Dozens of Doughnuts (Amazon, IndieBound) by Carrie Finison illustrated by Brianne Farley G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Nominated by: Darshana Khiani This delicious read-aloud pairs perfect rhyme with expressive illustrations to create the ideal recipe for heart and humor. LouAnn is generous with her doughnuts, but she gets “FED UP” with sharing when there aren’t any left for …
Our Favorite Day is Coming! Tomorrow!!
The 2020 Cybils Finalists will be announced tomorrow! We can’t wait! However, there is first some business to take care of. One of the things we at the CYBILS have taken seriously this year is representation. We had diversity training for the board, the chairs, and the judges because we wanted to make sure everyone is aware of what good …
Support the Cybils AND Do Holiday Shopping!
As the holiday shopping season picks up speed (though, honestly, I’ve been shopping since October…), we issue our annual plea to help support the Cybils! There are several ways this year: Get your gear from our CafePress store! So many fun things there: totes! Coffee mugs! T-shirts! Something for everyone. And for your bookish needs: please consider shopping through our …
Publisher and Author Submission Deadline Extended!
Just a quick note to say that because October 25th falls on a Sunday this year, we are extending the deadline for publisher and author submissions to end at 11:59 pm PDT on October 26th. You can find more information on submissions here.
2020 Cybils: Publisher and Author Submissions Open
Dear publishers and authors, The public has weighed in, nominating favorite titles, and we hope that some of yours were among them. If not, never fear, now is your turn! Between now and October 25, publishers and authors may submit your own eligible titles for consideration, up to 10% of your books published in 2020, rounded. (If you published fewer …
Last Call for 2020 Nominations
TODAY is the last day you (yes,YOU!) can nominate a book for the 2020 Cybils cycle. You have until midnight (PDT) today to get them in. Need an idea? Check out our padlets or our Twitter feed for ideas that our chairs would love to see nominated! Here’s the link to the nomination post again. Go forth and nominate! Time …
2020 Cybils Nominations: And… GO!
The 2020 Cybils nominations are open and ready for you! Some quick reminders: First off, be sure to check out our category descriptions. If you don’t know where the book should go, please read through the descriptions to help you decide. If you’re still not quite sure, make your best guess, and we can straighten things out behind the scenes. …
2020 Cybils Nominations: Ready… Set…
The 2020 Cybils season starts tomorrow! The public nominations open at midnight Pacific time on Thursday, October 1. So, jot down your first (and second and third) choice in all the categories and be prepared to go! Be sure to follow us on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Goodreads) to get up-to-date information (and for nomination ideas if yours are …
2020 Category Description: Young Adult Speculative Fiction
Speculative Fiction 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 own society …
2020 Category Description: Young Adult Fiction
The world as it was and is. Not as it could, or would, or should be. Send the dystopias and space operas, the fairies and angels, the blood-suckers, zombies, and alternate realities to Speculative Fiction. In YA Fiction we are looking for realistic fiction, be it contemporary or historical, funny or mysterious, romantic or adventurous, including novels in verse. We …