The 2012 Cybils Awards are officially underway, and you'll be hearing a lot more from us via the blog in the coming weeks! Meanwhile, our organizing team is busy behind the scenes picking out judges, distributing our 2011 flyers, updating our Cybils swag, and gearing up for the start of nominations on Oct. 1. For a walk down memory lane, …
Three More Days to Apply for a Judging Panel!
Worried that you've missed the deadline to apply for a Cybils panel? Well, you've still got time–but only until Friday, August 31st! And we've got a few panels that still need love, too. So, bloggers–if you've got an interest in MG/YA Nonfiction, Poetry, or Easy Readers/Short Chapter Books, then we ESPECIALLY want you to fill in our application form. Whether …
Follow Last Year’s Cybils Winners on Twitter
We noticed that a number of our 2011 Cybils winning authors and illustrators and (for Book Apps) developers are (with varying degrees of activity) on Twitter. Here's a list of the ones that we have found so far. @CallawayDigital (publisher of Book Apps winner The Monster at the End of This Book) @MuttsComics (home of Patrick McDonnell, author of Fiction Picture …
2012 Cybils Call for Judges
It's that time of year again! We're now officially recruiting judges for both rounds of the Cybils contest. To apply for either round, just follow these two easy steps: First, everything you need to know is spelled out right here, or click on the "Judging" link on the top nav bar. Second, fill out our handy application form, which is …
New Logos for 2012
Get 'em while they're hot! Oh, I know it's a little early and the Cybils process isn't going to really get going until next month, but you know you want to be an early bird. Hint, hint, ahem. You can spread the word with a sidebar-friendly button, a slightly larger graphic, or a big ol' full-sized attention-grabbing pic. Collect them …
Cybils App Organizer Interviews Author William Joyce
The organizer for the Cybils Book App category, Mary Ann Scheuer, just posted a fabulous interview on her blog with William Joyce, author of The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. Mary Ann also shares a speech that William Joyce gave about his inspiration for the story, which is currently number one on the New York Times Bestselling Children's Picture Books list. The …
Rest in Peace Margaret Mahy
It's been a sad summer for the children's book community. Scarcely more than a week after the dual losses of Donald J. Sobol and Else Holmelund Minarik, we learned today that Margaret Mahy, author of more than 200 children's books, passed away this weekend at the age of 76. Cybils organizer Gina Ruiz has collected a wide range of tributes to …
Goodbye for now
Anne here, your Cybils Overlord. I'm leaving you for a while. Oh, it's nothing you all did, except make this here literary awards into something really amazing and prestigious and fun. That kept me busy. Too busy, I'm sorry to say. I am changing careers and readying for my new job, which starts next week. Inspired by the teachers, authors, …
Two More Giants Gone
We've lost so many giants of children's literature this year, with Maurice Sendak, Leo Dillon, Ellen Levine, Jean Craighead George, and likely more passing in just these last few months. Recently two more salwarts of young literature joined them. The Little Bear books are the very first books I can remember reading all by myself. There was something cozy and …
Cybils Staff Publishing News!
Our own Gina Ruiz, former Cybils Social Media Guru and MG/YA Nonfiction category organizer, tipped us off to some most excellent news: she has a short story included in the newly-released (for grown-ups) anthology ¡Ban This! The BSP Anthology of Xican@ Literature. Gina says, "I am completely blown away to be in a book with Luis Urrea and Rodolfo Acuna," …