Dear publishers and authors, Thank you for your patience! We know you are very excited for the opportunity to get your books in front of our judges. Now that readers have had the opportunity to nominate their favorite titles, it is your turn. From 10/1 – 10/15/2024 you can submit your own eligible titles that could fill in the gaps …
Attention Publishers: Change is Coming
First, thank you for your work championing books for young readers and your support of the CYBILS Awards. It is hard to believe that the 19th annual awards cycle is about to get underway. We appreciate you being on this journey with us year in and year out. On behalf of our Board, I wanted to make you aware of …
#CYBILS2024 Call for Judges
We know you’re busy enjoying the Summer Olympic Games, so we’ll keep this short and sweet. The Call for Judges for #CYBILS2024 has opened. Applications accepted between 8.1.2024 and 9.7.2024. You don’t need to be an (old school) blogger. If you actively share review books for kids & teens, consider applying. Got questions? Go here. Last thing: Apply here. Today. …
Save the Date: #CYBILS2024 is coming. Soon!
It seems like only yesterday, but way back in April, we announced that we were tweaking some of our processes for the 2024 Awards cycle. At the top of the list: Give judges more time for reading. Having time to find, read, and discuss all the books is something judges ask for year in and year out. To accommodate their …
#CYBILS2023 Author/Publisher Submissions Period Now Open
Dear publishers and authors, Thank you for your patience! We know you are very excited for the opportunity to get your books in front of our judges. Now that readers have had the opportunity to nominate their favorite titles, it is your turn. This is your opportunity to submit titles and fill in the gaps that may have been missed …
Ahem, Publishers?
Hi Publishers, Can I have a moment of your time? As you know, October is a big deal around here. On October 1, the public nominates its favorites of the year; and on 10/16, you get a chance to submit additional CYBILS-worthy books. Our judges are tasked with reading all those books and produce finalists lists by 12/31. We strongly …
#CYBILS2023 Early Call for Judges Opens Today
Yes, we are doing something a little different in this, our 18th year: we are going to have TWO Calls for Judges. Since you’re here, odds are you already love books for kids and teens and connecting other readers with great books. You probably even post reviews of them so that others can get your thoughts about what you’ve been …
A Note to Publishers, Authors, and Illustrators
The winners of the 2014 Cybils Awards were announced on Saturday. If you missed the announcement, you can see it here. As Publisher Liaison, I’d like to offer my personal congratulations to the winners. The award winning books are the culmination of two separate rounds of judging over five months, and a selection process that involved a total of 129 hardworking judges. Winning …
Author and Publisher Reactions to Being Cybils Finalists
We're seen a LOT of enthusiasm about the Cybils shortlists on blogs, Twitter, and Facebook over the past couple of days. Thank you so much to everyone who has helped to spread the word about our wonderful finalists. Here, we've selected some author and publisher reactions on Twitter and Facebook: Sarah Beth Durst | @SarahBethDurst: Happy New Year! Awakened to lovely …
SLJ finds us APPealing
It's a pun, get it? Our APP award is APPealing. Hahaha! Oh, never mind. School Library Journal gives us a nice shout-out. Here's the link.
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