The people who volunteer each year to judge for Cybils never fail to amaze us. We pay you nothing, and there isn’t even a consistent flow of free books, really. We make you sit on bookstore floors or stalk librarians. We deprive you of a normal Christmas and pester you for links and posts. We cajole your introverted, bookish selves …
News: Judge Announcements Postponed
“Patience, grasshopper,” said Maia. “Good things come to those who wait.” “I always thought that was ‘Good things come to those who do the wave,’” said Simon. “No wonder I’ve been so confused all my life.” ― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Cybils judge invitations have not gone out yet. Those behind the scenes are doing …
Call for Judges
It’s nearing the end of summer and beach reads are slowly giving way to back-to-school booklists. It’s time for the 2014 Cybils Awards to get underway. Cue balloons and pigeons and national anthem and stuff! Okay, we don’t have any of that. It’s still pretty exciting, though. We kick off our new season by lining up a new crew of …
Meet This Year’s Poetry Judges
Our Poetry Category Chair, Jone MacCulloch, has posted part one of what will be a three-part series interviewing some of her panelists in the Poetry category. Wondering who these folks are and what they're looking for in a poetry nominee? Here's a brief excerpt of the interview on Jone's blog, Check It Out: MsMac [aka Jone]: What is your day …
The 2012 Young Adult Fiction Judges
Young Adult Fiction is a highly competitive category within the Cybils. Here are this year's panelists: Round 1 Leila Roy Bookshelves of Doom @bkshelvesofdoom Sarah GrossThe Reading Zone@thereadingzone Kellie Tilton The Re-Shelf @thereshelf William Polking Guys Lit Wire @Polking Clementine BojanglesEarly Nerd Special @clemmybojangles Kendall Kulper Blogging for YA@Kendall_Kulper Kirstin Fearnley Sprite Writes@spritewrites Round 2 Maureen Kearney Confessions of a Bibliovore @mosylu Maureen Eichner By Singing Light @elvenjaneite Adrianne Russell The Writer's Republic@writersrepublic …
The 2012 Poetry Judges
Poetry is a category in which we demand some serious credentials from our judges. This talented team is clearly up for the challenge. Round One Carol Wilcox Carol W’s Corner @carwilc Jone Rush MacCulloch Check It Out @JoneMac53 Anastasia Suen Booktalking @asuen1 Tricia Stohr-Hunt The Miss Rumphius Effect @missrumphius Irene Latham Live Your Poem @irene_latham Misti Tidman Kid Lit Geek Mary Lee Hahn …
The 2012 MG/YA Nonfiction Judges
Here are our delightful judges in middle grade and young adult nonfiction for the 2012 Cybils. Round 1 Louise CapizzoThe NonFiction Detectives@Lcapizzo Karen BallMrs. B's Favorites@batgirl_books Stephanie CharlefourLove, Life, Read@scharle4 Justin Colussy-EstesGuys Lit Wire Jessica TackettHer Life with Books@herlifewthbooks Round Two Terry DohertyFamily Bookshelf@TheReadingTub Brenda KahnProse and Kahn Kara DeanNot Just for Kids@tardisgrl Ritchie PartingtonRichie's Picks Edith CampbellCrazyQuiltEdi @crazyquilts
The 2012 Nonfiction Picture Books Judges
These lucky bloggers will be judging for us this year in the Nonfiction Picture Books category. Round 1 Janssen BradshawEveryday Reading@everydayreading Deb NanceReaderbuzz @debnance Amy BroadmooreDelightful Children's Books@delightchildbks Ellen ZschunkeOn the Shelf 4 Kids@ontheshelf4kids Karen TerleckyLiterate Lives@karenterlecky Susan MurrayFrom Tots to Teens@semurray Laurie ThompsonLaurie Thompson@lauriethompson Round 2 Jen FukuyamaPerogies and Gyoza@perogies_gyoza Shirley DukeSimplyScience@slduke Roberta GibsonWrapped in Foil@RobertaGibson Mandy RobekEnjoy and Embrace Learning@mandyrobek Amy …
The 2012 Middle Grade Fiction Judges
Here are the fortunate souls who will be reading lots and lots of middle grade fiction this fall and winter, the 2012 Middle Grade Fiction Judges: Round 1: Kyle KimmalThe Boy Reader@theboyreader Amy KoesterThe Show Me Librarian@amyeileenk Karen YinglingMs. Yingling Reads@msyingling Ali Breidenstein Literary Lunchbox@AliBreidenstein Deb MarshallJust Deb: Reading and Writing for Children and Teens @debamarshall Andi Sibleya wrung sponge @AndiSibley Art SpencerBook …
The 2012 Graphic Novels Judges
Read comics all day? Don’t mind if I do! Our panelists for Graphic Novels would no doubt agree. Round 1 Allie JonesIn Bed with Books @wearedevilcow Liz JonesLiz Jones Books@lizjonesbooks Maggi IdzikowskiMama Librarian@mamalibrarian Sarah SammisPuss Reboots@pussreboots Debra Touchette Guys Lit Wire, (Library Lass) Adventures in Reading@threelefthands Jennifer WhartonJean Little Library, Flying off my bookshelf Heather ZundelThe Secret Adventures of WriterGirl@heatherzundel …