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Collecting nominations for the 2016 Brodie Awards!!!

chanson, December 27, 2016December 27, 2016

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As you may recall, the Brodie Awards are a fun little yearly activity intended to give some extra recognition and signal boost to the best LDS-interest content published/posted during the past year. This is your opportunity to review your favorite pieces, find out about great works you may have missed, and even promote your own work!

As usual, I will start by posting a list of suggested categories, but the precise list of award categories depends on your suggestions. Please feel free to browse the sidebar for ideas on award categories we’ve used in the past for ideas. Below the suggested categories, I will post the nomination guidelines. (Also note, the nominations for William Law X-Mormon of the Year 2016 are still open until Thursday, December 29, 2016).

Year-long awards for people and groups:

  • Best New Blog/Channel/Podcast
  • Best Humor/Satire Blog/Channel/Podcast
  • Best Overall LDS-interest Blog/Channel/Podcast
  • Best LDS-interest Discussion Forum
  • Best faithful-perspective Mormon Blog

Awards for Individual Works:

  • Best LDS-Interest Book (Fiction)
  • Best LDS-Interest Book (Non-fiction)
  • Best LDS-Interest Song
  • Best Poem
  • Best LDS-Interest Comic or Image
  • Best Mormon-Themed Meme
  • Most fantastic r/mormon AMA
  • Best Post Title
  • Funniest Humor Piece
  • Best Parody/Metaphor/Analogy
  • Most Poignant Personal Story
  • Best Exit Story
  • Best Original Research Regarding Mormonism
  • Best LDS Church Watch Piece
  • Best Response to Apologetics
  • Most Interesting Interfaith Interaction
  • Best History Piece
  • Best Scripture Study Piece
  • Most Insightful Commentary on the CoJCoL-dS
  • Best Philosophical/Theological Discussion
  • Best Review
  • Best Recipe

And here are the nomination guidelines:

  • Please nominate as many people, books, blogs, sites, podcasts, songs, articles, images, etc. as you want. However, please do not nominate more than two individual works by any one author/artist.
  • You are encouraged to nominate your own works. No one knows better than you do which pieces were your best. No more than two, though.
  • Please nominate works that first appeared during 2016.
  • Please try to nominate people and works that have some connection with Mormonism (eg. either the work touches on Mormonism, or the author is a current or former Mormon and/or is an active participant in our community).
  • A category must have at least three nominations in order to be included in the voting and awards phase.
  • You may suggest your own categories — however please do it as early as possible in the nominations process, to give others plenty of time to add nominations in your proposed categories.
  • Any other proposed changes to the categories or to the guidelines are welcome — feel free to discuss it in the comments.
  • The nominations will be open until approximately January 12, 2017, depending on my schedule. I will finalize the dates and categories and add my own nominations a few days before the nominations close and voting begins.

How to nominate: Just post your nominations as comment to this thread, but please include links to the works you nominate. If your nomination comment ends up in the spam filter, please email me (chanson dot exmormon at gmail dot com) and I will fish it out.

I can’t wait to review all of the best works from 2016!!!

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Comments (31)

  1. Johnny Townsend says:
    December 27, 2016 at 8:19 am

    Thanks for doing this. It’s always fun to see what gets nominated and what wins. I’d like to nominate my book (fiction), “Invasion of the Spirit Snatchers,” about a group of Mormons telling stories during the Apocalypse as they wait for the Second Coming.

  2. 4blockhead says:
    December 27, 2016 at 8:57 am

    Best From the Pulpit Sermon: Seth Bryant, May 25

    Best From the Pulpit Sermon: Stephen Veazey, June 13

    Best From the Pulpit Sermon: Tad Callister

  3. Hennessy Mathews says:
    December 27, 2016 at 9:27 am

    Year-long awards for people and groups:

    Best New Blog/Channel/Podcast – MORMON DISCUSSION PODCAST
    Best LDS-interest Discussion Forum – REDDIT EXMORMON
    Best faithful-perspective Mormon Blog – THECHURCHISTRUE – RANDALL BOWEN

    Awards for Individual Works:

    Best LDS-Interest Book (Non-fiction) – LEONARD ARRINGTON BIOGRAPHY – PRINCE

    Best Post Title – DOMINANT NARRATIVE IS NOT TRUE – MORMONDISCUSSION
    Best Response to Apologetics – DOMINANT NARRATIVE IS NOT TRUE – MORMONDISCUSSION
    Best History Piece – ADAM GOD SUBTERFUGE MORMON DISCUSSION PODCAST
    Best Philosophical/Theological Discussion – GREG PRINCE ON ‘A THOUGHTFUL FAITH’

