Check out all of these great pieces from 2013!!! You have nearly two weeks to read them and vote. Polls close on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 6am Switzerland time!
** There are some issues with the polls embedding — if you don’t see them, click on the category title to vote. **
Year-long awards for people and websites:
Best Humor/Satire Site or Blog
Best faithful-perspective Mormon Blog
Best LDS-Interest Audio/Video Channel/Series
Awards for Individual Works:
Best LDS-Interest Book (Novel)
- False Prophet, by Donna Banta
- The Book of Thompson: A Mormon Tragedy, by David J. Larkin, Jr.
- Dark Deception, by Lawrence R. Pratt
- Elder Petersen’s Mission Memories, by Jeff Laver
- Elders, by Ryan McIlvain
Best LDS-Interest Book (Short Fiction Collection)
- Dragons of the Book of Mormon, by Johnny Townsend
- Latter-Gay Saints: An Anthology of Gay Mormon Fiction
- The Mormon Victorian Society, by Johnny Townsend
Best LDS-Interest Book (Memoir)
- I’m (No Longer) a Mormon, by Regina Samuelson
- Sacred Road: my journey through abuse, leaving the Mormons & embracing spirituality
- Confessions of a Latter-day Virgin: A Memoir, by Nicole Hardy
- My Story, by Elizabeth Smart
Best LDS-Interest Book (General Non-fiction)
- Exit Strategy: A Guide to Leaving Mormonism with your Dignity and Integrity Intact, by Micah McAllister
- A Cultural History of the Book of Mormon: Volume One, by Daymon Smith
- Drunk with Blood: God’s Killings in the Bible, by Steve Wells
Best LDS-Interest Comic or Image
- Joseph Smith Palmyra Early Spring 1820, by Grindael
- Early Mormon Prophets and their Young Brides, by Mormon Infographics
- Far out doctrines, by Pat Bagley
- The four stages of emotion when learning that mormonism isn’t what it claims to be.†1. apprehension 2. shock 3. sadness 4. decision/resolution. The last step is a red/blue pill moment that at least requires giving up many naive assumptions, by 4blockhead
- Linsay’s tattoo
- Issues all the way down, by Daniel Midgley
- Lolcats General Conference, by Matsby
- What Would Equality Look Like?
- It’s great! Except for…, by Thinker of Thoughts
- If Brigham…
- Some Feminist Thinkers series
- Mormon Men and Rape Culture Memes, by fMh
- City Creek Mall, by amymae
- Poem for the Trolls – #1, by Dan Pearce
- Through the eyes of a child, by Sterling Tull
- Thursday haiku: Are you not flattered?, by Kuri
- Church of Summer, by Matt Kresling
- Atheist Hallelujah, lyrics by throwaway123454321
- True Believing Mormon Dude, by Brother Jake
- Because They Couldn’t Very Well Say “Sorry We Insisted You Waste All that Time and Moneyâ€, by Holly
- Holy Golf Courses!, by David T.
- It came from Outer
SpaceBlogness, by Renn - Jesus H. Christ: Does anyone know his name?, by Steve Wells
- Mormon History #1: The First Vision (As Told Through Twitter), by Casey
- Brother Jake Explains: Mormons are not Racist
- Church Introduces Gay Deconversion Merit Badge, by Donna Banta
- The Tolerance Trap — Is There Any Hope for Escape?, by the Utah Honeypot
- Brolief Society Petitions for the Fatherhood, on the BunYon
- A New Milestone for Women, by Alex
- Hans Mattsson’s Public Doubts
- What happens when a 13 year old TBM girl finds out that she can’t have kids?
- Some Silver Linings, by Runtu
- Fabric Scraps and Old Wounds, by Anarchist Soccer Mom
- Setting the Record Straight, by Scarlet A
- The Problem with Tank Tops, by Leia
- Walking Through a Mormon Mine Field, by Cr@ag
- Mother’s Day without my mother, by Natalie
- The letter I will never send, except that I might, by Jen (So Says Me)
- A Matter of Doubts: My Journey out of Mormonism, by Swearing Elder
- Scars, by PostMormonGirl
- A Crisis of Faith – redefined, by Just Jill
- Coming or Going? Perspectives on Divorce, Faith Transition, and Graduation, by Andrew S
- Heather’s Mormon Journey Series
- Shifting, by M
- Losing my Eternal Perspective, by Jen
- The gospel of Tim Minchin…, by Knotty
Best Moving on from Mormonism Discussion
- Helping the Ex-Mormon Progress, by Dad’s Primal Scream
- Recovery Step 5. Walking away, by Mithryn
- Dear Mormonism, Quit making me cry!, by Kiley
- A God Shaped Hole, by Leia
- Leaving The Mormon Bubble – The Anguish Of Transition, by Steve Bloor
- MormonThink’s Continuing Coverage of the Swedish Rescue
- The Less You Have to Sell, The Harder You Sell It (Dad’s Primal Scream about the change in missionary ages)
- Utah TV Station’s History of Censoring Gay Content, by Eric Ethington
- BYU’s freedom of religion problem, by Brad Carmack
- What’s more naive…, by Ren
- A game for Friday afternoon: Let’s classify the LDS Church’s secrets into categories and privilege level required to see them. Use a rating scale: Public, Privileged, Top secret, Ultra-Top-Secret, and “Burn after reading.” Are their biggest secrets theological? administrative? financial?, by 4blockhead
- The Widow’s Might…Makes Rites, by David T
Best LDS-Related Political Commentary
- Celebration thread over US Supreme Court rulings in June, by Jithrop
- Traditional Marriage, by Aerin
- A Day In The Life, by Equality Utah
Best Original Research Regarding Mormonism
- 19th Century Photo of Joseph Smith’s “Caractors†Discovered, by Grindael
- Playing Lamanite and Saving Whiteness: Embodying Racial Projects in the Mormon Miracle Pageant, by Allan Davis
- Chris Johnson’s discovery of the connection between the “Book of Mormon” and the “Great War”
- “Who is Mark Hofmann†series, by Mormon Expositor Podcast
- A short summary of the Bear River Massacre, by Beehive Archive
- Spaulding-Rigdon Timeline, by Mithryn
- The Succession Crisis and LDS Priesthood, by John Hamer
- Who Wrote the Proclamation on the Family? by Ziff
Best Philosophical/Theological Discussion
- A Christian Response to “Drops of Awesome.â€
- “Mormon Works vs. Evangelical Grace? Not So Fast†A Christian Response to Jana Riess
- Impossible Gospel of Mormonism As Taught In General Conference
- The Thirteen Articles of Reason, by djfroe01
- Hans Matson, et. al discuss troubling issues in Mormonism with LDS historians also known as the “Swedish Rescue.â€
- How to Disavow the Priesthood Ban, by Mike C.
