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Collecting Nominations for the 2014 Brodie Awards!!!

chanson, January 3, 2015January 1, 2016

Nominations for William Law X-Mormon of the Year 2014 are going well — and now it’s time for the biggest event of Main Street Plaza‘s yearly calendar!! It’s time to recognize the best LDS-interest content published and posted to the Internet in the past year!!

As usual, the precise list of award categories will depend on your suggestions and on the types of content that were especially strong in 2014. To give you ideas, I’ll list off last year’s categories. Feel free to browse through the winner buttons in the sidebar for further ideas of categories that might potentially yield awards this year.

Year-long awards for people and websites:

  • Best New Blog
  • Best Discussion Forum
  • 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)
  • Best LDS-Interest Book (Short Fiction Collection)
  • Best LDS-Interest Book (Memoir)
  • Best LDS-Interest Book (General Non-fiction)
  • Best LDS-Interest Comic or Image
  • Best Mormon-Themed Meme
  • Best Poem
  • Best Musical Work
  • Best Post Title
  • Funniest Humor Piece
  • Most Poignant Personal Story
  • Best LDS Journey Story
  • Best Moving on from Mormonism Discussion
  • Best Original Research Regarding Mormonism
  • Best History Piece
  • Best Philosophical/Theological Discussion
  • Best Scripture Study Series
  • Best LDS Church Watch
  • Best LDS-Related Political Commentary
  • Best Response to Apologetics
  • Most Interesting Interfaith Interaction
  • Best Religion-and-Race Discussion
  • Best Religion-and-Gender Discussion
  • Best Religion-and-Homosexuality Discussion
  • Best Erotic or Sexual Piece
  • Best Review
  • Best Recipe

And here are the nomination guidelines:

  • Please nominate as many people, sites, and articles as you want. However, please do not nominate more than two individual works by any one author.
  • 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 2014.
  • Please try to nominate people and works that have some connection with Mormonism or with Outer Blogness (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 for two weeks (or two-and-a-half, depending on my procrastination schedule). I will reorganize the categories and add my own nominations a few days before creating the polls to allow you to get in last nominations in the final list of categories.

I can’t wait to review all of the best works from 2014!!!

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  1. Mikeutah says:
    January 3, 2015 at 9:38 am

    I’ll nominate this blog post of mine for “Moist Poignant Personal Story” (unless you think another category is more suitable): http://www.lifeaftermormonism.net/profiles/blogs/exposing-the-numbers-behind-lds-growth-in-latin-america-a-mission

  2. 4blockhead says:
    January 3, 2015 at 9:42 am

    Best Discussion Forum: exmormon subreddit

    Best LDS-Interest Book: Amercian Crucifixion by Alex Beam

    Best History Piece: FMH Year of Polygamy series by Lindsay Park et al. The entire series is excellent and would work as a college level course. It is the most outstanding contribution this year, in my opinion.

  3. 4blockhead says:
    January 3, 2015 at 9:44 am

    Best History Piece: Mormon Expression episode #280, “Mormonism and the Red scare.” John Larsen et al.

    Best Response to Apologetics: a blog post responding to Greg Trimble by Mithryn.

    Best Response to Apologetics: Mormon Expression episode #276 “How to build a transoceanic vessel.” by John Larsen et al.

    Best Moving on from Mormonism Discussion: Mormon Expression episode #283, “How we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the church isn’t true.” by John Larsen et al.

    Most Poignant Personal Story: I found out too late. by _Wilted_Flower

    Most Interesting Interfaith Interaction: My kids vs. Grandma in an epic truth battle. by greyghostmachine.

    Best LDS-Interest Comic or Image: …on Kate Kelly’s pending excommunication. by Pat Bagley.

    Best LDS-Interest Comic or Image: Hey, Stan! Don’t speak evil of the Lord’s anointed! recaptioning the famous South Park episode by 4blockhead.

  4. chanson says:
    January 3, 2015 at 9:49 am

    @1 I think that’s probably a good category for it — what a story!

    @2 & @3 Thanks for the great start!!

    Once upon a time, some other discussion fora had a serious competition for this award. Now it’s starting to look like it will be impossible for anyone but the exmormon subreddit to ever win again… 😉

  5. chanson says:
    January 3, 2015 at 9:54 am

    Also, I forgot to post my usual warning:

    Please include the relevant links in all of your nominations. But be aware that the blog software will probably flag your nominations as spam if they include more than three links. There are three possible ways of dealing with this problem:

    1. Post your nominations as a series of shorter comments, or
    2. Post a link-free comment warning me about your nomination submission, and I’ll fish it out of the spam queue, or
    3. if all else fails, email me: chanson dot exmormon at gmail dot com.

