The funnest post of the year!!! (Last call for Brodies nominations!!)

OK, folks — I have compiled your nominations and reviewed all of my SiOB posts from the past year to put together the nominations for the Brodies!!

I think the biggest news for this year is the number of pieces of original research — so I have added an original research category, separate from the general “history post” category. But it’s a bit of a fine line, so if you think your post (or any post) would fit better in another category, please say so in the comments.

Below are the nominations so far — remember that any category with fewer than three nominations will be merged with another category or dropped!

Year-long awards for people and websites:

Best New Blog

• Secrets of a Food Storage Mom
• The Utah Honeypot
• Hey, Judy
• The BunYon

Best Discussion Forum

• R/exmormon
• New Order Mormon
• Mormon Hub
• Mormon VIP Lounge
• Post-mormon.org

Best Humor/Satire Site or Blog

• The Utah Honeypot
• The BunYon
• Ward Gossip

Best faithful-perspective Mormon Blog
This category needs more nominations!

• Young Mormon Feminists

Best LDS-Interest Audio/Video Channel/Series
If we get one more video series nomination, this category can be split

• Brigham Young Speaks
• Brother Jake
• Mormon Expositor (link removed due to malware warnings)
• Mormon Expression
• fMh Podcast

Awards for Individual Works:

Best LDS-Interest Book (Fiction)
If we get one more short fiction collection, this category can be split

• False Prophet, by Donna Banta
• Dragons of the Book of Mormon, by Johnny Townsend
• Latter-Gay Saints: An Anthology of Gay Mormon Fiction
• The Book of Thompson: A Mormon Tragedy, by David J. Larkin, Jr.
• Dark Deception, by Lawrence R. Pratt
• Elder Petersen’s Mission Memories, by Jeff Laver
• Elders, by Ryan McIlvain

Best LDS-Interest Book (Memoir)

• I’m (No Longer) a Mormon, by Regina Samuelson
• Sacred Road: my journey through abuse, leaving the Mormons & embracing spirituality
• Confessions of a Latter-day Virgin: A Memoir, by Nicole Hardy

Best LDS-Interest Book (General Non-fiction)

• Exit Strategy: A Guide to Leaving Mormonism with your Dignity and Integrity Intact, by Micah McAllister
• A Cultural History of the Book of Mormon: Volume One, by Daymon Smith
• Drunk with Blood: God’s Killings in the Bible, by Steve Wells

Best LDS-Interest Comic or Image

• Joseph Smith Palmyra Early Spring 1820, by Grindael
• Early Mormon Prophets and their Young Brides
• Far out doctrines, by Pat Bagley
• The four stages of emotion when learning that mormonism isn’t what it claims to be.” 1. apprehension 2. shock 3. sadness 4. decision/resolution. The last step is a red/blue pill moment that at least requires giving up many naive assumptions, by 4blockhead
• Linsay’s tattoo
• Issues all the way down, by Daniel Midgley
• Lolcats General Conference, by Matsby
• What Would Equality Look Like?

Best Mormon-Themed Meme
This category needs more nominations, maybe see here

• If Brigham…
• Some Feminist Thinkers series

Best Poem
This category needs more nominations

• City Creek Mall, by amymae
• Poem for the Trolls – #1, by Dan Pearce

Best Musical Work
This category needs more nominations

• Church of Summer

Best Post Title

• Because They Couldn’t Very Well Say “Sorry We Insisted You Waste All that Time and Money”, by Holly
• Holy Golf Courses!, by David T.
• It came from Outer Space Blogness, by Renn
• Jesus H. Christ: Does anyone know his name?, by Steve Wells

Funniest Humor Piece

• Mormon History #1: The First Vision (As Told Through Twitter), by Casey
• Brother Jake Explains: Mormons are not Racist
• Church Introduces Gay Deconversion Merit Badge, by Donna Banta
• The Tolerance Trap — Is There Any Hope for Escape?, by the Utah Honeypot
• Brolief Society Petitions for the Fatherhood, on the BunYon
• A New Milestone for Women, by Alex

Funniest Vignette or Anecdote
This category needs more nominations — otherwise will be merged with “best humor piece”

• Skeletons in the Closet, by ThinkNazi

Most Poignant Personal Story

• Hans Mattsson’s Public Doubts
• What happens when a 13 year old TBM girl finds out that she can’t have kids?
• Some Silver Linings, by Runtu
• Fabric Scraps and Old Wounds, by Anarchist Soccer Mom
• Setting the Record Straight, by Scarlet A
• The Problem with Tank Tops, by Leia
• Walking Through a Mormon Mine Field, by Cr@ag

Best Exit / Moving On / Journey Story
I will split this one into two or three categories, depending on further nominations

• A Matter of Doubts: My Journey out of Mormonism, by Swearing Elder
• Helping the Ex-Mormon Progress, by Dad’s Primal Scream
• Recovery Step 5. Walking away, by Mithryn
• Coming or Going? Perspectives on Divorce, Faith Transition, and Graduation, by Andrew S
• Scars, by PostMormonGirl
• A Crisis of Faith – redefined, by Just Jill
• Leaving The Mormon Bubble – The Anguish Of Transition, by Steve Bloor
• Dear Mormonism, Quit making me cry!, by Kiley
• Heather’s Mormon Journey Series
• A God Shaped Hole, by Leia
• Losing my Eternal Perspective, by Jen
• The gospel of Tim Minchin…, by Knotty
• Shifting, by M

