Cybils Award

Cybils Awards
Cybils Awards
Awarded for	Literary merit and kid appeal in children's and young adult literature
Presented by	Bloggers with expertise in children's literature
First awarded	2006
Website	cybils.com

The Cybils Awards, or Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards, are a set of annual book awards given by people who blog about children's and young-adult books.^[1] Co-founded by Kelly Herold and Anne Boles Levy in 2006,^[2] the awards were created to address an apparent gap between children's book awards perceived as too elitist and other awards that did not seem selective enough.^[3]

Books are nominated by the public in ten genres of children's and young adult literature: Book Apps, Easy Readers & Short Chapter Books, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Fiction Picture Books, Graphic Novels, Middle Grade Novels, Non-Fiction Middle Grade/Young Adult Books, Non-Fiction Picture Books, Poetry, and Young Adult Novels. Nominees go through two rounds of panel-based judging before a winner is announced in each category. Finalists and winners are selected on the basis of literary merit and kid appeal.^[4]

Panelists are volunteers and must be active bloggers with extensive experience in children's or young adult literature, either as readers and enthusiasts or as authors, librarians, booksellers, teachers, or others with verifiable investment in the world of children's literature.

Criteria

Anybody may nominate a children's or young adult book published October 16 of the preceding year - October 15 of the contest year.
Books must be written in English or they may be bilingual.
Only one book may be nominated per person, per category.
Nominations open October 1 and close October 15 of the contest year.
Books should exemplify award criteria of literary merit and "kid appeal".

Recipients

2013 Cybils Award winners

Category	Title and Authors
Book Apps	Disney Animated by Disney
Picture Books Fiction Nonfiction	Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, written by Peter Brown Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard, written by Annette LeBlanc Cate
Easy Readers & Early Chapter Books Easy Readers Early Chapter Books	Urgency Emergency! Big Bad Wolf, written by Dosh Archer Home Sweet Horror (Scary Tales), written by James Preller
Poetry	Forest Has a Song, by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Graphic Novels Elementary & Middle Grade Young Adult	Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite, written by Barry Deutsch Templar, written by Jordan Mechner
Speculative Fiction Elementary & Middle Grade Young Adult	The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood and Co., Vol. 1), by Jonathan Stroud The Summer Prince, by Alaya Dawn Johnson
Fiction Middle Grade Young Adult	Ultra, by David Carroll Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, by Meg Medina
Young Adult Non-fiction	Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II, by Martin W. Sandler

2012 Cybils Award winners

Category	Title and Authors
Book Apps	Dragon Brush, by Small Planet Digital
Picture Books Fiction Non-fiction	A Home for Bird, written by Philip C. Stead Mrs Harkness and the Panda, written by Alicia Potter, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Easy Readers & Early Chapter Books Easy Readers Early Chapter Books	A Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse, written by Frank Viva Sadie and Ratz, written by Sonya Hartnett, illustrated by Ann James
Poetry	BookSpeak! Poems About Books, written by Laura Purdie Salas, illustrated by Josée Bisaillon
Graphic Novels Elementary & Middle Grade Young Adult	Giants Beware!, written by Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado Friends With Boys, written by Faith Erin Hicks
Fantasy & Science Fiction Elementary & Middle Grade Young Adult	The False Prince, by Jennifer A. Nielsen Seraphina, by Rachel Hartman
Fiction Middle Grade Young Adult	Wonder, by R. J. Palacio Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, by Jesse Andrews
Young Adult Non-fiction	Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon, by Steve Sheinkin

2011 Cybils Award winners

Category	Title and Authors
Book Apps	The Monster at the End of This Book, by Callaway Digital Arts, Inc
Picture Books Fiction Non-fiction	Me ... Jane, written by Patrick McDonnell I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History's Strangest Cures, written by Carlyn Beccia
Easy Readers & Early Chapter Books Easy Readers Early Chapter Books	I Broke My Trunk!, written by Mo Willems (an Elephant and Piggie book) Have Fun, Anna Hibiscus!, written by Atinuke
Poetry	Requiem: Poems of the Terezin Ghetto, by Paul B. Janeczko
Graphic Novels Elementary & Middle Grade Young Adult	Zita the Spacegirl, written by Ben Hatke Anya's Ghost, written Vera Brosgol
Fantasy & Science Fiction Elementary & Middle Grade Young Adult	The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale, written by Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright, illustrated by Barry Moser Blood Red Road, by Moira Young
Fiction Middle Grade Young Adult	Nerd Camp, by Elissa Brent Weissman Stupid Fast, by Geoff Herbach
Young Adult Non-fiction	Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart, by Candace Fleming

