Collecting Nominations for the 2018 Brodie Awards!!

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!!!

chanson

C. L. Hanson is the friendly Swiss-French-American ExMormon atheist mom living in Switzerland! Follow me on mastadon at @chanson@social.linux.pizza or see "letters from a broad" for further adventures!!

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81 Responses

  1. Bryan Stiles says:

    I nominate Mr. Atheist for:

    Best New Blog/Channel/Podcast
    Best Humor/Satire Blog/Channel/Podcast

    He is an exmormon who started his channel in March 2018 (maybe Feb?). His channel focuses on both Mormonism and Atheism.

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgeV3tFiU2Xg0PD1dAQbBHA

  2. chanson says:

    Looks very cool — thanks for getting the nominations started!

  3. AM says:

    Come on you gotta give it to Russ Nelson. Endless actions that backfired, starting with unjust public hangings, endless reactionary administrative decisions, plus he literally made all members ex mormons, due to banning that term for the church.

  4. Thomas Shaffer says:

    Most Poignant Personal Story: McKenna Denson

    Best Leak: Audio of McKenna Denson h/t MormonLeaks and Ryan McKnight

    Best from the pulpit sermon: Thomas Shaffer https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/9cg617/escorted_out_of_ft_meeting_today_video/

  5. AG says:

    Best New Blog/Channel/Podcast – Invisible Cubit

    Best Activist/Activtist Movement Within Mormonism: Protect LDS Children

    Best Exmormon Reddit Contributor: FaithfulTBM

    Best Podcast Episode – Mormon Stories; 984-985: Truth Seeking with Hans and Birgitta Mattsson

    Best Leak: McKenna Denson / Joe Bishop

    Best Discussion on Race – Fake church apology before NCAA meeting; by Jonathan Streeter

    Best LDS-Interest Comic or Image: any images by u/CosmoMormonMagazine

  6. Mason Proxy says:

    Best Humor/Satire Blog/Channel/Podcast: Mormon Zodiac https://mormonzodiac.com/blog/

    Best LDS-Interest Comic or Image: The Mormon Zodiac signs https://www.facebook.com/pg/MormonZodiac/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1985632398382967

    Best Leak: Audio of McKenna Denson h/t MormonLeaks and Ryan McKnight

  7. Mason Proxy says:

    Best LDS-Interest Comic or Image: Mormon Deadpool images https://kutv.com/news/local/new-deadpool-poster-resembles-commonly-lds-used-painting-of-jesus-christ

    Best Discussion on Race – Fake church apology before NCAA meeting; by Jonathan Streeter

    Best Activist/Activtist Movement Within Mormonism: Protect LDS Children

    Best LDS-Interest Song: Temple Changes https://weirdalma.bandcamp.com/track/temple-changes

    Funniest Humor Piece: Mormon Jesus Infomercial by Zelph on the Shelf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UJIexkV5Pw

  8. Me says:

    Best Leak: Lou Midgley for claiming Packer urged the 2012 John Dehlin hit piece and that members of the (once top secret) Strengthening the Members Committee had reviewed it…. all before Peterson was fired by email after GA involvement.

  9. Spencer Morgan says:

    Best Analogy/Allegory

    Leaving religion is like drowning by /u/candidecando

    https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/9pl7dx/people_often_ask_me_what_it_feels_like_to_leave/

  10. Me says:

    Here’s the link to Midgley’s Dec 31 Packer leak about the 2012 Dehlin hit piece. It’s in the comments, unless it’s been censored by now.

    https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2018/12/the-interpreter-foundation-and-an-apostolic-charge.html

  11. Me says:

    And I think James Patterson deserves a nomination for having the guts to prove that John Dehlin uses NDAs through his post at Rational Faiths.

    So, for a category I don’t see, Best Blog Post: A Signed Open Letter to John Dehlin and the OSF

    “There are all kinds of courage,” said Dumbledore, smiling. “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

    https://rationalfaiths.com/a-signed-open-letter-to-john-dehlin-and-osf-release-your-former-employees-from-their-ndas/

  12. Me says:

    And for best Special Interest (or polygamy if that turns out to be a category): Johnny Stephenson and Jeremy Runnels at Mormonite Musings for “The Irrational World of Brian Hales’ Polygamy.”

    https://mormonitemusings.com/2018/08/27/the-irrational-world-of-brian-hales-polygamy-part-i/

  13. Jake says:

    Best New Meme page: Tapirshit http://www.facebook.com/Tapirshit

    Best Song: Zelphraiser by Jake, Who Is Dead
    https://soundcloud.com/user-642209854/zelphraiser

  14. Steve says:

    Funniest Humor Piece by an individual

    Conspiracy theory of Aunt Wendy and the Apostle Wives Club by Red Ryder @ New Order Mormon. You’ll have to read the whole thread for context.

    https://newordermormon.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2506&p=31182#p31182

  15. Carl says:

    I nominate exmormonshirts.com for having the most creative exmormon shirt designs yet.

