Alas, once Sarah's book is really, truly out, we'll have to boot her from the Cybils for a while. Still, we've got plenty of time. Certainly time enough to brag about our blog editor and HER UPCOMING DEBUT. Go, Sarah!
Presenting a Cybil Award Fund Drive
Fortunately for you, unlike those aggravatingly long pledge breaks on NPR and PBS, there aren't annoying ringing phones…but we ARE going to ask you for your generous donations. Look over there on the right-hand side of this page, and you'll find a PayPal "donate" button. Whatever you can manage to slip us, from one dollar to a hundred, we'll happily …
Out of the Mouths of Cybils Authors
If you haven't yet heard of the Blog Blast Tours organized by Colleen Mondor of Chasing Ray (who also happened to be a Round II Judge this past year for MG/YA Non-Fiction), then you're missing out–this twice-yearly week-long event involves some truly excellent bloggers from around the kidlitosphere AND features a wide and fascinating range of authors and illustrators. Just …
Belated Congratulations to ALA Committee Cybil-ians
Call them Cybil-ians, call them Cybil-ites–either way, we are proud to announce that some prominent upcoming ALA award committees (announced in May) include Cybils folks. Which awards, you ask? Well, on the 2012 Newbery Committee are Middle Grade Fiction Round II Judge Stacy Dillon of Welcome to My Tweendom, and Fantasy/Sci-Fi Round I Judge Eva Mitnick of Eva's Book Addiction. …
Cybilites at BEA
Next week, the book world converges on New York City for the annual BookExpo America, or BEA, conference. Many authors and illustrators will be there autographing books, and of course Cybils finalists and winners are among that group! Here is a list of Cybils honorees who will be autographing books at the conference. Most will be signing their new or …
Behind the Cybils Poetry Scenes
If you're wondering what it takes to pick a fantastic finalist list like the one we had this year for Poetry, take a side trip over to panelist Bruce Black's Wordswimmer blog and check out his roundtable interview with the illustrious blogging and poetry-appreciating panelists: Kristy Dempsey, Kelly Fineman, Sylvia Vardell, and Tricia Stohr-Hunt. As Sylvia put it, "[poets] use …
Interview with Two-Time Cybils Poetry Winner
Our poetry category organizer Kelly Fineman tipped us off to a wonderful interview with this year's Cybils Poetry winner Joyce Sidman over at 7 Impossible Things Before Breakfast. Joyce is the author of 2009 Poetry winner Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors as well as 2007 Poetry winner This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness. …
How did I miss this?
Look what kind of love BlogHer's Sassymonkey is giving us. She posted a couple weeks ago about us: For many people February 14 is just Valentine's Day. For book bloggers it's something else altogether — it's the day the Cybils winners are announced! What are the Cybils? They just happen to be one of the best book awards out there. …
A Double Dose of Great News!
Kelly Fineman, our wondrous Poetry Organizer, has taken third place in the Writer's Digest Poetry Competition. Her poem is called "Inside the New Mall" and she's jumping up and down over at her blog. Go send her some virtual hugs. Congrats, Kelly! One more bit of news. I entered, ahem, a draft of Chapter 1 of my own unfinished novel …
Cybils Awards Store Now Open!
We have a page for stickers and hi-res images. Phew! A ton of work went into this by several people, yet I still live in constant fear of screwing this up. WE HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. So, please, be patient. Stickers are, well, sticky. Here's the link to our store. First sticker (minus the red stuff): Second sticker (ditto): …