    But if you don’t see your comment, don’t get the idea that your nominations were intentionally rejected — they weren’t!

  6. broseph smith says:
    January 3, 2015 at 9:59 am

    Best humor/satire blog: http://exmomemes.blogspot.com

  7. chanson says:
    January 3, 2015 at 10:08 am

    @6 I wasn’t even aware of that one! I’ll have to add it to Outer Blogness!

    This is one of the things I like about Brodie season — I try to find all the new blogs myself, but there are always a few I miss. 😉

  8. j-p says:
    January 3, 2015 at 2:56 pm

    Best plausible explanation of the BoM

  9. j-p says:
    January 3, 2015 at 2:57 pm

    http://mormonleaks.org/

  10. Blj123 says:
    January 3, 2015 at 4:03 pm

    Best Mormon-themed meme: http://m.imgur.com/fZG1jC0

  11. Christina says:
    January 3, 2015 at 6:16 pm

    Church of the fridge….funny post
    http://churchofthefridge.com/blog/magnify-your-boobs/

    Best Scripture Series…Gospel Doctrine for the Godless
    http://godlessdoctrine.com

  12. chanson says:
    January 4, 2015 at 6:56 am

    Thanks — keep ’em coming!

    Here is the link to the corresponding thread on the reddit, in case anyone puts any nominations there.

  13. 4blockhead says:
    January 4, 2015 at 7:15 am

    Best LDS Church Watch: Church of the fridge blogUnder the pretense of love by Elizabeth Day

    Funniest Humor Piece: Brother Jake explains church discipline by Brother Jake

  14. 4blockhead says:
    January 4, 2015 at 7:25 am

    Best LDS-Interest Audio/Video Channel/Series: Radio West by Doug Fabrizio et al. The following discussions were timely and interesting:

    Mark Lawrence, Lynn Wardle, Timothy Johnson

    John Hamer

    Laurie Goodstein, Jodi Kantor, Caroline Kline

    John Dehlin

    Alex Beam

    Kate Kelly and John Dehlin

    Ally Isom

    Kate Kelly, Neylan McBaine, Amanda Hendrix-Komoto

    Terryl and Fiona Givens

    David Bokovoy

    Colleen McDannell

    Patrick Mason, Andrea Radke-Moss, Richard Turley

  15. deathbringer14 says:
    January 4, 2015 at 10:50 am

    Best Musical Work: Infants on Thrones – Too Sexy (http://infantsonthrones.com/too-sexy-a-small-halloween-treat)

  16. AXLP says:
    January 4, 2015 at 1:02 pm

    Best LDS-Interest Audio/Video Channel/Series:
    http://infantsonthrones.com/
    or Brother Jake
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0u7ZMWqkr7cKD_rvEXZUuQ

    Best Humor/Satire Site or Blog:
    http://infantsonthrones.com/
    or Brother Jake
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0u7ZMWqkr7cKD_rvEXZUuQ

    Most Poignant Personal Story:
    Nick Bigney – http://infantsonthrones.com/death/

    Best Review:
    http://infantsonthrones.com/little-factories/ or,
    http://infantsonthrones.com/the-mountain-of-the-lord/

    Funniest Humor Piece:
    http://infantsonthrones.com/satan-files-for-bankruptcy/

    By the way, any chance you could fix the banner/link to infants on thrones on “other cool site” section? It just takes me to the banner picture. Thanks!

  17. Christina says:
    January 4, 2015 at 2:28 pm

    Donna Banta explaining how to do visiting teaching the right way.
    http://wardgossip.blogspot.com/2014/12/dealing-with-visiting-teacher-dodgers.html

  18. Andrew S. says:
    January 4, 2015 at 5:32 pm

    For Best Religion-and-Race Discussion, I’ll shamelessly self promote: Mormonism and Respectability Politics

    Best response to (pastoral) apologetics: Pay No attention to the man behind the curtains — Living and Lived Mormonism

  19. Steph says:
    January 4, 2015 at 7:48 pm

    Funniest Humor Piece…Tom Perry’s Coffee podcast from Infants on Thrones! http://infantsonthrones.com/coffee/

  20. MSG says:
    January 4, 2015 at 8:07 pm

    Best Mormon themed meme:

    http://exmomemes.blogspot.com/2014/08/priorities.html?m=1

  21. Whitethunder9 says:
    January 5, 2015 at 1:00 am

    funniest humor piece: http://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/2moavo/a_few_confessions_on_bad_choices_ive_made_since/

