In reading for the Cybils, I could not resist awarding my own special prizes:
The Jabberwocky Meets Rocky Horror on the Farm Weirdness Award:
Fat & Bones and Other Stories by Larissa Theule. Illustrations by Adam S. Doyle.
Best Speculative Fiction with a British Flair:
The Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett.
The Extremely Annoying Unfinished Novel Award:
Shipwreck Island by S.A. Bodeen.
The Harry Potter Readalike Fan Fiction Prize:
Iron Trial (Magisterium) by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare.
Best Mouse Story:
The Orphan and the Mouse by Martha Freeman.
Best Squirrel Story:
Nuts to You by Lynne Rae Perkins.
Best Superhero Fiction:
Almost Super by Marion Jensen.
Caldecott Artist’s Award for Best Speculative Fiction Picture Book:
Aviary Wonders Inc. Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual by Kate Samworth.
Best Ghost Story:
Lockwood & Co: The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stroud.
Heisman Trophy for Beowulf Meets Football:
Boys of Blur by N.D. Wilson.
Best Comedic Speculative Fiction:
The Hero’s Guide to Being an Outlaw by Christopher Healy.
Best Time Travel:
Seven Stories Up by Laurel Snyder.
Best Moon-Based Science Fiction/Murder Mystery:
Space Case by Stuart Gibbs.
Agatha Christie Award for Mystery in an Isolated Inn:
Greenglass House by Kate Milford.
Best Space Aliens:
Ambassador by William Alexander.
The Princess Zelda Cloud City Video Game Fiction Award:
Sky Raiders by Brandon Mull.
I did not realize Laurel Snyder has a new book. I still haven’t read Any Which Wall. I’m behind!
Love the awards you selected! The Princess Zelda Cloud City Video Game Fiction Award was particularly amusing.
Awww, thanks so much! Glad you liked it!
I totally think squirrel stories are becoming a solid category of their own across reading levels. 🙂 Love the creativity of your awards here!