{"id":699,"date":"2013-10-08T08:38:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T08:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=699"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:38:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:38:37","slug":"hasnt-been-nominated-yet-cybils-pos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=699","title":{"rendered":"“Hasn’t _ Been Nominated YET?” A Cybils Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a> Greetings, Cybils SpecFic Fans,
\nThroughout the blogging year, I run across books, hear about books, and see catalogue titles roll by that I think, “Hm, I’ll see that again during the Cybils.” I’m always surprised when what I read doesn’t end up on the list. What,<\/i> I think to myself, have I been reading all year?<\/i> Clearly, SpecFic is a deep, wide, and vast category, in which there are lots and lots and lots and lots<\/i> and lots and LOTS of books. Of all the genre categories under the umbrella of YA lit, science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction are some of the most prolific goers.<\/p>\n

I am not as organized and awesome as Charlotte, with her dual list of MG<\/a> Speculative Fiction books yet to be nominated<\/a>, but I sat down and tried to think just off the cuff of all the fab books published within the last year which I *expected* to see on the Cybils list. The ones from the Big 6 Publishers, the ones that had a lot of PR money and a lot of buzz behind them, the special indies I’d noted….<\/p>\n

And, then I ran my list through the fancy-shiny new Cybils database (it ROCKS, Sheila. Seriously.) and wondered at how few of them were represented on Already Nominated list. Maybe I have some dates wrong – granted, it’s a full-time and annoying job to make sure that all nominations fall within the right dates – but there are only eighty books nominated as of today (I’m typing this Monday afternoon), and I find myself a little surprised. Either the speculative fiction category this year has too many fab books from which to choose, or there’s been a lot of buzz, and not a lot of belief from the reading public.<\/p>\n

What say you?
\n(Last update 10\/15.<\/p>\n

\n

Books already nominated show up in BOLD.<\/h3>\n

The Holders, Julianna Scott, Angry Robot
\nZenn Scarlett, Christian Schoon
\nEtiquette & Espionage, by Gail Carriger <\/b>
\nPantomime, Laura Lam <\/b>
\nBattlemagic, Tamora Pierce
\nThe Woken Gods, Gwenda Bond
<\/b>
\nKiller of Enemies, Joseph Bruchac <\/b>
\nThe Clockwork Scarab, Colleen Gleason <\/b>
\nPrincess of the Silver Woods, Jessica Day George
<\/b>
\nCarrie Jones, ENDURE
\nOrleans, Sherri L. Smith <\/b>
\nInk, Amanda Sun <\/b>
\nThe Girl with the Iron Touch, Kady Cross
\nScorched, Mari Mancusi
\nWeather Witch, Shannon Delaney
\nWhen We Wake, Karen Healey
\nThe Different Girl, Gordon Dahlquist<\/b>
\nA.G. Gaughen, Scarlet
\nRelativity, by Cristin Bishara – fell beyond date
\nHero, Alethea Kontis<\/b>
\nTexting the Underworld, Ellen Booraem – Middle Grade!
\nInhuman, Kat Falls
\nFrozen, Melissa de la Cruz <\/b>
\nAllegiant, by Vernoica Roth – release date falls after cutoff
\nGhost Hand, Ripley Patton<\/b>
\nIronskin, Tina Connolly
\nFar, Far Away, Tom McNeal <\/b>
\nClockwork Princess, Cassandra Clare<\/b>
\nThe Shade of the Moon, Susan Beth Pfeffer
\nRequiem, Lauren Oliver
\nInheritance, Malinda Lo
\nThe Lord of Opium, Nancy Farmer <\/b>
\nUNTOLD, Sarah Rees Brennan<\/b>
\nProdigy, Marie Lu
\nShadowborn, Moira Katson – MG!
\nBlythewood, Carol Goodman
\nSTUNG, Bethany Wiggins<\/b>
\nThe Beautiful and the Damned, Jessica Verday
\nThe Elite, Ciera Cass<\/b>
\nSHADES OF EARTH, Beth Revis<\/b>
\nScarlet, Marissa Meyer<\/b>
\nSiege & Storm, Leigh Bardugo<\/b>
\nDark Triumph, R.L. LaFevers<\/b>
\nTHE DREAM THIEVES, M. Stiefvater <\/b>
\nThe Bitter Kingdom, Rae Carson<\/b>
\nAntigoddess, Kendare Blake<\/b>
\nHorde, Ann Aguire
\nCrown of Midnight, Sarah J. Mass<\/b>
\nUnderneath, Sarah J. Stevenson<\/b>
\nInvisibility, by Andrea Cremer<\/b>
\nPaper Valentine, Brenna Yoanoff YA Genre Fic
\nThe Summer Prince, Alayna Dawn Johnson<\/b>
\nSchool Spirits, Rachel Hawkins
\nThe Color of Rain, Cor McCarthy<\/b>
\nThe Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Holly Black<\/b>
\nThe Runaway King, Jennifer A. Nielsen – MG
\nThe Nightmare Affair, Mindee Arnett
\nMila 2.0, by Debra Driza
\nProphesy, Ellen Oh
\nNot A Drop to Drink, Mindy McGinnis<\/b>
\nBetween the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, April Tucholke<\/b>
\nPoison, Bridget Zinn<\/b><\/p>\n

Edited to Add,<\/b> from Sheila
\nFire & Ash by Jonathan Maberry,<\/b>
\n The Final Descent (Monstrumologist) by Rick Yancey
\nSYLO by D.J. MacHale.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is not to say that there isn’t a NICE grab bag of books already nominated. Especially if you’re an Indie Author, check it out. It’s okay to nominate yourself or a friend if the book falls between the right dates, and is in the right genre. As for the rest of us, who tend to wait until the last possible moment… I hope this list provides some help and direction? Some memory nudges? SEVEN DAYS until nominations close!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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