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2019 Cybils Logos!
I was reminded, recently, that I had neglected to make the logos available for anyone who wants to snag them! I apologize, and hereby rectify it Here they are, in all their glory, please take and share!
The 2019 Cybils Nominations are now OPEN!
The 2019 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. …
Cybils Inclusivity Initiative: Goals & Guidelines
Diversity is being invited to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance. –Verna Myers, ILA2017 Although diversity is not one of the two key criteria (reader appeal and literary merit) we use in our judging, it can contribute to both, and is something that is valued by the Cybils Board of Directors. During the last awards season, we …
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. We want the real world …
Category Descriptions: 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 …
Category Description: Junior/Senior High Nonfiction
Novels may get all the glory, but we know that truth is stranger than fiction any day of the week. We’re currently in a golden age of nonfiction. Forget the dry stuff they used to read in school to help with homework–today’s authors understand how important a great nonfiction piece of writing is to both students and teachers, both for …
Category Descriptions: Graphic Novels
It seems like everyone is reading comics now, and it’s no wonder: a picture is worth a thousand words. Using serial artwork to tell the tale, graphic novels bring stories and information to all ages and genres. Here at Cybils, we’re interested in the best graphic novels published over the past year. Submit your nominations for elementary/middle grade (approximately ages …
Category Description: Poetry
What is Poetry? verse written for children and young adults The audience can be toddlers, preschoolers, elementary, middle grade, or young adult. What belongs in Poetry? anthologies or collections written by multiple authors anthologies or collections written by a single author Novels in verse or verse novels Some poetry will have illustrations. Some will not. Poetry does accept eBook nominations. …
Category Description: Middle Grade Fiction
Middle grade fiction is realistic fiction for pre-teen readers ranging in age from 8 to 12 with protagonists who are around the same age as the reader. These characters are beginning to be more aware of the wider world around them, as well as changes in themselves and their friends as they begin to mature. Pre-teen characters are dealing with …