- Covenant-22, by Dave
- Selling You What is Yours Already, by Andrew Hackman
- Fanning old flames and plural sealings in the temple, by IDIAT
- Are Conservative Members Trying to Destroy Mormonism? by Roger D Hansen
- Training Day, by Alan Rock Waterman
- Scripture Mastery: New Testament, by Tom Doggett
- Analysis of Book of Mormon series by Alex (example)
- Analysis of Book of Mormon series by Philip Wells (example)
- Letter to a CES Director, by Jeremy Runnell
- Alone, by mormonchallenges
- BYU Professor defends the book of Abraham
- The 5 Stages of LDS Apologetics, by Mormon Infographics
- Terryl Givens is Misrepresenting B.H. Roberts, by Simon Southerton
- Hypocrisy Series, by curious Mormon
Most Interesting Interfaith Interaction
- Another missionary chat session, by max_neal/4blockhead
- Don’t take the candy, by Daniel Midgely
- An emerging choice, by Ms. Jack
- Mormon Belief in the Digital Age, by Radio West
Best Religion-and-Race Discussion
- Dr. Lowry Nelson: Speaking Truth to Power on Racism in the LDS Church, by Thinker of Thoughts
- Gird up them Loins, by Thomas Hatton
- Pulling the Race Band-Aid off, by Paul Barker
- Skin Like Flint, by Profet
- Revisiting Blacks and the Priesthood, by Radio West
Best Religion-and-Gender Discussion
- Equality is not a Feeling series
- My Ordain Women Testimony, by Holly
- A Hard Matter to Get Right, by Jenny
- Cozy Quilt Of Suffocation, by Jessawhy
- Priesthood, I.E., Men, by April
- Malignant Meme, by Opal
- Raising a Transgender Kid, by Radio West
Best Religion-and-Homosexuality Discussion
- Responses to the Boy Scouts of America Decision, by Mormon Expositor
- the gay law of chastity, by Hermia Lyly
- THT: “Mormons Building Bridges” is bad for the LGBT community, by Jonathan Adamson
- Them That Call Evil Good and Good Evil, by Joseph Broom
- my integrity won’t allow ignorance, by Hannah Soup
- A Love That Cannot Be Acted Upon, by Joseph Broom
- True Equality Won’t Come with Marriage, by Ryan
- Coming Out About…Coming Out, by Ryan
- The ally within, by John Dehlin
- Where have all the unicorns gone?, by Kiley
- I Hate to Say It, but I Owe Dr. Laura, by Miss O
- The Problem With “Sex is Sacredâ€, by Nate
- The best time I discovered erotica in my grandmother’s basement, by Diana
- Farm Sex and the Mormon Girl
- “What Did You Just Ask Me, Bishop?â€
- Climax
- Zero Sum Sexuality, by prairienymph
- Ma ha nei bu, Eebowai!!! chanson’s review of “The Book of Mormon”
- Postmormon Girl’s review of False Prophet
- Postmormon Girl’s review of Elders
- Dayna’s review of Salt
- Pumpkin Crunch, by Froggey
- Froggie’s Cinnaspinwheel
- Pesto Gnocchi Soup, by Heather
I know it’s a lot, but there’s some great stuff here — so I hope you’ll find some time to re-read these pieces and vote for your favorites!!!
Actually, the 19th Century “Caractors” series was an Historical Piece, not Political Commentary.
Sorry, I was looking at the category above… My bad…
@1 & 2 I put your post in the “original research” category because — given the collection of history nominations this year — it made sense to me to put new research in a separate category.
I’ve always been interested in JS’s “caracters” (here‘s my own post on the subject) — and your find is quite interesting and unexpected!
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For me, on one computer they’re all there, but on another one, only certain polls are visible. The common thread seems to be that I can see the polls where I’ve edited some of the entries (due to errors, like Jeff Laver’s book title not appearing, or to add the Mormon Expositor links).
If other people are only seeing this subset of the polls, please tell me, and I’ll re-save all of the other polls.
I’m only seeing some of the polls also.