{"id":914,"date":"2007-10-01T00:57:17","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T06:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=914"},"modified":"2007-10-01T06:17:09","modified_gmt":"2007-10-01T12:17:09","slug":"happy-cybils-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=914","title":{"rendered":"Happy Cybils Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s here! The day you’ve all been waiting for! The 2007 Children\u2019s and Young Adult Bloggers\u2019 Literary Awards<\/strong><\/a> have officially begun! Here’s the official press release, courtesy of Editor and Co-Founder Anne Boles Levy of Book Buds<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Will Harry Potter triumph among critical bloggers? Will novels banned in some school districts find favor online?<\/p>\n

With 90 volunteers poised to sift through hundreds of new books, the second annual Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards launches on Oct. 1 at www.cybils.com. Known as the Cybils, it’s the only literary contest that combines both the spontaneity of the Web with the thoughtful debate of a book club.<\/p>\n

The public’s invited to nominate books in eight categories, from picture books up to young adult fiction, so long as the book was first published in 2007 in English (bilingual books are okay too). Once nominations close on Nov. 21, the books go through two rounds of judging, first to select the finalists and then the winners, to be announced on Valentine’s Day 2008.<\/p>\n

Judges come from the burgeoning ranks of book bloggers in the cozy corner of the Internet called the kidlitosphere. They represent parents, homeschoolers, authors, illustrators, librarians and teens.<\/em><\/p>\n

The contest began last year after blogger Kelly Herold (http:\/\/kidslitinformation.blogspot.com) expressed dismay that while some literary awards were too snooty \u2013 rewarding books kids would
\nseldom read \u2013 others were too populist and didn’t acknowledge the breadth and depth of what’s being published today.<\/p>\n

“It didn’t have to be brussel sprouts versus gummy bears,” said Anne Boles Levy, who started Cybils with Herold. “There are books that fill both needs, to be fun and profound.”<\/p>\n

Last year’s awards prompted more than 480 nominations, and this year’s contest will likely dwarf that. As with last year’s awards, visitors to the Cybils blog (http:\/\/dadtalk.typepad.com\/cybils) can leave their nominations as comments. There is no nomination form, only the blog, to keep in the spirit of the blogosphere that started it all.<\/p>\n

See you Oct. 1!<\/p>\n

For further info:
\nAnne Boles Levy
\nanne (at) bookbuds (dot) net<\/em><\/p>\n

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We’re both participating as Category Organizers and Panelists this year. Jules<\/strong><\/a> is organizing the Picture Books Category, as well as serving on the Nominating Panel, along with these distinguished bloggers:<\/p>\n

Marcie Flinchum Atkins (World of Words<\/strong>)<\/a>
\nAnnie Teich (Crazy for Kids Books<\/strong>)<\/a>
\nCheryl Rainfield<\/strong><\/a>
\nPam Coughlan (MotherReader<\/strong>)<\/a><\/p>\n

The Picture Books Judging Panel is an equally fabulous quintet of kidlitophiles:<\/p>\n

Mitali Perkins (Mitali’s Fire Escape<\/strong>)<\/a>
\nNikki Tate (Work in Progress<\/strong>)<\/a>
\nGail Wilson (Through the Studio Door<\/strong>)<\/a>
\nBarbara Johansen Newman (Cats and Jammers Studio<\/strong>)<\/a>
\nStacey Shubitz (Two Writing Teachers<\/strong>)<\/a><\/p>\n

Eisha<\/strong><\/a> is mixing it up a little. She’s heading up the Nonfiction Picture Books category, which is peopled by an excellent collection of kidlit all-stars:<\/p>\n

Nominating Panel:<\/p>\n

Andrea Ross (Just One More Book!!<\/strong>)<\/a>
\nEmily Beeson (Whimsy Books<\/strong>)<\/a>
\nTricia Stohr-Hunt (The Miss Rumphius Effect<\/strong>)<\/a>
\nFiona Bayrock (Books and ‘Rocks<\/strong>)<\/a>
\nJennifer Schultz (Kiddosphere<\/strong>)<\/a><\/p>\n

Judging Panel:<\/p>\n

Chris Barton (Bartography<\/strong>)<\/a>
\nJackie Merchant (Tiny Treasury<\/strong>)<\/a>
\nAdrienne Mason (Tough City Writer<\/strong>)<\/a>
\nBecky Bilby (In the Pages<\/strong>)<\/a>
\nAdrienne Furness (What Adrienne Thinks About That<\/strong>)<\/a><\/p>\n

But Eisha’s also serving on the Nominating Panel for Young Adult Fiction, headed by the utterly wonderful Jackie Parker (Interactive Reader<\/strong>)<\/a>. Their fabbity-fab fellow panelists are:<\/p>\n

Stacy DeKeyser<\/strong><\/a>
\nTrisha (The YaYaYas<\/strong>)<\/a>
\nAnne Heidemann (Librarianne<\/strong>)<\/a>
\nCharlotte Taylor (Charlotte’s Library<\/strong>)<\/a>
\nBecky Laney (Becky’s Book Reviews<\/strong>)<\/a><\/p>\n

Want to know more about who’s doing what? Check out the Panelists<\/strong><\/a> list at the Cybils site. Want to nominate some books? Go here<\/strong><\/a>. You get one vote per category. Use them wisely!<\/p>\n

May the best books win!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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