Round 1 Jennifer Giberga Introverted Reader Twitter: @IntrovertReader Instagram: @Introverted.Reader Melissa Wiley Here in the Bonney Glen Twitter: @melissawiley Instagram: @melissawileybooks Julie Neitz Wielga Instagram: @partnersinliteracydenver Gavin Woltjer Twitter: @GavinWoltjer Beth Mitcham Library Chicken Twitter: @Beth Mitcham Instagram: @bethjmitcham Round 2 Terry Doherty The Reading Tub Twitter: @TheReadingTub Instagram: @readingtub Wendy Gassaway Falconer’s Library Twitter: @WendyGassaway Anne Bennett My Head …
2021 Panelists and Judges: Graphic Novels
Round 1 Rosemary Kiladitis Mom Read It Twitter: @roesolo Instagram: @roesolo Tiffany Sorenson Provo Library Children’s Book Blog Jennifer Rummel YA Book Nerd Twitter: @yabooknerd Instagram: @yabooknerdlibrarian Anne Wilson Mount Prospect Public Library Kristen Harvey The Book Monsters Goodreads Twitter: @bookgoil Instagram: @bookgoil Round 2 Helen Murdoch Helen’s Book Blog Twitter: @hcmurdoch Instagram: @hcmurdoch Cheriee Weichel Library Matters Twitter: @CherieeWeichel …
2021 Panelists and Judges: Poetry
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
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
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
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
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: …
NEW YA Speculative Fiction Chair: Jenna Ehler
Jenna Ehler was that kid who was constantly in the library or reading at home, or even getting in trouble at school for reading under the desk instead of paying attention! She grew up in a small town and spent many hours in her local library, which turned into her first library job as a shelver at age sixteen. After …
NEW High School NonFiction Chair: Beth Mitcham
Beth Mitcham was a special case. Her junior high librarians ruled that for weeding purposes, she did not count towards a book’s check-out statistics, because she had read all the books. This love of reading continued through her college career, where she continued to search out public libraries because those college institutions just weren’t enough. She never stopped reading children’s …