Are you looking forward to the Cybils ramping up again in the fall? So are we! Anne and I talk to Cynthia Leitich Smith at Cynsations about the Cybils and what comes next. –Kelly
Help us locate missing winners
First, check out our fabulous prize: Gorgeous, no? Many thanks to Jim Lanier at Lanier Pens for his stunning craftsmanship. I had to adjust the logo a bit for the box, but it came out quite grand, methinks. I’m really proud we were able to raise the money for such a gorgeous prize. It’s not the honorarium we’d all love …
The premier web awards for kidlit
Hooray for our 2007 winners! Click here for a short overview of the contest, or peruse the index of 2007 finalists. We’ll open nominations for the 2008 contest on Oct. 1. Look for announcements in coming weeks as we line up this year’s participating bloggers and launch the new season.
2007 Post Mortem
As with last year, we’re asking participants, readers and random visitors to comment on the contest. We’re not looking for lavish praise (though we won’t delete it, either:-) but a frank appraisal of what is or isn’t working, and what needs to improve for next year. We already know we need to work on our judging criteria–what specifics would you …
Kelly conquers Iowa
A wonderful, informative interview in the Iowa Independent with our own Kelly Herold, even if they did leave off the Fantasy and Science Fiction category.
Some love from Literary Mama
Many thanks to Libby Gruner from our Fantasy & Science Fiction panel for her thoughtful article on the Cybils over at Literary Mama. She introduces us to a whole new audience of smart, savvy and bookish Moms–exactly the sort of folks we hope to reach as we spread word of the great books we got to read this year. Thanks, …
Linkage!
Kelly here, again. We’re cleaning up behind the scenes, ordering prizes for our winners and stickers for their books, and soon we’ll be soliciting your thoughts on the Cybils process. In the meantime, here’s some serious linkage. Take a look, and comment where you can. The Cybils made Publishers Weekly Children’s Bookshelf this week. (Squee!) Children’s Bookshelf is a weekly …
Welcome, librarians!
Whether you’re coming here from SLJ’s Extra Helpings or today’s FuseNews, we hope you’ll make yourself welcome. Click here for our list of 2007 winners, which we announced last week. There’s loads of fun stuff in our sidebars, from a printable list of finalists to links to our organizers and judges. Have a blog of your own? We’ll be soliciting …
The blogs are buzzing!
Kelly here. I hope everyone’s had a wonderful weekend–reading, writing, and surfing (the blogs, of course). The blogs have been buzzing since the Cybils announcements this Valentine’s Day. I thought I’d jump in and tell you what everyone’s saying. Our writers and illustrators react with good humor and humility. Brian Floca, author of Lightship (winner Non Fiction Picture book), has …
The 2007 Cybils winners
What is it about kids’ books that gets us? For me, it’s about peals of giggles and excited pointing. It’s about the dog-earred, juice-stained, crayon-enhanced pages held together by reams of scotch tape and hope. Cybils is a comfort zone for the similarly obsessed, where no one has to apologize for preferring the manga version of Shakespeare, and it’s always …