    Most poignant personal story: http://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/2pawvc/i_found_out_too_late/

    Best response to apologetics: http://signaturebooks.com/2014/08/a-response-to-translation-and-historicity-of-the-book-of-abraham-by-dr-robert-ritner/

    Best discussion forum: /r/exmormon

  22. chanson says:
    January 5, 2015 at 1:16 am

    Thanks for all the nominations — keep ’em coming! 😀

    @16 Thanks for catching that link error. It’s fixed now. It was probably like ever since I added it to the sidebar. lol, embarrassing.

  23. rt says:
    January 5, 2015 at 2:10 am

    It feels a bit awkward, nominating yourself but since it’s encouraged, and since I’m quite happy with my annotated essays so far, here it goes. Best new blog:

    http://www.mormonism101.com

  24. Mike says:
    January 5, 2015 at 8:23 am

    Best New Blog:Godless Doctrine
    Best Discussion Forum: Reddit Ex-Mormon
    Best LDS-Interest Audio/Video Channel/Series Infants on Thrones

  25. 4blockhead says:
    January 5, 2015 at 8:41 am

    Best Mormon-Themed Meme: credit reddit user/young_mossy

  26. James says:
    January 5, 2015 at 8:50 am

    Best response to apologetics: Debunking FAIR’s Debunking (www.cesletter.com/debunking-fairmormon)

    Jeremy launched this in February 2014.

  27. Bart Pascoal says:
    January 5, 2015 at 10:03 am

    Best Historical Discovery!! Ok, maybe this goes under humor or sarcasm.

    A Rare Copy of Joseph Smith’s Egyptology 101 Final Examination

  28. Bart Pascoal says:
    January 5, 2015 at 10:16 am

    Best Historical Piece

    Plural Marriage in Kirtland and Nauvoo

  29. Dave Burns says:
    January 5, 2015 at 1:11 pm

    I nominate:

    http://mormonsarefunny.blogspot.com/2014/11/you-can-leave-church-but-church-cant.html

  30. Clint Kimball says:
    January 5, 2015 at 2:25 pm

    Best post title (Mine):
    A few Confessions on Bad Choices I’ve Made Since Leaving the Church

    Best Original Research Regarding Mormonism (Mine):
    Temple Name Oracle

    For best LDS-Interest Audio/Video Channel/Series:
    My Book of Mormon Podcast

    For best Religion-and-Gender Discussion:
    A Sexual Abuse Survivor Responds to Joseph Smith’s Polygamy

  31. Alex says:
    January 5, 2015 at 3:31 pm

    For funniest humor piece:
    http://wardgossip.blogspot.com/2014/06/exmormons-brace-themselves-for-romney.html

    Also, for best new blog:
    http://mormonsarefunny.blogspot.com/

    And I’ll also shamelessly promote my own seemingly never-ending scripture study series:
    http://questioningthechurch.blogspot.com/p/bom-commentary.html

  32. Elder J. H. Chist says:
    January 5, 2015 at 9:51 pm

    Best humor/satire site or blog: God’s Meeting Minutes: http://godsmeetingminutes.blogspot.com

  33. Chino Blanco says:
    January 5, 2015 at 9:52 pm

    Most fantastic r/mormon AMA:

    Kate Kelly
    http://www.reddit.com/r/mormon/comments/1ztvk9/hi_im_kate_kelly_founder_of_ordain_women_ama/

    Avi Steinberg
    http://www.reddit.com/r/mormon/comments/2k1c3q/hello_lovely_people/

    Tom Kimball
    http://www.reddit.com/r/mormon/comments/2ot839/another_fantastic_rmormon_ama_this_time_with_tom/

  34. John B says:
    January 6, 2015 at 3:50 am

    Best LDS-Interest Book (Novel): A Song For Issy Bradley (by Carys Bray)

    Best LDS Church Watch: http://www.mormonfileleaks.com

  35. Donna Banta says:
    January 6, 2015 at 9:35 am

    Hooray! It’s time for the Brodies again. Chanson you are awesome for doing this.

    I nominate Sheep Dip for best new blog and for best humor blog. http://sheepdipped.com

    Johnny Townsend has an astounding 4 books out this year! All are short story collections, although Gayrabian Nights includes stories by authors besides himself. The other 3 are his works entirely.

