Cybils Awards for Speculative Fiction

The Cybils Awards for Speculative Fiction are annual literary awards for children's speculative fiction. Awards have been presented in three categories: general science fiction and fantasy (in 2006), elementary and middle grade (since 2007), and young adult (since 2007). The award was last presented in 2024, with the organization taking a hiatus in 2025.

Recipients

General science fiction and fantasy (2006)

Year Author Title Result Ref.
2006 Jonathan Stroud Ptolemy's Gate Winner [1]
Cliff McNish, illus. by Geoff Taylor Silver City Finalists [2]
Tamora Pierce Beka Cooper: Terrier
Silvana De Mari, trans. by Shaun Whiteside The Last Dragon
Melanie Gideon Pucker

Elementary and middle grade (2007–)

Year Author Title Result Ref.
2007 Adam Rex The True Meaning of Smekday Winner [3]
Laura Ruby The Chaos King Finalists [4]
Sarah Beth Durst Into the Wild
Nancy Farmer The Land of the Silver Apples
Derek Landy, illus. by Tom Percival Skulduggery Pleasant
2008 Neil Gaiman, illus. by Dave McKean The Graveyard Book Winner [5]
Marie Rutkoski Cabinet of Wonders Finalist [6]
D. M. Cornish Lamplighter
Sarah Prineas, illus. by Antonio Javier Caparo The Magic Thief
Ingrid Law Savvy
2009 Laini Taylor Silksinger Winner [7]
Wendy Mass 11 Birthdays Finalist [8]
Joni Sensel The Farwalker's Quest
Neil Gaiman Odd and the Frost Giants
Julianna Baggott The Prince of Fenway Park
Joan Aiken The Serial Garden
Grace Lin Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
2010 Jacqueline West The Shadows (Books of Elsewhere, Vol. 1), Winner [9]
Michael Grant The Call Finalists [10]
Buckingham The Dead Boys
Ursula Vernon Dragonbreath: Attack of the Ninja Frogs
Philip Reeve Fever Crumb
Jewell Parker Rhodes Ninth Ward
Cornelia Funke Reckless
2011 Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright, illustrated by Barry Moser The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale Winner [11]
Patrick Ness A Monster Calls Finalist [12]
Anne Ursu Breadcrumbs
Joseph Bruchac Dragon Castle
Matthew J. Kirby Icefall
Chris Moriarty The Inquisitor's Apprentice
Jessica Day George Tuesdays at the Castle
2012 Jennifer A. Nielsen The False Prince Winner [13]
Kate Saunders Beswitched Finalist [14]
Mike Jung Geeks, Girls, and Secret Identities
Anne Nesbet The Cabinet of Earths
Jasper Fforde The Last Dragonslayer
Katherine Applegate The One and Only Ivan
Stefan Bachmann The Peculiar
2013 Jonathan Stroud The Screaming Staircase Winner [15][16]
Sage Blackwood Jinx Finalist [17]
Holly Webb Rose
John David Anderson Sidekicked
Brandon Sanderson The Rithmatist
Kathi Appelt The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
Megan Frazer Blakemore The Water Castle
2014 Paul Durham The Luck Uglies Winner [18]
N. D. Wilson Boys of Blur Finalist [19]
Kate Milford Greenglass House
Lynne Rae Perkins Nuts to You
Merrie Haskell The Castle Behind Thorns
Jason Fry The Jupiter Pirates: Hunt for the Hydra
Charis Cotter The Swallow
2015 Joel Ross The Fog Diver Winner [20]
Jewell Parker Rhodes Bayou Magic Finalist [21]
Ursula Vernon Castle Hangnail
Frances Hardinge Cuckoo Song
Sophia McDougall Mars Evacuees
John David Anderson The Dungeoneers
Tui T. Sutherland Moon Rising