  16. Carl says:

    I nominate http://www.exmormonshirts.com for having the most creative exmormon shirt designs yet.

  17. chanson says:

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

    Here’s the link to the r/exmormon thread (for my own reference, in case people post nominations there).

  18. Mason Proxy says:

    Best New Podcast: Drunk Mormon Podcast https://drunkmormonpodcast.com/

    Best Memes: Stuff You Missed in Sunday School http://www.missedinsunday.com/

  19. David says:

    Best Podcast Episode nomination: Mosaic Podcast coverage of McKenna Denson’s story. Great storytelling and high quality audio production.

    https://www.mosaicpodcast.com/episodes/mormon-me-too-part-1-the-first-law-of-heaven

  20. E. says:

    New category: Best LDS Themed Op-Ed

  21. Brook says:

    Best New Podcast: Latter Day Lesbian https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/latter-day-lesbian/id1444691185?mt=2&i=1000424602715

    Best Podcast (idk whether it fits history or humor better): No Man Knows My Herstory

    https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/latter-day-lesbian/id1444691185?mt=2&i=1000424602715

  22. Spencer says:

    Best LDS-Interest Book (non-fiction)

    “How To Think: Why Rational and Faith-Based Thinking are Incompatible”

    non-fiction book by Spencer Wright (former Mormon and touches on Mormonism)
    https://www.amazon.com/How-Think-Spencer-K-Wright/dp/1986747069
    Also, can download the Kindle e-book or audio book for free:
    https://www.patreon.com/spencerwright_author

  23. miguel says:

    Best New Podcast:
    Mormon Women Speak

  24. miguel says:

    Best Scripture Study Piece

    The Weird and Wild Old Testament Podcast with Dr. Sheldon Greaves
    https://rationalfaiths.com/assyrians-syrians-israelites-335/

  25. miguel says:

    Best Discussion on Orientation:

    Ask a Mormon Lesbian podcast with Laura Root

    https://rationalfaiths.com/category/podcast/ask-a-mormon-lesbian/

  26. miguel says:

    Best Discussion on Race:

    The Racism 101 podcast

    https://rationalfaiths.com/category/podcast/racism-101/

  27. miguel says:

    Best LDS-Interest Comic or Image:

    The Seeing Eye Dog by Jack Naneek

    https://rationalfaiths.com/category/mormon-humor/the-seeing-eye-dog/

  28. I’d like to propose a category for the Brodies: Best op-ed/essay about Mormonism

    And I’d like to nominate two of my op-eds which appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune in 2018.

    “Teetotalers for Legal Marijuana,” Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Sept 2018

    https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2018/09/11/commentary-im-teetotaler/

    “Our Nazi Who Art in Heaven,” Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Dec 2018

    https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2018/12/23/johnny-townsend-our-nazi/

  29. Jen says:

    Best New Podcast: No Man Knows My Herstory

    https://www.nomanknowsmyherstory.com/

  30. kerrielou says:

    Best song or parody:

    You Can’t Touch This (COB) by Weird Alma

    https://weirdalma.bandcamp.com/track/you-cant-touch-this-cob

  31. Julie says:

    Best History Podcast: Naked Mormonism
    NakedMormonismPodcast.com

    Best New Podcast: Glass Box Podcast http://www.glassboxpodcast.com/index.html

    Best LDS Church Watch Piece
    Elder Holland Liar Liar Pants on Fire
    https://mormondiscussionpodcast.org/2018/10/mormon-discussion-premium-elder-holland-liar-liar-pants-on-fire/

    Best Humor Piece
    Zelph on the Shelf Mormenforcement, Pornography
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0E2K9g9-aU

  32. Kara Shaffer says:

    Best leak: McKenna Denson and Joseph Bishop

    Best discussion on orientation: Latter-Day Glory documentary

    Best from the pulpit sermon: Thomas Shaffer for Protect Lds Children https://youtu.be/nClCYZvlMbE

    Best Lds interest image: Deadpool Jesus

    Best activist movement: Protect Lds Children

  33. CP says:

    I’d like to see blog/channel/podcast all broken up into their own categories. There are so many options, and each of these mediums are very different. And I’d like to explore more nominations in each of these categories!!

  34. 4blockhead says:

    Best From the Pulpit Speech: Jacinda Ardern: Global Warming threatens our species survival. Likely, the most high profile speech given by an exmormon ever, or at least, within memory.

  35. 4blockhead says:

    Best Podcast Episode: <a href="This American Life: But that's what happened." by Elna Baker with input from Sam Young

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