Comments on: Newbery vs. Sibert http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/2009/02/23/newbery-vs-sibert-2/ A Mock Newbery Blog Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:12:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Wendy http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/2009/02/23/newbery-vs-sibert-2/#comment-3062 Wendy Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:17:54 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/2009/02/23/newbery-vs-sibert-2/#comment-3062 Thanks for the shout-out, Nina! Now, not being a librarian, I'm never going to be on the Newbery or Sibert committees, so what I was really thinking of when I said "leave non-fiction out of most Newbery discussions" was the informal discussions we have on blogs--it seems like people say fairly often "oh, that's better for the Sibert", just as some people say about Newbery contenders that skew older, "leave it for the Printz". But the idea that the Sibert reminds the real committee to consider a wide range of genres is intriguing, and I can see how it would be true.<br><br> One problem is... I have seen people asking for MORE awards, like, an award for younger-middle-grade separate from the Newbery. Where do we reach award saturation, where the existing awards cease to have as much meaning? Thanks for the shout-out, Nina! Now, not being a librarian, I’m never going to be on the Newbery or Sibert committees, so what I was really thinking of when I said “leave non-fiction out of most Newbery discussions” was the informal discussions we have on blogs–it seems like people say fairly often “oh, that’s better for the Sibert”, just as some people say about Newbery contenders that skew older, “leave it for the Printz”. But the idea that the Sibert reminds the real committee to consider a wide range of genres is intriguing, and I can see how it would be true.

One problem is… I have seen people asking for MORE awards, like, an award for younger-middle-grade separate from the Newbery. Where do we reach award saturation, where the existing awards cease to have as much meaning?

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