2016 Joshua Khan Shadow Magic Winner [22]
Delia Sherman The Evil Wizard Smallbone Finalist [23]
Megan Frazer Blakemore The Firefly Code
Andrew Chilton The Goblin's Puzzle: Being the Adventures of a Boy with No Name and Two Girls Called Alice
Bryce Moore The Memory Thief
Claire Fayers The Voyage to Magical North
Grace Lin When the Sea Turned to Silver
2017 Stephanie Burgis The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart Winner [24]
Frances Hardinge A Face Like Glass Finalist [25]
William Alexander A Properly Unhaunted Place
Kevin Emerson Last Day on Mars
Sage Blackwood Miss Ellicott's School for the Magically Minded
Ellen Oh Spirit Hunters
Katie Slivensky The Countdown Conspiracy
2018 Jessica Townsend Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow Winner [26]
Kenneth Oppel Inkling Finalist [27][28]
Anna Meriano Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble
Adam Jay Epstein Snared: Escape to the Above
Jonathan Auxier Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
Sarah Beth Durst The Stone Girl's Story
Zac Gorman Thisby Thestoop and the Black Mountain
2019 Kwame Mbalia Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky Winner [29][30]
Greg van Eekhout Cog Finalist [31][32]
Tom O'Donnell Homerooms and Hall Passes
Anna Meriano Love Sugar Magic: A Sprinkle of Spirits
Carlos Hernandez Sal and Gabi Break the Universe
Sarah Jean Horwitz The Dark Lord Clementine
Geoff Rodkey We're Not from Here
2020 Deva Fagan Rival Magic Winner [33]
Christina Soontornvat A Wish in the Dark Finalist [34][35]
Alex Aster Curse of the Night Witch
Julie Abe Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch
Swiedler In the Red
Grace Lin, illus. by Grace Lin Mulan: Before the Sword
Kate Alice Marshall Thirteens
2021 Kaela Rivera Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls Winner [36][37]
Justina Ireland Ophie's Ghosts Finalist [37][38]
B. B. Alston Amari and the Night Brothers
Sangu Mandanna Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom
Donna Barba Higuera The Last Cuentista
Anne Ursu The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy
Kyle Lukoff Too Bright to See
2022 Deva Fagan The Mirrorwood Winner [39][40]
Tracy Badua Freddie vs. the Family Curse Finalist [41]
Dhonielle Clayton, illus. by Khadijah Khatib The Marvellers
Lora Senf The Clackity
Karen Strong Eden's Everdark
Efua Traoré Children of the Quicksands
Greg van Eekhout Fenris & Mott
2023 Heather Fawcett The Grace of Wild Things Winner [42][43]
Sarah Jean Horwitz The Demon Sword Asperides Finalist [42][43]
Sachiko Kashiwab, illustrated by Yukkio Saito, translated by Avery Fischer Udagawa The House of the Lost on the Cape
Celia Krampien The Bellwoods Game
Questlove and S. A. Cosby The Rhythm of Time
Eden Royce Conjure Island
Nina Verla Juniper Harvey and the Vanishing Kingdom
2024 Katherine Rundell, illustrated by Ashley Mackenzie Impossible Creatures Winner [44][45]
Clare Edge Accidental Demons Finalist [44][45]
Deke Moulton Benji Zeb Is a Ravenous Werewolf
Craig Kofi Farmer Kwame Crashes the Underworld
Adam Gidwitz Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II
Rajani LaRocca Sona and the Golden Beasts
Marieke Nijkamp Splinter & Ash

