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Authors/publishers: if you have a book for young audiences published between Oct 16, 2023-Oct 15, 2024, submit it for consideration by the @cybilsawards.bsky.social.

From picture books to young adult (fiction and non)—we want to hear from you.

www.cybils.com
October 4, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Halloween is right around the corner, but don’t be scared! You still have time to get your @cybilsawards.bsky.social nominations in.

Celebrate your new favorite books for young audiences, from picture books to YA, by sending them our way.

Nominations close Sept 30.

www.cybils.com/2024/09/cybi...
September 27, 2024 at 1:53 AM
It's that time of year! Nominations for the 2024 @cybilsawards.bsky.social are now open. Send us your recent favorites, from picture books to YA, and let's celebrate some of the best writing for children and teens happening today.

www.cybils.com
September 16, 2024 at 10:22 PM
The best part of the @cybilsawards.bsky.social? It’s a months-long celebration of authors, illustrators, and the stories they tell. At a time when books for young audiences are often challenged, we get to highlight what makes them so necessary.

Join the party. Apply to be a judge today.
September 4, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Finally have my to-be-read pile under control.
August 30, 2024 at 10:42 PM
In Making Mischief, Gregory Maguire reimagines Where the Wild Things Are using illustrations from Sendak's other works, and it's such an overwhelmingly beautiful tribute. Never read anything quite like it before or since.
August 29, 2024 at 11:21 PM
The @cybilsawards.bsky.social is officially accepting applications for judges for the 2024 season.

If you want to help celebrate some amazing kidlit and YA books, consider applying today. Librarians, teachers, bloggers, critics, enthusiasts, and more are welcome!

www.cybils.com/2024/08/cybi...
August 1, 2024 at 11:08 PM
The summer call for Cybils Awards judges closes tonight at 11:59 PM (ET).

If you love reading and celebrating #KidLit and #YALit, consider applying to one of our categories today!

www.cybils.com/2024/05/now-...
June 15, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Entire horror novels haven’t achieved the level of apprehension this cover/title combo instills.
June 14, 2024 at 9:35 PM
The @cybilsawards.bsky.social is currently accepting applications for judges. Come celebrate some amazing books with us!

www.cybils.com/2024/05/now-...
June 13, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Special mention to this spread from Grandmother Winter by Phyllis Root and illustrated by Beth Krommes.
June 9, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Is there anything cozier than a picture book quilt.
June 9, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Brace your shelves: the @cybilsawards.bsky.social is now accepting applications for judges.

If you love kidlit and YA, come read with us! Apply today.

www.cybils.com/2024/05/now-...
June 5, 2024 at 6:35 PM
I always want a snowy day like this and then the slush and ice come.
January 11, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Thinking about Freight Train by Donald Crews again.
January 7, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Today is the last day to nominate books for the @cybilsawards.bsky.social. If you have any kidlit/YA favorites published in the last year, let us know about them before midnight!

We have a ton of amazing nominees so far, but you can never have too many books, right?

www.cybils.com/2023/09/2023...
October 15, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Nominations for the @cybilsawards.bsky.social are open through October 15th. Don't let your favorite kidlit miss out on a nomination. If you love a book published in the past year, let the judges know all about it!

www.cybils.com
October 10, 2023 at 10:14 PM
Nominations for the Cybils Awards open October 1st! If you have any recent kidlit favorites, be sure to nominate them. As a Round 1 YA Fiction judge, I’m counting on you all to give me an excuse to be buried under a mountain of good books this fall.

www.cybils.com
September 29, 2023 at 8:42 PM
Saw leaves falling today and now I’m mentally at Erin Barker’s Mr. Pumpkin’s Tea Party.
September 4, 2023 at 1:34 AM
The Cybils Awards is accepting applications for judges! If you have genuine enthusiasm for kidlit and/or YA, come help champion some of the best writing happening today.

Tell your friends, warn your librarians a mountain of holds are coming, and let's make this the best Cybils yet.

www.cybils.com
September 1, 2023 at 5:44 PM