Round 1 Tess Eggleston-Alfonsin The Reading Countess on GoodReads Matt Esenwine Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme @MattForrestVW Margaret Simon Reflections on the Teche @MargaretGSimon Tricia Stohr-Hunt The Miss Rumphius Effect @missrumphius Anastasia Suen #kidlit Book of the Day @AnastasiaSuen Sylvia Vardell PoetryforChildren @SylviaVardell Ellen Zschunke On the Shelf 4 Kids @ontheshelf4kids Round 2 Alex Baugh Randomly Reading @randomlyreading Julie Larios The …
2019 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Middle Grade Fiction
Round 1 Shannon Griffin Picture Books to YA Brenda Beikert Goodreads Pamela Thompson Books by Pamela @MostlyMcLeod Julie Williams Reading by the Pond @juliewilliams89 Stacy Mozer It’s All About the Journey @SMozer Rajiv Ganesan Rajiv’s Reviews and YouTube @RajivsReviews Genevieve Ford @GenevieveFord1 Round 2 Jamie Dieterle The Never-ending TBR @justjaymied @Neverending_TBR Gina Reba Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers @GRgenius Mark Buxton …
2019 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction
Round 1 Sondra Eklund Sonderbooks @Sonderbooks Jennifer Miller RaiseThemRighteous @jlmiller516 Beth Mitchell Imaginary Friends @BMitchellBooks Debbie Tanner The Booksearch @imtanner2 Charlotte Taylor Charlotte’s Library @charlotteslib Round 2 Jenna Grose Falling Letters @fallingletters Rebecca Herzog Sloth Reads @slothreads Nicole Hewitt Feed Your Fiction Addiction @NicoleMHewitt Rosemary Kiladitis Mom Read It @roesolo Benjamin Martin Tales of an Elementary School Librarian @mrbenjimartin
2019 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Elementary/Middle Grade Non-Fiction
Round 1 Sandy Brehl Unpacking Picture Book Power @pbworkshop and @SandyBrehl Earl Dizon www.earldizon.com @EarlDizonWriter Carrie Butler Becker Other Women’s Stories Nancy Bo Flood The Pirate Tree Sarah Prineas Prairie Lights Kids @sprineas Carol Wilcox Carol’s Corner @carwilc Reshama Deshmukh Stacking Books @stackingbks Round 2 Heidi Bee Roemer Steam Powered Poetry @poetweet4 D. …
2019 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Easy Reader/Early Chapter Books
Round 1 Kelly Karsner Clark Kidlit Underground @kidlitundrgrnd Sheri Howard Lobit Education Village Library Mindy Rhiger Proper Noun @mindyreads Kathy Ellen Davis www.instagram.com/wheeliegoodbooks/ and www.instagram.com/kathyellendavis/ @kathyellendavis Pam Jones Nill pjonesnill.com @pjonesnill Mary Kate Bolinder The Story Garden @the_storygarden Patricia Timbrook www.patriciatimbrook.wordpress.com @PATtimbrook Round 2 Claire Noland http://afieldtriplife.com/ @claire_noland Miranda Rosbach Bookbloom @bookbloom Terry Doherty thereadingtub @thereadingtub Lauren Bercuson …
2019 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Fiction Picture Books and Board Books
Round 1 Valerie Byrd Fort Library Goddess @librarygoddess Kirsti Call Kirsti Call/Writer’s Rumpus @kirsticall Nicole Levesque Bluestocking Thinking (Blog and Instagram) @BlueSockGirl Maria Marshall The Picture Book Buzz & STEM Tuesday @MariaMarshall_ Deb Nance Readerbuzz @debnance Lynne Marie Pisano My Word Playground / Literally Lynne Marie @Literally_Lynne Cheryl Vanatti Reading Rumpus @cherylvanatti Round 2 Jana Eschner JanaTheTeacher @JanaTheTeacher Jilianne Hoffmann …
Last Chance to Sign Up to Be a Cybils Panelist/Judge!
Today’s the LAST day to apply to join the Cybils team!! You know you don’t want to miss this chance to join in the fun!! Go here for more information. And watch this space next week for the reveal of our panelists and judging teams!
It’s Time: The Cybils Call for Judges!!
As we head into another fall Cybils season, we want to express our gratitude in advance. We know that the blogging landscape has changed over the 13 years we’ve been and we want to say a huge THANK YOU to those who have volunteered to help us with this award. We appreciate your willingness, your time, and your expertise. And …
The 2019 Cybils are COMING
Watch This Space! (Or better yet: follow us on social media: Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter) Calls for judges are coming SOON and (as always) nominations open on October 1st! And to tide you over while you wait, we have our brand-spanking new 2019 logos! Feel free to nab them and pass them around. It’s just about time!
The Future of Cybils and KidLitCon
The Cybils Board is pleased to announce that the Cybils will be the parent organization for KidlitCon, the conference celebrating children’s literature and blogging. The move makes sense, especially since Cybils has become a 501(c)(3) corporation, and can provide more stability for KidlitCon going forward. There is also overlap between the organizers and participants of both the Cybils and the …