2021 Panelists and Judges: Poetry

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Round 1  Carol Grannick Carol’s Facebook  Twitter: @carolcgrannick Instagram: @carolcovengrannick Nicole Hewitt Feed Your Fiction Addiction  Twitter: @NicoleMHewitt Instagram: @NicoleFictionAddiction Rae Longest Powerful Women Readers  Margaret Simon Reflections on the Teche  Twitter: @MargaretGSimon Instagram: @margaretsmn Anastasia Suen #Kidlit Book of the Day  Twitter: @AnastasiaSuen Round 2 Linda Baie TeacherDance  Twitter: @LBaie Instagram: @lbaie Alex Baugh Randomly Reading  Twitter: @randomlyreading Instagram: …

2021 Panelists and Judges: Middle Grade Fiction

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Round 1 Susan Jensen Bloggin’ ‘Bout Books Twitter: @bbbforme Insta: @blogginboutbooks Julie Williams Middle Grade is Lit Twitter: @JulieWilliams89 Laura Gardner LibrarianMSG Twitter: @librarianmsg Insta: @librarianmsg Shannon Griffin Magical Wonder of Books Rajiv Ganesan Rajiv’s Reviews Twitter: @rajivsreviews Insta: @rajivsreviews Molly Mack  Silver Button Books Twitter: @silverbuttonbks Insta: @silverbuttonbooks Katie Bruechert mrsb_reads Twitter: @MrsB_Reads Insta: @MrsB_Reads Round 2 Gina Reba Satisfaction for Insatiable …

2021 Panelists and Judges: Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction

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Round 1 Debbie Tanner The Book Search Twitter: @imtanner2 Brenda Tjaden Log Cabin Library Twitter: @logcabinlibrary Valinora Troy Valinora Troy Twitter: @ValinoraW Katy Kramp alibrarymama Twitter: @alibrarymama Instagram: @alibrarymama Jennifer Miller Raise Them Righteous Twitter: @jlmiller516 Charlotte Taylor Charlotte’s Library Twitter: @charlotteslib Elakya Thirumoorthy Goodreads Round 2 Jenna Grose Falling Letters Twitter: @fallingletters Stacy Mozer It’s All About the Journey …

2021 Panelists and Judges: Elementary/Middle Grade Nonfiction

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Round 1 Sandy Brehl Unpacking the Power of Picture Books Twitter: @SandyBrehl and @PBWorkshop Instagram: @sandybrehl Genevieve Ford Goodreads Twitter: @genevieveford1 Kelly Karsner-Clarke   Kidlit Underground Twitter: @kellylkc Instagram: @kidlitunderground Mary Duffy   Just Read Journal Instagram: @JustReadJournal Susan Dobrodt Goodreads Twitter: @redcanoereader Instagram: @redcanoereader Heidi Grange   Geo Librarian Twitter: @GeoLibrarian Reshama Deshmukh  Stacking Books Twitter: @Stackingbks Instagram: @Stackingbks Round …

2021 Judges and Panelists: Easy Reader/Early Chapter Books

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Round 1 Pamela  Thompson McLeod Books by Pamela Thompson Twitter: @MostlyMcLeod Claire Noland A Field Trip Life Twitter: @claire_noland Instagram: @clairesfieldtriplife Pam Jones-Nill Pam Jones-Nill Children’s Author Twitter: @pjonesnill Sheri Howard Lobit Library Newsletter Brooke Freebairn Brooke Freebairn Twitter: @thebrookelist Instagram: @thebrookelist Round 2 Benji Martin Elementary School Library Twitter: @MrBenjiMartin Instagram: @MrBenjiMartin Laura Trapp Trapped Librarian Twitter: @ltrapp13 Instagram: @thetrappedlibrarian …

2021 Panelists and Judges: Fiction Picture Books

Round 1 Kirsti Call Kirsti Call, Children’s Book Author/ ReFoReMo  Goodreads Twitter: @kirsticall Instagram: @kirsticall Nicole Levesque Bluestocking Thinking  Twitter: @BlueSockGirl Instagram: @BluestockingThinking Deb Nance Readerbuzz  Goodreads Twitter: @debnance Instagram: @debnance Lynne Marie Pisano My Word Playground  Twitter: @Literally_Lynne Sam Richardson Little Cub Literacy Twitter: @lilcubliteracy Instagram: @littlecubliteracy Maggi Rohde Goodreads  Twitter: @mama_librarian Aimee Smith Keep a Book About  Twitter: …

Now Read This! #Cybils2021 Needs You

As we mentioned in our last post, what powers the CYBILS Awards is a passion to engage kids and teens with amazing books that have just the right balance of literary merit and kid appeal. By extension, that means igniting the spark that creates a love of reading. Easy Readers and Early Chapter books are the stories that bring the …

It’s a Fact: #Cybils2021 Needs You

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 …

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 …