Shortlist Day — Woo Hoo!
January 1st, 2007 by jules
It’s finally here! The shortlists for the Cybil Awards have been announced. Head on over to the Cybil site to find out the titles that made the shortlists in each category.
Eisha served on the nominating committee for the Poetry category, and yours truly read the over-one-hundred titles that were nominated in the Picture Book (Fiction) category. Oh twist twist my arm. The work was so onerous for me {insert biting sarcasm here. I loved every minute of it. If you can’t already tell from my picture-book-heavy posts on this here blawg, I’m a Picture Book Luvah}.
Thanks to Kelly at Big A little a and Anne at Book Buds for the very existence of the Cybils and all their work that got us to this point. Eisha and I both enjoyed our committee work and talkin’ titles with all our committee members. ‘Twas an honor.
Happy new year to all.
Eisha,
I enjoyed serving on the poetry nominating committee with you. Hope to meet you some day.
Happy New Year!
Good work, both of you!
Eisha,
It was a pleasure to work with you on the poetry panel. Your sense of humor helped lighten the proceedings, especially when I tended toward a “darker” or more somber vision of things. Happy 2007!
Many thanks to all of you who volunteered to slog through all those books. Your sweat and toil have paid off. We had over 800 visitors to the Cybils site yesterday, which was very exciting.
After the next round of judging, we’re going to be asking our 80 volunteers to let us know what did/didn’t work for you, how to improve Cybils for next year, etc. Just some things to think about.
Happy New Year!
Aw, thanks, Elaine and Bruce! I truly loved the whole Cybils experience, and it was a privilege to work with two passionate poetry-lovers like yourselves!
And thanks, Nancy and Anne!