  4. Maggie says:
    December 27, 2016 at 12:34 pm

    Best Parody – Brother Jake “Brother Joseph”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFGt9WgfKvM

    Best LDS Interest Song
    Tyler Glenn, “Midnight”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YndjHzCkxGg

    Funniest Humor Piece – Zelph on a Shelf – “8 Sure Signs of Apsotasy”
    http://zelphontheshelf.com/8-sure-signs-of-apostasy/

    Best Scripture Study Forum “My Book of Mormon Podcast”

    Most Poignant Personal Story: Naked Mormonism Podcast – “CC – Norma”
    http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episodes.html (it’s right after episode 41)

    Best History Piece – Mark Hoffman Series on Naked Mormonism Podcast (after Spec Ed 28)

  5. chanson says:
    December 27, 2016 at 2:27 pm

    Thanks for the nominations!!

    But… everyone, please include links to the works you are nominating, otherwise it is difficult for me to find them. If your nomination comment ends up in the spam filter for having too many links, please email me (chanson dot exmormon at gmail dot com) and I will fish it out.

  6. MARCUS says:
    December 27, 2016 at 4:59 pm

    Best New Podcast: CELESTIAL SEX

  7. Clint Kimball says:
    December 27, 2016 at 6:11 pm

    I’d like to nominate one of my own pieces:

    Best Original Research Regarding Mormonism – Analysis of membership statistics at fullerconsideration.com – http://www.fullerconsideration.com/membershipmethodology.php

  8. Alex says:
    December 27, 2016 at 6:12 pm

    •Best New Blog/Channel/Podcast – Behind the Veil Part 2 – NewNameNoah
    •Best Humor/Satire Blog/Channel/Podcast – Brother Jake, youtube
    •Best LDS-interest Discussion Forum – Reddit : /r/exmormon

    Best LDS-Interest Song – Trash, Tyler Glenn
    •Best Parody/Metaphor/Analogy – seer stone is like an iPhone
    •Best Exit Story – Tyler Glenn

  9. Cindy says:
    December 27, 2016 at 8:18 pm

    Best humor piece…a post and the comments on Reddit
    https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/4v4h4r/how_i_feel_about_tscc_most_days/?st=ix8ddywp&sh=3028162f

  10. Steve Otteson says:
    December 27, 2016 at 11:17 pm

    Best LDS-Interest Comic or Image: “The Lost 116 Pages: How It Should Have Ended” by IndieMormon.com – http://indiemormon.com/2016/01/18/lost-116-how-it-should-have-ended/

  11. chanson says:
    December 27, 2016 at 11:36 pm

    Awesome opening! Please keep ’em coming!

    Hennessy Mathews and Alex — can you provide the links for those? I can probably find most of those by googling, but for others it would be really helpful to have the links.

  12. Steve Otteson says:
    December 28, 2016 at 12:02 am

    Best Mormon-themed Meme: “Where Will You Go?” by IndieMormon.com – http://indiemormon.com/2016/10/09/where-will-you-go-artistic-edition/

  13. chanson says:
    December 28, 2016 at 3:25 am

    BTW, here’s the reddit thread where nominations are being collected.

  14. 4blockhead says:
    December 28, 2016 at 6:31 am

    Best LDS-Interest Book (Non-fiction): Administrative Records, Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846 from the Joseph Smith Papers Project

    Best LDS-Interest Book (Non-fiction): Glorious in Persecution…Joseph Smith by Martha S. Bradley-Evans

    Best LDS-Interest Book (Non-fiction): William B. Smith…in the shadow of the prophet by Kyle R. Walker

  15. 4blockhead says:
    December 28, 2016 at 6:42 am

    Best LDS-Interest Book (Non-fiction): Leonard Arrington and the Writing of Mormon History by Gregory A. Prince

  16. 4blockhead says:
    December 28, 2016 at 7:42 am

    Best leak or personal recording: The excommunication of Jeremy Runnells by Jeremy Runnells

    Best leak or personal recording: Leaked conversation with the brethren and former Oregon Senator, Gordon Smith by anonymous via Ryan McKnight

    Best leak or personal recording: Apostle Rasband gives fireside advice to the youth by anonymous

  17. 4blockhead says:
    December 28, 2016 at 8:24 am

    Best Podcast Episode: Mormon Stories: 650-652, One Ordinary Family’s Extraordinary Mormon Transition

    Best Podcast Episode: Mormon Stories 664: The Excommunication of Amy and Jake Malouf Pt. 2 – The Verdict

    Best Podcast Episode: Project Zion 54: Nancy Ross’ journey from Ordain Women to Community of Christ

