Some of the most dearly loved children's books of all time fall into the Middle Grade Fiction category: Ramona, Harriet the Spy, From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Bridge to Terabithia… The middle grade years represent a golden time for readers. It's the time when you figure out what you like, what makes you laugh and …
2010 Nominations
Poetry
The poetry category ends up being home to quite a mix of entries, but it’s important to note that not every book that contains a poem belongs here. WHAT BELONGS IN THE POETRY CATEGORY: Poetry collections of all sorts, whether for toddlers, school-aged kids or teens. What’s a poetry collection? It could be an anthology of poems by a variety …
2010 Nominations: Nonfiction Picture Books
Kids love interesting nonfiction books. Kids love information books. And the sky’s the limit for kids' interests. The Nonfiction Picture Book category is looking for stunning, visual nominees that capture the curiosity and wonder of children of all ages by providing lots of great information. From science to art, history to sports, or current events to biographies, will the book …
2010 Nominations
Graphic Novels
The Graphic Novels category showcases your choice of the best titles published between Oct. 15, 2009, and Oct. 15, 2010. To be eligible for this category, the stories you nominate should be written in a comic-style format throughout the book. Large chunks of text make a story into a hybrid novel, which might fit better in midgrade, sci-fi fantasy, or …
2010 Nominations
Middle Grade/YA Nonfiction
True stories, right here! Nominate the year's best nonfiction for older children and teens. We celebrate accurate, well-written books with kid/teen appeal–sports, biography, memoir, essays, science, art, history, how-to, current events, and more. In 2009, Pamela S. Turner's The Frog Scientist took the top Cybils honor in this category. Which book will it be this year? Add your nomination to …
2010 Nominations
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Science fiction and fantasy takes us to realms of the imagination: places and times and realities where the rules of life may be different than our own and where the impossible and improbable become real. But good science fiction and fantasy does more than that: it asks, "What if?" It makes us think. It holds up a mirror to our …
2010 Nominations
Fiction Picture Books
The category of Fiction Picture Books seems so clearcut as simply books that are fictional in nature and contain pictures. Oh, but there is so much more. The genre contains titles for toddlers and third graders, funny stories and moving tales, history and fantasy, traditions and diversity, elegance and silliness, education and entertainment. All these types of books must be …
2010 Nominations
Young Adult Fiction
You'll find no dragons or magic, robots or vampires here. Just real people, in the real world, in real situations. In a good YA novel teens will find themselves and discover their world. A great YA novel will do both of those while respecting and appealing to its audience. We are looking for a handful of the greatest teen novels …
Cybils 2.0: Join Us on Social Media
As you've probably already noticed, our organizing staff–particularly our Social Media Guru, Gina Ruiz–has been hard at work trying to make the Cybils more active in the social media realm. Our Cybils Twitter and Facebook accounts have already enjoyed a major boost in the past few weeks, but you can help us continue to spread the word. If you're not …
Are Yooouuu Ready to Rrrrread?
Okay, that was a somewhat sorry attempt at a pro-wrestling-style preamble to get you ramped up for some exciting book-related events over the coming weeks–not the least of which is this week's Banned Books Week. So many of our fantabulous panelists, judges and organizers will be putting up posts (or already have) in conjunction with this important event that I …