I’m the Cybils spokes-model, getting paid big bucks to show off my glamorous self and sell these sleek awards. Only I don’t get paid, and I’m in my PJs, and the awards are free. I’m not really sure why organizers keep me around a decade after co-founding the awards, actually, except as some sort of mascot. I wave a lot …
Yes, YOU Can Be a Cybils Judge, Too!
First off: w’re loving all the love we’re getting on Twitter. Lots of great comments about our party logo and spreading the word for the call for judges. Thank you! Your support means a TON to all of us here. Second: check out the snazzy round Cybils logo that Sarah designed for us. (It’s my personal favorite!) Feel free to snag …
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 …
Call for Blog Submissions
Last year, we created a spreadsheet to connect publishers and publicists with bloggers who are active in the Cybils community. (If you’re a blogger and you’re reading this, that means you!) The spreadsheet was successful, and feedback we received on it was very positive. A year has passed, and the information is becoming outdated, as information does. It’s time to update! If …
Featured Blogger: Maureen Kearney
Since the date and place for the 2015 KidlitCon has been announced and the call for proposals is out, we thought it’d be fun to highlight the one person (that we know of; there may be others) that has been to every single KidlitCon since it started back in 2007. Maureen was more than happy to take a moment out …