Young adult (2007–)

Year Author Title Result Ref.
2007 Shannon Hale Book of a Thousand Days Winner [3]
Catherine Fisher Incarceron Finalists [4]
Meg Burden Northlander
A. M. Jenkins Repossessed
Kathleen Duey Skin Hunger
2008 Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games Winner [5]
Eoin Colfer Airman Finalists [6]
Elizabeth C. Bunce Curse Dark as Gold
Jenny Davidson Explosionist
Kristin Cashore Graceling
Lisa McMann Wake
2009 Kristin Cashore Fire Winner [7]
Pam Bachorz Candor Finalist [8]
Sarah Rees Brennan The Demon's Lexicon
A. S. King The Dust of 100 Dogs
Laini Taylor Lips Touch
Kathleen Duey Sacred Scars
Antonia Michaelis Tiger Moon
2010 Jonathan Maberry Rot & Ruin Winner [9]
Brian Falkner Brain Jack Finalists [10]
Karen Healey Guardian of the Dead
Erin Bow Plain Kate
Stephen Wallenfels Pod
Paolo Bacigalupi Ship Breaker
Donna Jo Napoli The Wager
2011 Moira Young Blood Red Road Winner [11]
Susan Ee Angelfall Finalist [12]
Kendare Blake Anna Dressed in Blood
Jon Skovron Misfit
Holly Black Red Glove
Rae Carson The Girl of Fire and Thorns
Karen Healey The Shattering
2012 Rachel Hartman Seraphina Winner [13]
Andrea K Höst And All the Stars Finalist [14]
David Levithan Every Day
Ian McDonald Planesrunner
Brenna Yovanoff, Tessa Gratton, and Maggie Stiefvater The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories
Paolo Bacigalupi The Drowned Cities
Sarah Beth Durst Vessel
2013 Alaya Dawn Johnson The Summer Prince Winner [15][16]
Sarah Beth Durst Conjured Finalist [19]
Robin LaFevers Dark Triumph
Laura Lam Pantomime
Robin McKinley Shadows
Robin Wasserman The Waking Dark
Ian Doescher William Shakespeare's Star Wars
2014 Matt de la Peña The Living Winner [18]
Leah Cypess Death Sworn Finalist [19]
A. S. King Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
John Corey Whaley Noggin
Alexandra Duncan Salvage
Marie Rutkoski The Winner's Curse
Karen Healey While We Run
2015 Nova Ren Suma The Walls Around Us Winner [20]
Leah Bobet An Inheritance of Ashes Finalist [21]
Laura Ruby Bone Gap
Robin LaFevers Mortal Heart
Daniel José Older Shadowshaper
April Genevieve Tucholke Slasher Girls & Monster Boys
Mark Alpert The Six
2016 Amie Kaufman Illuminae Winner [22]
Zoraida Cordova Labyrinth Lost Finalist [23]
A. S. King Still Life with Tornado
Zetta Elliott The Door at the Crossroads
Rachel Neumeier The Keeper of the Mist
Victoria Schwab This Savage Song
Anna-Marie McLemore When the Moon was Ours
2017 Neal Shusterman Scythe Winner [24]
Sarah Tolcser Song of the Current Finalist [25]
Emily Lloyd-Jones The Hearts We Sold
F. T. Lukens The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths & Magic
Adam Silvera They Both Die at the End
Leigh Bardugo Wonder Woman: Warbringer
2018 Rachel Hartman Tess of the Road Winner [26]
Justina Ireland Dread Nation Finalist [27][28]
Somaiya Daud Mirage
Rebecca Schaeffer Not Even Bones
Courtney Alameda Pitch Dark
Katrina Leno Summer of Salt
Emily Suvada This Mortal Coil
2019 Rosaria Munda Fireborne Winner [29][30]
Amie Kaufman Aurora Rising Finalist [31][32]
Joanna Ruth Meyer Echo North
Samira Ahmed Internment
Margaret Rogers Sorcery of Thorns
Holly Black The Wicked King
Tochi Onyebuchi War Girls
2020 Aiden Thomas Cemetery Boys Winner [33]
Patrick Ness Burn Finalist [34][35]
Darcie Little Badger, illus. by Rovina Cai Elatsoe
Deonn Legendborn
Elana K. Arnold Red Hood
Raquel Vasquez Gilliland Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything
Kiersten White The Guinevere Deception
2021 Margaret Rogerson Vespertine Winner [36][37][46]
Jessica Lewis Bad Witch Burning Finalist [38][37]
Xiran Jay Zhao Iron Widow
Aden Polydoros The City Beautiful
Margaret Forna The Gilded Ones
Anna-Marie McLemore The Mirror Season
Joan He The Ones We're Meant to Find
2022 Rebecca Podos From Dust, a Flame Winner [39][40]
Aislinn Brophy How to Succeed in Witchcraft Finalist [41]
Tiffany D. Jackson The Weight of Blood
Darcie Little Badger A Snake Falls to Earth
Axie Oh The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
Margaret Owen Little Thieves
Rachel Lynn Solomon See You Yesterday
2023 Kika Hatzopoulou Threads That Bind Winner [42][43]
Brianna Bourne The Half-Life of Love Finalist [42][43]
Amie Kaufman The Isles of the Gods
Rebecca Ross Divine Rivals
Nora Shalaway Carpenter Fault Lines
Lyssa Mia Smith Revelle
Amy Tintera The Q
2024 Brooke Archer Hearts Still Beating Winner [44][45]
LaDarrion Williams Blood at the Root Finalist [44][45]
Robin Wasley Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear
F. T. Lukens Otherworldly
Anna Bright The Hedgewitch of Foxhall
Krystal Sutherland The Invocations
Rob Costello We Mostly Come Out At Night

See also

References

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