Best Original Research Regarding Mormonism

• 19th Century Photo of Joseph Smith’s “Caractors” Discovered, by Grindael
• Playing Lamanite and Saving Whiteness: Embodying Racial Projects in the Mormon Miracle Pageant, by Allan Davis
• Chris Johnson’s discovery of the connection between the “Book of Mormon” and the “Great War”

Best LDS Church Watch

• MormonThink’s Continuing Coverage of the Swedish Rescue
• The Less You Have to Sell, The Harder You Sell It (Dad’s Primal Scream about the change in missionary ages)
• Utah TV Station’s History of Censoring Gay Content, by Eric Ethington
• BYU’s freedom of religion problem, by Brad Carmack
• What’s more naive…, by Ren
• A game for Friday afternoon: Let’s classify the LDS Church’s secrets into categories and privilege level required to see them. Use a rating scale: Public, Privileged, Top secret, Ultra-Top-Secret, and “Burn after reading.” Are their biggest secrets theological? administrative? financial?, by 4blockhead

Best Response to Apologetics

• Letter to a CES Director, by Jeremy Runnell
• Alone, by mormonchallenges
• BYU Professor defends the book of Abraham
• The 5 Stages of LDS Apologetics, by Mormon Infographics
• Terryl Givens is Misrepresenting B.H. Roberts, by Simon Southerton
• Hypocrisy Series, by curious Mormon

Most Interesting Interfaith Interaction
This category needs more nominations!

• Another missionary chat session, by max_neal/4blockhead
• Don’t take the candy, by Daniel Midgely

Best LDS-Related Political Commentary
This category needs more nominations!

• Celebration thread over US Supreme Court rulings in June, by Jithrop
• Traditional Marriage, by Aerin

Best Religion-and-Race Discussion

• Dr. Lowry Nelson: Speaking Truth to Power on Racism in the LDS Church, by Thinker of Thoughts
• Gird up them Loins, by Thomas Hatton
• Pulling the Race Band-Aid off, by Paul Barker
• Skin Like Flint, by Profet

Best Religion-and-Gender Discussion

• Equality is not a Feeling series
• My Ordain Women Testimony, by Holly
• A Hard Matter to Get Right, by Jenny
• Cozy Quilt Of Suffocation, by Jessawhy
• Priesthood, I.E., Men, by April
• Malignant Meme, by Opal

Best Religion-and-Homosexuality Discussion
This category should have more nominations! (considering all that has happened this year)

• Responses to the Boy Scouts of America Decision< (http://mormonexpositor.com/39-responses-to-the-boy-scouts-of-america-decision/)
• the gay law of chastity, by Hermia Lyly
• THT: “Mormons Building Bridges” is bad for the LGBT community, by Jonathan Adamson

Best Erotic or Sexual Piece

• I Hate to Say It, but I Owe Dr. Laura, by Miss O
• The Problem With “Sex is Sacred”, by Nate
• The best time I discovered erotica in my grandmother’s basement, by Diana
• Farm Sex and the Mormon Girl
• “What Did You Just Ask Me, Bishop?”
• Climax
• Zero Sum Sexuality, by prairienymph

Best History Piece

• “Who is Mark Hofmann” series, by Mormon Expositor Podcast (http://mormonexpositor.com/33-who-is-mark-hoffman-the-truth-behind-the-salamander-letter-bombings-part-1/)
• A short summary of the Bear River Massacre, by Beehive Archive
• Spaulding-Rigdon Timeline, by Mithryn
• The Succession Crisis and LDS Priesthood, by John Hamer

Best Philosophical/Theological Discussion

• A Christian Response to “Drops of Awesome.”
• “Mormon Works vs. Evangelical Grace? Not So Fast” A Christian Response to Jana Riess
• Impossible Gospel of Mormonism As Taught In General Conference
• The Thirteen Articles of Reason, by djfroe01
• Hans Matson, et. al discuss troubling issues in Mormonism with LDS historians also known as the “Swedish Rescue.”
• How to Disavow the Priesthood Ban, by Mike C.
• Covenant-22, by Dave
• Selling You What is Yours Already, by Andrew Hackman
• Fanning old flames and plural sealings in the temple, by IDIAT
• Are Conservative Members Trying to Destroy Mormonism? by Roger D Hansen
• Training Day, by Alan Rock Waterman

Best Scripture Study Series

• Scripture Mastery: New Testament, by Tom Doggett
• Analysis of Book of Mormon series by Alex (example)
• Analysis of Book of Mormon series by Philip Wells (example)

Best Review
This category needs more nominations or will be dropped!

• Ma ha nei bu, Eebowai!!! chanson’s review of “The Book of Mormon”

Best Recipe

• Pumpkin Crunch
• Froggie’s Cinnaspinwheel
• Pesto Gnocchi Soup, by Heather

If I missed any of your nominations — or if you see any nominee that you think should be categorized differently — please tell me in the comments!