If you haven’t voted yet for X-Mormon of the Year 2021, you can still vote until January 16, 2022 at this link.
And now for the Brodies!! The polls will remain open until Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Switzerland time.
Best LDS-Interest Podcast or Video Channel 2020/2021:
- Exmo Lex
- Zelph on the Shelf
- Mormonism Live with Bill Reel and RFM
- Infants on Thrones
- Post-Mormon at the Movies
Best LDS-Interest Fiction 2020/2021:
- Salt Lake Mormons, by Ellie Saint-James
- Diary of a Gay, Bipolar Mormon, by Lawrence Mackenzie
- A Happier Year, Jeff Laver
- Wake Up and Smell the Missionaries, by Johnny Townsend
- The Prodigal Daughter, by Mette Ivie Harrison
- Truly Like Lightning, by David Duchovny
- Dust Bowl Star, by Andrew Howald
Best LDS-Intererest Analysis (Book) 2020/2021:
- Racism by Proxy, by Johnny Townsend
- Queer Mormon Theology, by Blair Ostler
- Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism, by Taylor G. Petrey
- Mormonism and the Movies, by Chris Wei
Best LDS History Book or Documentary 2020/2021:
- The King of Confidence, by Miles Harvey
- The Glass Looker, by Mark Elwood
- The Guns of John Moses Browning: The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the World, by Nathan Gorenstein
- Keep Sweet
- Murder Among the Mormons
Best LDS-Interest Memoir 2020/2021:
- Sealed: An Unexpected Journey into the Heart of Grace, by Katie Langston
- Vixen: From Mormon Convert to LDS Apostate, by Lindsay Helm
- Why We Have NO CONTACT With My Mormon In-Laws, by ExmoLex
Most Insightful LDS-Interest Analysis Piece 2020/2021:
- The Rise of the Celebrated Celibate and Single Sexual Minority in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by Nathan Kitchen
- The Rise of the Liberal Latter-day Saints and the battle for the future of Mormonism, by Emily Kaplan
- President Nelson’s Flight of Death, by Mormonism Live
- Blue States, You’re the Problem, by Johnny Harris
Best Exit Story 2020/2021:
- Why I left the Mormon Church, by Johnny Harris
- Mormon Nuclear Submarine Commander & His Family
- Cody Alan’s Mormon Story
Funniest LDS-Interest Humor Piece 2020/2021:
- Pioneer Day: The World’s Greatest Holiday, by Eli McCann
- The Touch of The Master’s Hand, by Gregory Barnes
- SOAKIN’ USA, by Zelph on the Shelf
- Follow You (video), by Imagine Dragons
Most Entertaining LDS-Interest Review 2020/2021:
- The Long Road Back: A 1965 Mormon Film About Chastity. I Think, by Eli McCann
- Zelph on the Shelf reads “Charly”
- Customer Review of modern retelling of “7 Brides for 7 Brothers”
As always, I’m really glad to take this opportunity to (re)discover some of the best LDS-interest material produced over the past year (or two). I hope you’ll enjoy checking out all of these great items as well!
May the best LDS-interest works of 2020/2021 win!
Thanks for this wonderful round up of things I want to read!
Pity poetry and parody are not included as categories. There once was the White Salamander awards, but that has not been active for a number of years
Hi Jack — you’re in luck, because it’s not too late to include these as categories for the 2022 Brodie Awards!!
The specific categories change every year depending on the nominations we receive. We’ve had parody as a category in the past. If you’d like these categories to be included in the 2022 awards, then you need to post a comment in the current nominations thread, and nominate at least three valid candidates for each category you submit.
Please post your nominations (with links) here: https://mainstreetplaza.com/2023/01/04/second-call-for-brodies-nominations-2022/