!
As the holiday shopping season picks up speed (though, honestly, I’ve been shopping since October…), we issue our annual plea to help support the Cybils! There are several ways this year: Get your gear from our CafePress store! So many fun things there: totes! Coffee mugs! T-shirts! Something for everyone. And for your bookish needs: please consider shopping through our …
Last Call for 2020 Nominations
TODAY is the last day you (yes,YOU!) can nominate a book for the 2020 Cybils cycle. You have until midnight (PDT) today to get them in. Need an idea? Check out our padlets or our Twitter feed for ideas that our chairs would love to see nominated! Here’s the link to the nomination post again. Go forth and nominate! Time …
2020 Cybils Nominations: And… GO!
The 2020 Cybils nominations are open and ready for you! Some quick reminders: First off, be sure to check out our category descriptions. If you don’t know where the book should go, please read through the descriptions to help you decide. If you’re still not quite sure, make your best guess, and we can straighten things out behind the scenes. …
2020 Cybils Nominations: Ready… Set…
The 2020 Cybils season starts tomorrow! The public nominations open at midnight Pacific time on Thursday, October 1. So, jot down your first (and second and third) choice in all the categories and be prepared to go! Be sure to follow us on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Goodreads) to get up-to-date information (and for nomination ideas if yours are …
2020 Category Description: Young Adult Speculative Fiction
Speculative Fiction takes us to realms of the imagination: places and times and realities where the rules of life may be different than our own and where the impossible and improbable become real. But good science fiction and fantasy does more than that: it asks, “What if?” It makes us think. It holds up a mirror to our own society …