The Cybils blog will end its summer sleep mode in a few weeks with a new logo and new look.  Also, a buncha new announcements, new rules, and, oh, other new stuff. Nominations will open again on Oct. 1. See you all soon. -Anne

Are you looking forward to the Cybils ramping up again in the fall?  So are we!  Anne and I talk to Cynthia Leitich Smith at Cynsations about the Cybils and what comes next. –Kelly

We’ve all got our noses stuck in books these days, but we’re never too busy to wish all our volunteers, supporters and authors and illustrators a peaceful, joyous and memorable holiday season.    Thanks especially to those of you who did a little Christmas shopping via Amazon after clicking here. It all adds up, and we’re grateful for the help. …

As some of you know, I lost my mother to breast cancer last summer. I’m still too downhearted to participate in Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and there’s only so much pink I can force myself to wear when I still have the blues. But I’m peeping out of my shell for writer and illustrator Grace Lin, who recently lost her …

Category Organizer: Sarah Stevenson (Reading YA: Readers’ Rants) Nominating Panel: Mary Lee Hahn (A Year of Reading)Alyssa Feller (The Shady Glade)Katie Zenke (Pixie Palace) Elizabeth Jones Gina Ruiz (AmoXicalli) Judging Panel: David Elzey (The Excelsior File) J.L. Bell (Oz and Ends)Anna (TangognaT)Snow Wildsmith (My Reading Project) Angie Thompson (Angieville)

Category Organizer: Sheila Ruth (Wands and Worlds) Nominating Panel: Kim BaccelliaSheila Ruth (Wands and Worlds)Leila Roy (Bookshelves of Doom)Sarah Stevenson (Reading YA: Readers’ Rants)TraciTasha Sacker (Kids Lit)Tanita Davis (TadMack) (Finding Wonderland: The Writing YA Weblog) Judging Panel: Michele Fry (Scholar’s Blog)Gwenda Bond (Shaken & Stirred)Chris Rettstatt (Chris Rettstatt’s blog)Janelle Bitikofer (Writermorphosis)Libby (Lessons from a Tortoise)

Category Organizer: Jen Robinson (Jen Robinson’s Book Page) Nominating Panel: Mindy (Propernoun.net)Susan Thomsen (Chicken Spaghetti)KT Horning (Worth the Trip) Vivian (HipWriterMama) Becky (Farm School at Home) Judging Panel: Tracy Chrenka (Talking in the Library) Emily Mitchell (Emily Reads)Camille Powell (Book Moot)Alice Herold (Big A litte a)Jennie Rothschild (Biblio File)

Category Organizer: Jackie Parker (Interactive Reader) Nominating Panel: Stacy DeKeyser Trisha (The YaYaYas)Anne Heidemann (Librarianne)Charlotte Taylor (Charlotte’s Library)Becky Laney (Becky’s Book Reviews)Eisha (Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast)Jackie Parker (Interactive Reader) Judging Panel: Liz Burns (A Chair, A Fireplace & a Tea Cozy) Jennifer Laughran (Not Your Mother’s Bookclub) Sarah MillerMaureen Kearney (Confessions of a Bibliovore) Jen Robinson (Jen Robinson’s Book …

Category Organizer: Liz Burns (A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy) Nominating Panel: Kate MessnerErin (Miss Erin)Little Willow (Bildungsroman) Sherry Early (Semicolon)Amanda Snow (A Patchwork of Books)Jocelyn Pearce (Teen Book Review)Kerry Millar (Shelf Elf) Judging Panel: Stacy Dillon (Booktopia)Betsy Bird (A Fuse #8 Production) Lindsey Dunn (Zee Says) Christine NorrisBruce Black (Wordswimmer)

Category Organizer: Eisha (Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast) Nominating Panel: Andrea (Just One More Book!!) Emily Beeson (Whimsy Books) Tricia Stohr-Hunt (The Miss Rumphius Effect)Fiona Bayrock (Books and Rocks)Jennifer Schultz (Kiddosphere) Judging Panel: Chris Barton (Bartography)Jackie Merchant (Tiny Treasury)Adrienne Mason (Tough City Writer)Becky Bilby (In the Pages)Adrienne Furness (What Adrienne Thinks About That)