2010 Cybils Award winners

Category	Title and Authors
Easy Readers & Short Chapter Books Easy Readers Short Chapter Books	We Are in a Book!, written by Mo Willems (an Elephant and Piggie book) Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Takes Off, written by Jacqueline Jules, illustrated by Miguel Benitez
Picture Books Fiction Non-fiction	Interrupting Chicken, written by David Ezra Stein The Extraordinary Life of Mark Twain (According to Susy), written by Barbara Kerley
Poetry	Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse, written by Marilyn Singer, illustrated by Maggi Idzikowski
Graphic Novels Elementary & Middle Grade Young Adult	Meanwhile: Pick Any Path. 3856 Story Possibilities, written by Jason Shiga Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty, written by G. Neri, illustrated by Randy DuBurke
Fantasy & Science Fiction Elementary & Middle Grade Young Adult	The Shadows (The Books of Elsewhere, Vol. 1), by Jacqueline West Rot & Ruin, by Jonathan Maberry
Fiction Middle Grade Young Adult	The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, by Tom Angleberger Split, by Swati Avasthi
Young Adult Non-fiction	The Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing, by Suzanne Jurmain

2009 Cybils Award winners

Category	Title and Authors
Easy Readers & Short Chapter Books Easy Readers Short Chapter Books	Watch Me Throw the Ball!, written by Mo Willems (an Elephant and Piggie book) Bad to the Bone (Down Girl and Sit), written by Lucy Nolan, illustrated by Mike Reed
Fantasy & Science Fiction Middle Grade Young Adult	Dreamdark: Silksinger (Faeries of Dreamdark), by Laini Taylor Fire, by Kristin Cashore
Fiction Picture Books	All the World, written by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Marla Frazee
Graphic Novels Elementary/Middle Grade Young Adult	The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook, written and illustrated by Eleanor Davis Gunnerkrigg Court: Orientation, written and illustrated by Tom Siddell
Middle-Grade Fiction	Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson
Middle-Grade/Young Adult Non-Fiction	The Frog Scientist, written by Pamela S. Turner, illustrated by Andy Comins
Non-Fiction Picture Books	The Day-Glo Brothers, written by Chris Barton, illustrated by Tony Persiani
Poetry	Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors, written by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski
Young Adult Fiction	Cracked Up To Be, by Courtney Summers

2008 Cybils Award winners

Category	Title and Authors
Easy Readers	I Love My New Toy, written by Mo Willems
Fantasy & Science Fiction Middle Grade Young Adult	The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
Fiction Picture Books	How to Heal a Broken Wing, written and illustrated by Bob Graham
Graphic Novels Elementary/Middle Grade Young Adult	Rapunzel's Revenge, written by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale, illustrated by Nathan Hale Emiko Superstar, written by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Steve Rolston
Middle-Grade Fiction	The London Eye Mystery, by Siobhan Dowd
Middle-Grade/Young Adult Non-Fiction	The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir, by Cylin Busby and John Busby
Non-Fiction Picture Books	Nic Bishop Frogs, written and illustrated by Nic Bishop
Poetry	Honeybee: poems & short prose, by Naomi Shihab Nye
Young Adult Fiction	The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by E. Lockhart

2007 Cybils Award winners

Category	Title and Authors
Fantasy & Science Fiction Middle Grade Young Adult	The True Meaning of Smekday, by Adam Rex Book of a Thousand Days, by Shannon Hale
Fiction Picture Books	The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County, written by Janice N. Harrington, illustrated by Shelley Jackson
Graphic Novels Elementary/Middle Grade Young Adult	Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel, written by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, illustrated by Giovanni Rigano and Paolo Lamanna The Professor's Daughter, written by Joann Sfar, illustrated by Emmanuel Guibert
Middle-Grade Fiction	A Crooked Kind of Perfect, by Linda Urban
Middle-Grade/Young Adult Non-Fiction	Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood, by Ibtisam Barakat
Non-Fiction Picture Books	Lightship, written and illustrated by Brian Floca
Poetry	This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness, written by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski
Young Adult Fiction	Boy Toy, by Barry Lyga

2006 Cybils Award winners

Category	Title and Authors
Fantasy & Science Fiction	Ptolemy's Gate (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 3), by Jonathan Stroud
Fiction Picture Books	Scaredy Squirrel, written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt
Graphic Novels Elementary/Middle Grade Young Adult	Amelia Rules! Volume 3: Superheroes, written and illustrated by Jimmy Gownley American Born Chinese, written and illustrated by Gene Yang
Middle-Grade Fiction	A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama, by Laura Amy Schlitz
Middle-Grade/Young Adult Non-Fiction	Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, by Russell Freedman
Non-Fiction Picture Books	An Egg is Quiet, written by Dianna Aston, illustrated by Sylvia Long
Poetry	Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow, written by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beth Krommes
Young Adult Fiction	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, written by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

References

^ [1] Archived March 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ [2] Archived February 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Bloggers Start Children's Awards". Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
^ [3] Archived February 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

External links

[1] [1] Archived March 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[2] [2] Archived February 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Bloggers Start Children's Awards". Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. Retrieved March 20, 2009.

[4] [3] Archived February 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

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