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Collecting Nominations for the 2018 Brodie Awards!!

chanson, January 2, 2019

2018-Brodies-200px The nomination process for X-Mormon of the Year is underway — please be sure to get in your nominations before next weekend when the voting begins.

Now, it’s also time to start on the Brodie Awards!! 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 (from last year), 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.

Year-long awards for people and groups:

  • Best New Blog/Channel/Podcast
  • Best Humor/Satire Blog/Channel/Podcast
  • Best Mormon History Blog/Channel/Podcast
  • Best LDS-Church-Info Site
  • Best LDS-interest Discussion Forum
  • Best Exmormon Reddit Contributor

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 Post Title
  • Funniest Humor Piece
  • Funniest Parody
  • Best Metaphor/Analogy/Allegory
  • Best From the Pulpit Sermon
  • Most Poignant Personal Story
  • Best Exit Story
  • Best Life Journey Piece
  • Best Activist/Activtist Movement Within Mormonism
  • Best Leak or Personal Recording
  • Best LDS Church Watch Piece
  • Best Response to Apologetics
  • Best LDS-Culture Piece
  • Best History Piece
  • Best Scripture Study Piece
  • Best Discussion on Parenting
  • Best Discussion on Orientation
  • Best Best Discussion on Gender
  • Best Discussion on Race
  • Most Insightful Commentary on the CoJCoL-dS
  • Best Philosophical/Theological Discussion
  • Best Podcast Episode
  • Best Short Media Presentation
  • Best Book Review

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 2018.
  • 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 mid-January, 2019, 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 2018!!!

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  1. 4blockhead says:
    January 7, 2019 at 12:37 pm

    Best Life Journey: Project Zion Podcast: Royleane and Steve Otteson

  2. 4blockhead says:
    January 7, 2019 at 12:46 pm

    Best Podcast Episode: Mormon Happy Hour: Sam Young Reacts to Episode of This American Life

  3. 4blockhead says:
    January 7, 2019 at 1:11 pm

    Best Life Journey: Radio West interview with Tara Westover about her book, “Educated”

  4. 4blockhead says:
    January 7, 2019 at 1:20 pm

    Best History Piece: Mormonism Research Ministry: Brigham Young’s “Adam is God” sermon.

  5. 4blockhead says:
    January 7, 2019 at 1:35 pm

    Best Comic or Image: Cosmomormon, Volume 1, Issue 5 by Reddit user CosmoMormonMagazine

    (earlier nominations of CosmoMormonMagazine cover likely triggered spam filter for some reason and are stuck there)

  6. Brian Porter says:
    January 8, 2019 at 11:27 am

    Best New Blog/Channel/Podcast: Marriage on a Tightrope
    Best Leak: McKenna Denson/Joseph Bishop interview
    Best Podcast Episode: Radio Free Mormon: General Conference Death March

  7. Alan says:
    January 8, 2019 at 12:46 pm

    Best new podcast: Drunk Mormon Podcast https://drunkmormonpodcast.com/

    Best LDS-Interest Song: Theme song to https://drunkmormonpodcast.com/2018/10/28/24-mormon-ghost-stories-our-halloween-special/

  8. 4blockhead says:
    January 9, 2019 at 8:37 am

    Best Op-Ed: Fred Karger: Chenoweth should bow out of performance with Tabernacle Choir. in the Salt Lake Tribune.

  9. 4blockhead says:
    January 9, 2019 at 8:38 am

    Best Comic or Image: Pat Bagley: Buyer Beware

  10. not_a_thing__ says:
    January 9, 2019 at 10:40 pm

    Funniest Parody: https://i.redd.it/4871rkrmars11.png
    Cosmomormon Magazine, issue 5

  11. Richard says:
    January 12, 2019 at 11:41 am

    Best podcast episode: Mormon Happy Hour episode 32

    Best activism movement within the church, of course Sam Young and Protect LDS Children

    Best podcast: Mormon Happy Hour

    Best new podcast: Latter-Day Lesbian

  12. Cassy says:
    January 12, 2019 at 12:00 pm

    Best podcast episode: No man knows my herstory: episode 42 happy birthday to Kelsae and a coming out story

    Best podcast No man knows my herstory

    Best new podcast: Latter-day lesbian

  13. PolygamyPorter says:
    January 12, 2019 at 12:39 pm

    Most poignant personal story:

    Tara Westover from her book Educated

  14. Macey says:
    January 13, 2019 at 4:49 pm

    Best New Podcast: Latter-Day Lesbian

    Best Exmormon Reddit Contributor: Stan Way “Faithful TBM”

    Most Poignant Personal Story: Tara Westover

  15. Julie says:
    January 13, 2019 at 9:08 pm

    Best Podcast: Naked Mormonism
    NakedMormonismPodcast.com

    Best New Podcast: Glass Box Podcast
    GlassBoxPodcast.com

    Best Humor Piece: Zelph on the Shelf, Mormon-forcement Pornography
    https://youtu.be/z0E2K9g9-aU