    Best Podcast Episode: Faith Transitions 16: Brittanny Mangelson

    Best Short Media Presentation: TEDx: Religion and Curiosity by Zachary Lien

  18. 4blockhead says:
    December 28, 2016 at 8:26 am

    Best Podcast Episode: Mormon Stories: 650-652, One Ordinary Family’s Extraordinary Mormon Transition

    Best Podcast Episode: Mormon Stories 664: The Excommunication of Amy and Jake Malouf Pt. 2 – The Verdict

    Best Podcast Episode: Project Zion 54: Nancy Ross’ journey from Ordain Women to Community of Christ

    Best Podcast Episode: Faith Transitions 16: Brittanny Mangelson

    Best Short Media Presentation: TEDx: Religion and Curiosity by Zachary Lien

  19. Todd says:
    December 28, 2016 at 7:34 pm

    Can we add a Memoir non-fiction category?

    Can I nominate my memoir Religious Rehab…

    https://www.amazon.com/Religious-Rehab-Todd-Maxwell-Preston-ebook/dp/B01N3UZATS/ref=sr_1_1_twi_kin_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1482978818&sr=8-1&keywords=religious+rehab

  20. Sam Young says:
    December 28, 2016 at 11:00 pm

    Best Original Research Regarding Mormonism – Analysis of membership statistics at fullerconsideration.com – http://www.fullerconsideration.com/membershipmethodology.php

    Best Podcast Episode: Bill Reel Mormon Discussions #244 Why They Leave
    http://www.mormondiscussionpodcast.org/2016/12/premium-why-they-leave/

  21. Spence Peacock says:
    December 29, 2016 at 10:12 am

    I’d be honored to have more people become aware of two poems

    What was left unsaid
    http://lumanwalters.blogspot.com/2016/04/what-was-left-unsaid.html

    Personal Wave, Global Ocean
    http://lumanwalters.blogspot.com/2013/08/my-water-molecule-in-our-ocean-of.html

  22. 4blockhead says:
    December 30, 2016 at 7:17 am

    Best Podcast Episode: Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson gave a half-day lecture with the goal of explaining mormonism to evangelical Christians.

    Best Short Media Presentation: Bill McKeever on the street at the Manti Mormon Miracle Pageant discussing mormon doctrine with mormon youth.

  23. 4blockhead says:
    December 31, 2016 at 6:32 am

    Most Insightful Commentary on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: After being excommunicated, Amy Malouf compares the church to a nicely wrapped present; it may be beautiful on the outside, but there are nasty surprises hiding inside.

    Best Comic or Image: Pat Bagley: on reporting rape at BYU

  24. 4blockhead says:
    December 31, 2016 at 6:34 am

    Most Insightful Commentary on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: After being excommunicated, Amy Malouf compares the church to a nicely wrapped present; it may be beautiful on the outside, but there are nasty surprises hiding inside.

    Best Comic or Image: Pat Bagley: on reporting rape at BYU

  25. chanson says:
    January 1, 2017 at 10:30 am

    Thanks to everyone who is taking the time to find all these great works that deserve more recognition!

  26. Julie says:
    January 2, 2017 at 9:39 pm

    Best church watch piece:
    http://zelphontheshelf.com/religious-freedom-and-utah-theocracy/

    Best Title:
    Joseph’s Technicolor Dream-Stone

  27. Julie says:
    January 2, 2017 at 9:40 pm

    Oops!

    Joseph’s Technicolor Dream-stone
    Naked Mormonism Podcast

  28. Paul Sabert says:
    January 2, 2017 at 10:45 pm

    Best Mormon Themed Meme

    happy_apostate

    http://m.imgur.com/X6QjNKL

  29. Paul Sabert says:
    January 2, 2017 at 10:47 pm

    Best LDS Comic

    happy_apostate
    http://m.imgur.com/VEVFKuY

  30. Paul Sabert says:
    January 2, 2017 at 10:53 pm

    The Best Mormon Themed Meme
    happy_apostate
    https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/5ex10s/every_member_a_janitor_rings/?
    https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/5hi2gc/harriet_tubman_left_slavery_but_she_couldnt_leave/?

    Best Humor/Satire
    happy_apostate
    https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/5bq1hs/of_course_it_isnt_a_cult/?
    https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/5fbhvl/follow_the_prophetcheers/?utm_content=title&utm_medium=user&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=frontpage

  31. Lou says:
    January 18, 2017 at 6:04 pm

    Best new blog- https://mormoncensorship.com

    Best LDS-interest Discussion Forum – REDDIT EXMORMON

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