Well, what do you know? It's Poetry Friday. And in honor of Poetry Friday, we at the Cybils would like to announce our first panel of the 2010 awards--the Poetry panel. These enthusiasts and experts will ponder a wide range of poetry books for young readers: rhyming stories and lyrical blank verse, by poets famed and yet-to-be-discovered.
Panel Organizer: Kelly Fineman, Writing and Ruminating
Panelists (Round I Judges):
Bruce Black, Wordswimmer
Elaine Magliaro, Wild Rose Reader
Gina Ruiz, AmoXcalli, The Graphic Landscape
Laura Purdie Salas, Writing the World for Kids
Sylvia Vardell, Poetry for Children
Judges (Round II):
Kelly Fineman (see category organizer)
Sara Lewis Holmes, Read Write Believe
Greg Pincus, GottaBook
Jama Rattigan, Alphabet Soup
Liz Scanlon, Liz in Ink
This is a fantastic panel. I cannot wait to see the results.
Posted by: twitter.com/bookaliciouspam | September 17, 2010 at 11:14 AM
Congrats to all. Really love that blog title: Writing the World for Kids...
Posted by: The Brain Lair | September 18, 2010 at 06:56 AM
that is a most AWESOME group of people, both panelists and judges. wow.
Posted by: david e | September 20, 2010 at 11:15 AM
Congrats to all the panel members. Happy reading to you all.
Posted by: Irisheyz77 | September 21, 2010 at 09:25 AM