Cybils Awards Winners
Winners for the 2023 Children’s and Young Adults Bloggers’ Literary Awards (Cybils) have been announced. Books of genre interest follow.
Young Adult Speculative Fiction
- WINNER: Threads That Bind, Kika Hatzopoulou (Razorbill)
- The Half-Life of Love, Brianna Bourne (Scholastic)
- The Isles of the Gods, Amie Kaufman (Alfred A. Knopf)
- Divine Rivals, Rebecca Ross (Wednesday)
- Fault Lines, Nora Shalaway Carpenter (Running Press)
- Revelle, Lyssa Mia Smith (Balzer+Bray)
- The Q, Amy Tintera (Crown Books)
Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction
- WINNER: The Grace of Wild Things, Heather Fawcett (Balzer + Bray)
- The Demon Sword Asperides, Sarah Jean Horwitz (Algonquin)
- The House of the Lost on the Cape, Sachiko Kashiwaba, illustrated by Yukkio Saito, translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa (Yonder)
- The Bellwoods Game, Celia Krampien (Anthenum Books)
- The Rhythm of Time, Questlove and S.A. Cosby (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
- Conjure Island, Eden Royce (Walden Pond)
- Juniper Harvey and the Vanishing Kingdom, Nina Verla (Little, Brown)
Middle Grade Fiction
- WINNER: Simon Sort of Says, Erin Bow (Disney Hyperion)
- Farther Than the Moon, Lindsay Lackey (Roaring Brook)
The Cybils Awards “aims to recognize the children’s and young adult authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and popular appeal.” Round two judges are currently choosing winners, which will be announced at a later date.
For more information, including a complete list of winners, see the Cybils official site.
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