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Congratulations Brodies Winners 2025 and to X-Mormon of the Year 2025: Rebecca Bibliotheca!!!

chanson, January 16, 2026

A huge thanks to Mormonism Live for hosting the Brodie Awards ceremony this year!!! If you missed it, watch below:

And here are the winners:

X-Mormon of the Year 2025

Rebecca Bibliotheca for her coverage of the Fairview Texas temple controversy.

Year-Long Brodie Awards

Best New LDS-Interest Creator/Channel/Site 2025: BrittyTheApostate

Best LDS-Interest Podcast 2025: Mormon Stories Podcast

Best LDS-Interest Video Channel 2025: Nemo the Mormon

Best LDS-Interest Blog/Magazine 2025: Sunstone

Best LDS-Interest Humor Site 2025: r/exmormonmemes

Best LDS-Interest Discussion Forum 2025: r/exmormon

Best LDS-Interest Informational Site 2025: The Widow’s Mite Report

Best Overall LDS-Interest Social Media Personality 2025: Radio Free Mormon

Brodie Awards for Individual Works 2025

Best LDS-Interest Book (Fiction) 2025: Deseret State Mysteries, by Nathan Nish

Best LDS-Interest Book (Non-Fiction) 2025: Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet, by John J. Turner

Best Title (for an article or video) 2025: To Hell in a Handcart, by Girlscamp

Most Humorous LDS-Interest Work 2025: God Throws Hands In Air After Early Utah Settlers Pray for Seagulls to Eat The Crickets He Sent as Protein, by the Lord’s Newsroom

Best LDS-Interest Image 2025: You can check out any time you like but you can never leave, by BakingNerd47

Best Exit Story 2025: The Real Reason I Left the Mormon Church, by Alyssa Grenfell

Best LDS-Interest History Discussion 2025: Is Mormonism’s Most Mysterious Legend Disappearing? by Nemo the Mormon

Best Discussion of Polygamy 2025: Polygamy Fallacies, by Radio Free Mormon

Best LDS-Interest Investigative Reporting 2025: Rebecca Biblioteca for her coverage of the Fairview Texas temple controversy.

Best Discussion of LDS Doctrine 2025: Does the Mormon Church Need to Repent? by Nemo the Mormon

Best Analysis of Mormon Culture 2025: Mormon Disney Adult Mania, by Alyssa Grenfell

Best Discussion of Mormonism and Marginalized Groups 2025: Dear Mormon Man, Tell Me What You Would Do, by Amy McPhie Allebest

Best LDS Reminiscences 2025: The Quiet Trauma of Mormon Girlhood, by Alyssa Grenfell

Best LDS-Interest Short Video 2025: He’s More Popular Than (Mormon) God, by Nemo the Mormon

Overall Best LDS-Interest Podcast Episode or Sub-Series 2025: Could Joseph Smith Write or Dictate a Well-Worded Letter? by Mormon Stories Podcast

Congratulations to the winners and to everyone who participated!!! And a special thanks to the Mormon Discussions team (especially Bill Reel) for all of their work putting together that awesome live awards ceremony!!!

As always, the winners are invited to display a Brodie Award Winner graphic on their websites:

To see the final vote counts for all categories, please see the voting page.

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Brodie Awards!!!


X-Mormon of the Year!!

  • 2025: Rebecca Bibliotheca!!
  • 2024: Nemo the Mormon!!
  • 2023: Adam Steed!!
  • 2022: David Archuleta!!
  • 2021: Jeff T. Green!!
  • 2020: Jacinda Ardern!!
  • 2019: David Nielsen!!
  • 2018: Sam Young!!
  • 2017: Savannah!!
  • 2016: Jeremy Runnells!!
  • 2015: John Dehlin!!
  • 2014: Kate Kelly!!
  • 2013: J. S. Anderson & M. Ferguson!!
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