Cybils 2018
Today nominations open for the Cybils Awards. The Cybils are the Children’s and Young Adult Blogger’s Literary Awards. The award “aims to recognize the children’s and young adult authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and popular appeal”.
How to Participate
Nominations will remain open from today until 15 October. Anyone can nominate a book (one nomination per category). There are 15 categories, ranging from board books to graphic novels to young adult speuclative fiction. Nominated books must be 1) published in Canada or the USA, 2) between 16 October 2017 and 15 October 2018, and 3) written in English. Books don’t need multiple nominations to make the cut. If you nominate it, it will be considered! You can find out more about nominating at the Cybils website.
My Role
This is my third time participating in the Cybils as a judge. This year, i will be reprising my role as a round two judge for middle-grade speculative fiction. This means I will be part of the second group that selects a finalist from the shortlist created by the round one panelists. I am honored and excited to work with book blogging friends new and old who are experts in the genre. Be sure to check out their blogs!
Round 1 Middle Grade Speculative Fiction Judges
- Kristen Harvey @ The Book Monsters / Twitter
- Jenni Frencham @ The Biblio Files / Twitter
- Brenda Tjaden @ The Log Cabin Library / Twitter
- Beth Mitcham @ Library Chicken / Twitter
- Katy Kramp @ A Library Mama / Twitter
- Sherry Early @ Semicolon / Twitter
- Cherly Vanatti @ Reading Rumpus / Twitter
Round 2 Middle Grade Speculative Fiction Judges
- Stacy Mozer @ It’s All About the Journey
- Rosemary Kiladitis @ Mom Read It / Twitter
- Mark Buxton @ Say What?
- Jennifer Naughton @ Geek Reads Kids / Twitter
- Me 🙂
#MGBooktober
Over on Twitter, I will also be participating in #MGBooktober. Here are the prompts if you’d like to join in!
What books would you nominate for Cybils? Will you participate in #MGBooktober?
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