And you know what that means, don’t you? Only 24 more hours (more or less) until the Cybils nominations open!! I’m sure you’ve been thinking long and hard over the past few weeks about which books you want to nominate in every category, and you’re going to stay up super late (or get up super early; or maybe you just …
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 Seculative 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 Description: Middle Grade Fiction
Middle grade fiction encompasses a wide range of stories that do not have magical elements and are geared toward the 8 to 12 year old age group. These stories could be mysteries, histories, humor, sports, adventure and other tales set in the real world. Middle Grade readers’ tastes and reading abilities can vary widely, and getting them a book that …
Category Description: Fiction Picture Books
Colorful. Beautiful. Funny. Poignant. Amazing. Pick your word. These are the stories – with and without words – that can capture our hearts and mind, whether we are two or 92! Fiction Picture Books are a show and tell art form. They introduce young readers to their worlds, present and past; take us on fantastic journeys, real and imagined; offer …
Judge Announcement Tomorrow!
First some sad news… due to a lack of applicants, the Audiobooks category will be on hiatus this year. We are very sad about this and hope to be able to bring the category back next year. And a quick reminder: panelists and judges will be revealed tomorrow beginning at 9 a.m. PDT and running every 15 minutes. We’re excited …
Thank You for Your Patience
As we work behind the scenes here at the Cybils getting the judging panels set. They are coming together, slowly but surely, and we will be ready to announce the panels on Monday, September 25th, beginning at 9 a.m. PDT. Thank you for sticking with us!
Meet the 2017 Organizers: Melissa Wiley, Young Adult Fiction Chair
Melissa Wiley fell in love with the Kidlitosphere before it even had a name and has been enthusiastically blogging about her family’s reading life at Here in the Bonny Glen since 2005. She is the author of more than a dozen books for kids and teens (including The Prairie Thief, the Inch and Roly series, and the Martha and Charlotte Little House prequels). She …
Meet the 2017 Organizers: Pam Margolis, co-Young Adult Speculative Fiction Chair
Pam’s been an avid reader all of her life. In fact, she was probably in line for a book when they handed out map skills. Growing up she loved the classics but now that she’s a grown up she has learned to love all genres of books, especially books for kids and teens. Her passion is helping kids find …
Meet the 2017 Organizers: Jennie Rothschild Junior High/Senior High Nonfiction Chair
Jennie is returning to the CYBILS for the 8th time in her beloved Nonfiction category. She’s been a panelist and a judge and last year made the leap to organizer. A former youth services librarian and branch manager, she’s now an collection development librarian specializing in early literacy and readers advisory. . On years when she hasn’t been doing CYBILS, …
Meet the 2017 Organizers: Karen Yingling, Middle Grade Fiction Chair
A middle aged, middle school librarian from the Midwest, I’ve been blogging since 2006 at Ms. Yingling Reads. When first hired at my school, I vowed to read every hard cover fiction book in the library so that it’s easier to get the right book for the right child at the right time. It was sad when I finished because I had …