Cybils 2017: Middle Grade Fiction Judges

Round 1 Deb Marshall Read, Write, Tell  @readwritetell Dick Leonardo Bookroom Reviews  @bookroomreviews Mike Lewis No High 5 News  @145Lewis Sarah Sammis Puss Reboots  @pussreboots Shannon Griffin    Picture Books to YA   Stacy Mozer It’s All About the Journey @smozer Karen Yingling Ms. Yingling Reads  @msyingling Round 2 Alex Baugh Randomly Reading @randomlyreading Amy Estersohn Teaching Transition @HMX_MSE Greg …

Cybils 2017: Elementary/Middle Grade Nonfiction Judges

Round 1 Reshama Deshmukh Stacking Books Ellen Zschunke On the shelf 4 kids @ontheshelf4kids Carol Wilcox Carol’s Corner @carwilc Elisa Bergslien Leopards and Dragons @DNAPL Gary Anderson What’s not wrong @AndersonGL   Round 2 Carl Schwanke Boys Rule! Boys Read! Earl Dizon Chronicles of a children’s book writer @ea12l Joanne Roberts Bookish Ambition @BookishAmbition Jennifer Naughton Geek Reads Kids @Jennie_Naughton …

Cybils 2017: Easy Reader and Early Chapter Books Judges

Round 1 Jennifer Wharton Jean Little Library @JeanLittleLib ‏ Valerie Bird Fort Library Goddess @librarygoddess Maggi Rohde Books For Squids @mama_librarian Pamela Coughlan Mother Reader @MotherReader  Nathalie Mvondo Multiculturalism Rocks! @NathalieMvondo   Round 2 Claire Noland A Field Trip Life @claire_noland Melissa Wiley Here in the Bonny Glen @bonnyglen Myra Garces-Bacsal Gathering Books @gatheringbooks Jaymie Dieterle The Neverending TBR @justjaymied …

Cybils 2017: Fiction Picture and Board Book Judges

Round 1 Kirstine Call ReFoReMo @kirsticall   Ami Jones A Mom’s Spare Time @amicybils   Tiffa Foster The Picture Book Review @ThePBReview   Andrea Mack That’s Another Story @AndreaL_Mack   Nicole Levesque Bluestocking Thinking @BlueSockGirl   Lynne Marie Pisano My Word Playground @Literally_Lynne   Deb Nance Readerbuzz @debnance   Round 2 Maria Marshall The Picture Book Buzz @MariaMarshall Rebecca Herzog …

Judge Announcement Tomorrow!

First some sad news… due to a lack of applicants, the Audiobooks category will  be on hiatus this year. We are very sad about this and hope to be able to bring the category back next year.  And a quick reminder: panelists and judges will be revealed tomorrow beginning at 9 a.m. PDT and running every 15 minutes. We’re excited …

Thank You for Your Patience

As we work behind the scenes here at the Cybils getting the judging panels set. They are coming together, slowly but surely, and we will be ready to announce the panels on Monday, September 25th, beginning at 9 a.m. PDT.  Thank you for sticking with us! 

Application Deadline Extended!

Due to the unforeseen circumstances of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, we here at the Cybils have decided to extend the deadline for applications. We will be accepting applications through 11:59 pm PDT TONIGHT. If you haven’t already filled out the application, and you were thinking about doing so, you still have time! We would love to have you be a …

The Only Constant is Change…

It’s a new season here at the Cybils, and of course, that means a bit of shifting in the organizers. It’s all volunteers, and so when time becomes short and life gets too busy, we lose some very good people. This year, we’re saying goodbye to Liz Jones, our longtime Graphic Novels chair and Katie Fitzgerald, our Easy Readers/Early Chapter …

The 2017 Cybils Call for Judges: We Need YOU!

And… ready or not… here we go!   You know how it goes: this award is only what it is because of YOUR help. And 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 best (and most kid-friendly) books. Before …

The 2017 Cybils Logo

Isn’t this year’s logo pretty? As always, thanks to Sarah for the design update. And as a further announcement… the call for 2017 judges will be going out within the next week, so keep an eye on right here! We want your help! Until then, feel free to grab the buttons, pass along the word. (And know that our Cafe …