Well Hello Cybils Poetry!

And the poetry goodness in my life just keeps on coming. . .

It's that time of year again. On October 1st, the Cybils open for nominations. This year I'm moving out of nonfiction picture books and into poetry. I know I will miss nonfiction, but am looking forward to examining this year's crop of poetry in more depth. I am particularly excited about the amazing folks I get to serve with. Here's the scoop on the poetry category.

Our esteemed organizer: Kelly Fineman of Writing and Ruminating.

Panelists (Round 1)

• Bruce Black of Wordswimmer
• Kristy Dempsey of Reverie: Abstract Musings on a Hopeful Life
• Kelly Fineman of Writing and Ruminating
• Tricia Stohr-Hunt of The Miss Rumphius Effect (that's me!)
  
• Sylvia Vardell of Poetry for Children
  

Judges (Round 2)

• Sara Lewis Holmes of Read*Write*Believe
• Elaine Magliaro of Wild Rose Reader
• Greg Pincus of GottaBook
• Jama Rattigan of Alphabet Soup
• Stacey Shubitz from Two Writing Teachers

I know we'll have a slew of terrific books to review and report on, with the outcome being a small group of outstanding finalists that will give those round two judges a whole lot to talk about. Three cheers for the Cybils!