2011 Cybils Finalists Announced!

The 2011 Cybils Finalists were announced on New Year’s Day. I was away in the White Mountains of New Hampshire celebrating with friends for a few days and wasn’t able to post anything on my blog.

You’ll find links to the titles of the finalists in all the Cybils categories here.

Once again, I served as a first round poetry judge. Click here to read descriptions of the six poetry books that we selected as finalists.

The 2011 Cybils Poetry Finalists

Cousins of Clouds: Elephant Poems by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer

Dear Hot Dog by Mordicai Gerstein

 Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems by Kristine O’Connell George

Requiem: Poems of the Terezin Ghetto by Paul B. Janeczko

Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers: The Life of Marc Chagall in Verse

by J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen

We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart by Walter Dean Myers

2011 Cybils Announcement!

If there’s a children’s or young adult book that you’d like to nominate for a 2011 Cybils, do it soon. You don't have much time left. The nominations close on October 15th!

Cybils Nomination Form

I’m happy to be serving as a Round One Poetry Judge this year. We have a terrific panel once again!

Click here to check out the 2011 Cybils Poetry Nominations.

The 2011 Poetry Judges

Poetry has long been the genre where we've insisted on the most credentials and expertise. It may get the fewest nominations, but it's far from the easiest to judge. Many of our experts are poets themselves and bring their practiced eye to the Cybils.

Round One

Amy Ludwig VanDerwater 

The Poem Farm

@amylvpoemfarm

Susan Taylor Brown

Susan Writes

@susanwrites

Elaine Magliaro

Wild Rose Reader

Bruce Black

Wordswimmer

@wordswimmer

Tricia Stohr-Hunt

The Miss Rumphius Effect

@MissRumphius

Jone Rush MacCulloch

Check It Out

@JoneMac53

Carol Wilcox

Carol W’s Corner

@carwilc 

Round Two

Diane Mayr  

The Write Sisters

http://www.thewritesisters.blogspot.com/

Mary Lee Hahn

A Year of Reading

http://readingyear.blogspot.com/

@maryleehahn

Julie Larios

The Drift Record

http://julielarios.blogspot.com/

Andi Sibley

A Wrung Sponge

Laura Purdie Salas

laurasalas: writing the world for kids 

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I reviewed a few of the nominated poetry books:

Spinster Goose: Twisted Rhymes for Naughty Children

At the Sea Floor Café: Odd Critter Poems

TWOSOMES: Love Poems from the Animal Kingdom

2011 Cybils Call for Judges

Attention! If you're interested in serving as a judge for the 2011 Cybils, check out this post at the Cybils website: http://www.cybils.com/2011/08/2011-cybils-call-for-judges.html

The deadline to apply to be a Cybils 2011 judge is September 15, 2011. You'll find all the information you need at the link above. There's even a handy new online application form to fill out.