    Behind the Zion Curtain http://www.amazon.com/Behind-Zion-Curtain-Johnny-Townsend-ebook/dp/B00QD3OS8I/ref=sr_1_20?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420561806&sr=1-20&keywords=johnny+townsend

    Selling the City of Enoch http://www.amazon.com/Selling-City-Enoch-Johnny-Townsend-ebook/dp/B00J48GEPE/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420561891&sr=1-6&keywords=johnny+townsend

    Gayrabian Nights http://www.amazon.com/Gayrabian-Nights-Johnny-Townsend-ebook/dp/B00QDA8YZE/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420561905&sr=1-3&keywords=johnny+townsend

    A Day at the Temple http://www.amazon.com/Day-at-Temple-Johnny-Townsend-ebook/dp/B00LJKSUXE/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420561964&sr=1-9&keywords=johnny+townsend

  36. ohokyeah says:
    January 6, 2015 at 3:28 pm

    Best LDS-Interest Audio/Video Channel/Series – My Book of Mormon Podcast

  37. 4blockhead says:
    January 7, 2015 at 7:23 am

    Best one-on-one discussion: John Dehlin interviews Sandra Tanner at the Utah Lighthouse Ministry

  38. weirdmormonshit says:
    January 7, 2015 at 7:39 am

    Weird Mormon Shit
    http://weirdmormonshit.tumblr.com

    Weird finds from old Improvement Era magazines mixed in with other, uniquely mormon shit.

    Items include Spencer Kimball’s conference talk where he joked that white missionaries are regularly donating blood to a hospital in order to hasten the work of turning Native Americans’ skin white.

    This is the level of weird we’re talking about.

  39. Brian says:
    January 7, 2015 at 7:48 am

    Best interfaith interaction:

    http://testimoniesofotherfaiths.blogspot.com/

  40. CS says:
    January 7, 2015 at 9:26 am

    I’m no writer nor do I pretend to be but I really like my post titles;
    “Obedience is the first law of heaven aka the brethren…” also, “No more Jack Handy quotes…”

    I do feel the best podcast is infants on thrones

    Best church watch blog: http://www.mormondisclosures.blogspot.com

  41. CS says:
    January 7, 2015 at 9:28 am

    Sorry link to my blog http://www.mormonosity.blogspot.com

  42. Heather says:
    January 7, 2015 at 2:47 pm

    Best humor site http://myinlawsaremormon.tumblr.com/

  43. 4blockhead says:
    January 9, 2015 at 7:10 am

    Best LDS Church Watch: Mormonism Research Ministry’s Viewpoint on Mormonism, especially their series on LDS’ essays:

    Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham

    Plural Marriage in Kirtland and Nauvoo

    And nicely done retelling of information leaked onto the web:

    Mission President Compensation

  44. Thinker of Thoughts says:
    January 10, 2015 at 8:14 am

    Best epistimological discussion (new category?):

    http://thoughtsonthingsandstuff.com/fix-your-faith-crisis-with-this-one-weird-trick/

    Best Church watch article:

    http://thoughtsonthingsandstuff.com/lds-tithing-bare-necessities/

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  46. Robyn says:
    January 12, 2015 at 5:17 pm

    http://latterdayperspective.com/

    I’m not sure what category. It’s not technically a blog, as there’s no consistent posting. And it’s technically not original research. But the result is quite awesome.

  47. chanson says:
    January 12, 2015 at 11:17 pm

    @46 Looks interesting — I’ll find a category for it. 😉

    Thanks, everyone for the great nominations!! Keep ’em coming! 😀

  48. 4blockhead says:
    January 13, 2015 at 12:14 pm

    Shot-heard-around-the-world about mormonism or best title: The New York Times, Laurie Goodstein: “It’s Official: Mormon Founder Had Many Wives”

  49. Donna Banta says:
    January 13, 2015 at 3:09 pm

    I’ll nominate my review of Johnny Townsend’s “Selling the City of Enoch” for Best Review. http://wardgossip.blogspot.com/2014/05/selling-city-of-enoch-by-johnny-townsend.html

    Also for Best Moving on from Mormonism, Postmormon Girl’s “Re-learning Normal: Post-Mormon Edition.” http://postmormongirl.blogspot.com/2014/10/re-learning-normal-post-mormon-edition.html

    I was going to nominate Against the Greater Light for Best Scripture Study Series, but noticed it’s already up here. 🙂

  50. Donna Banta says:
    January 13, 2015 at 3:22 pm

    One more nomination. Mormon Faith Crisis for Best New Blog. http://mormonfaithcrisis.blogspot.com

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