  16. Julie says:
    January 13, 2019 at 9:10 pm

    Best Church Watch Piece:
    New York Times Obituary for Thomas Monson

  17. Julie says:
    January 13, 2019 at 9:13 pm

    Best Podcast Episode, Bill Reel, Mormon Discussions: Elder Holland, Liar Liar Pants on Fire
    https://mormondiscussionpodcast.org/2018/10/mormon-discussion-premium-elder-holland-liar-liar-pants-on-fire/

  18. 4blockhead says:
    January 14, 2019 at 6:23 am

    Best Full Length Media Presentation: Church and State documentary film by Holly Tuckett and Kendall Wilcox

  19. David says:
    January 14, 2019 at 2:30 pm

    Best New Podcast: The Drunk Mormon Podcast
    https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drunk-mormon-podcast/id1364708230?mt=2
    https://drunkmormonpodcast.com/

    Best Podcast Episode: “We Know Who Bigfoot Is”
    https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/10-we-know-who-bigfoot-is/id1364708230?i=1000412988026&mt=2
    https://drunkmormonpodcast.com/2018/06/04/10-we-know-who-bigfoot-is/

  20. Lauren says:
    January 14, 2019 at 6:24 pm

    Best New Podcast has to be The Drunk Mormon Podcast!
    https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drunk-mormon-podcast/id1364708230?mt=2

  21. Lauren says:
    January 14, 2019 at 6:25 pm

    Best Podcast Episode: The Frickin’ Golden Plates!!
    https://drunkmormonpodcast.com/2018/05/06/6-the-frickin-golden-plates/

  22. CP says:
    January 15, 2019 at 4:43 pm

    Top Three Mormon Happy Hour BEST Episodes!

    Interview with NewNameNoah Mike Norton on his Arrest for Trespassing LDS Temple
    http://angelsonfire.org/mhh27-interview-with-newnamenoah-mike-norton-on-his-arrest-for-trespassing-lds-temple/

    Interview with Sam Young after 23 Day Hunger Strike
    http://angelsonfire.org/mhh33-interview-w-sam-young-after-23-day-hunger-strike/

    Mormon Sexual Trauma Dumpster Fire
    http://angelsonfire.org/mhh35-mormon-sexual-trauma-dumpster-fire-with-lesley-butterfield/

  23. CP says:
    January 15, 2019 at 5:14 pm

    My favorite Mormon Happy Hour episodes:

    Soaking is Fundamental
    http://angelsonfire.org/mhh28-soaking-is-fundamental-beer-101-and-more-mormon-zodiac-signs/?fbclid=IwAR1Z8CY94zs0DRYYw5UkHUCHFjf3z4v0FMUv73DSVHxi1r-KvqgOh68wG4w

    Interview with Gina Colvin and Natasha Helfer Parker
    http://angelsonfire.org/mhh47-a-holiday-gift-of-blood-atonement-natasha-helfer-parker-gina-colvin/

    Queer Polygamy with Blaire Ostler
    http://angelsonfire.org/mhh48-queer-polygamy-a-delicious-mind-bender-with-blaire-ostler/

    An Evening with the Drunk Mormon Podcast
    http://angelsonfire.org/mhh32-an-evening-with-the-drunk-mormon-podcast/

  24. Oscar says:
    January 15, 2019 at 7:11 pm

    Best Humor Podcast: The Drunk Mormon Podcast
    https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drunk-mormon-podcast/id1364708230?mt=2

  25. Ashley says:
    January 17, 2019 at 6:05 pm

    Best Mormon History Podcast-Gotta be The Drunk Mormon Podcast

    https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drunk-mormon-podcast/id1364708230?mt=2

  26. Ashley says:
    January 17, 2019 at 6:06 pm

    Best Episode – The Drunk Mormon Podcast: Joseph Smith: Egyptologist
    https://drunkmormonpodcast.com/2018/06/11/11-joseph-smith/

  27. OC says:
    February 2, 2019 at 5:10 pm

    Best New Podcast – Wardless: A Post-Mormon Field Guide wardlesspodcast.com

    Best Podcast Episode – 004 What’s Underneath: Dealing with Garments

    Best Podcast Episode – 003 Exit Strategy: Stopping Church Attendance

  28. Aimee says:
    February 2, 2019 at 6:07 pm

    Wardless Podcast best new podcast!

  29. Jodie Summerscales says:
    April 4, 2019 at 6:07 pm

    https://www.fraicheink.com/blog/dance

    Best live journey piece by Anna Vinney

  30. Lairen says:
    April 5, 2019 at 11:07 am

    Best life story by Anna Viney
    https://www.fraicheink.com/blog/dance

  31. chanson says:
    April 28, 2019 at 3:00 am

    @Jodie and @Lairen — Thanks for the additional suggestions. Unfortunately the awards are already done for this year.

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