You know, those Cybils!
I see from fellow panelist Charlotte's Library that the Science Fiction and Fantasy panels have been announced, and I'm on one. But this year I'm mixing it up–usually I do the YA side, but I've been meaning to read more middle grade SFF and now I shall. And being on the first round panel means I'll get to read LOTS. Nominations start October 1, so mull your favorites and put them in contention then.
(Though I will miss the YA panel people I've served with before, including divinely awesome SFF category organizer Sheila Ruth.)
Full panels stolen from Charlotte, listed behind the cut tag:
Panel Organizer: Sheila Ruth, Wands and Worlds
Panelists (Round I Judges), MG/Elementary:
Anamaria Anderson, Books Together
Gwenda Bond, Shaken & Stirred
Cindy Hannikman, Fantasy Book Critic
Aaron Maurer, Coffee for the Brain
Nicole Signoretta, Booked Up
Charlotte Taylor, Charlotte's Library
Karen Yingling, Ms. Yingling Reads
Panelists (Round I Judges), Teen/YA:
Steve Berman, Guys Lit Wire
Tanita Davis, Finding Wonderland
Leila Roy, Bookshelves of Doom
Sheila Ruth (see panel organizer)
Angie Thompson, Angieville
Hallie Tibbetts, Undusty New Books
Heather Zundel, Secret Adventures of WriterGirl
Round II Judges:
Elementary/Middle
Melissa Baldwin, One Librarian's Book Reviews
Kate Coombs, Book Aunt
Emily Mitchell, emilyreads
Nancy Tsai, Kidsmomo
Tanya Zavestoski Turek, Books 4 Your Kids
Teen/YA
Emma Carbone, Miss Print
Anne Levy, Cybils
Sam Musher, Parenthetical
Sarah Stevenson, Finding Wonderland
Steph Su, Steph Su Reads
Hi Gwenda! thanks for linnking back to me (although what I had was lifted straight from the Cybils site, so I don’t deserve any credit…).
I’m looking forward to October 1 and the flood of books beginning!
“divinely awesome?” Do I get superpowers with that? I’ll miss working with you on the YA panel, but I’m glad to have you on the MG side this year. I’m looking forward to the oodles of nominations, too!
Congratulations! It should be fun. I’m so glad there is a middle grade panel separate from YA.