Alright, please let everyone know that this is the last call for nominations. Every year, someone finds out too late. Don’t let that happen this year! Don’t forget that Main Street Plaza is hosting their Brodie Awards too. Please check out the links so you can be an informed voter.
As you can see below, we are short on nominations in the following categories:
- Best new blog (first published in 2014)
- Best blog layout/graphics
- Most memorable comment
- Biggest Soapbox Commenter
- Commenter that started the most arguments
- Worst Mormon Activism
- Most missed personality on the Bloggernacle
- Best apologetic post
- Best spiritual post
- Best faith crisis post
- Best Post on the Temple
- Best book/article review
Please help us! Here are the nominations so far.
[If you have a link to add, please let us know, and put it in brackets to avoid our spam catcher.]
Here are our 2014 Wheaties categories:
Best big blog:
Best group blog:
- Wheat & Tares
- Juvenile Instructor
- Faith Promoting Rumor
- Zelophehad’s Daughters
- Doves and Serpents
- Exponent II
- Peculiar People
- Exploring Sainthood
- Worlds Without End
- Main Street Plaza
- Mormon Mentality
- Modern Mormon Men
- Segullah
- No More Strangers
- Approaching Justice
Best podcast:
- Mormon Matters
- Mormon Stories
- Mormon Expression
- FMH Podcast
- Mormon Expositor
- The Cultural Hall
- Engaging Gospel Doctrine
- Maxwell Institute Podcast
- A Thoughtful Faith
- Infants on Thrones
- RationalFaiths podcast
- This Week in Mormons
- The Good Word
- Mormon History Guy
- Articles of Faith
- Rise Up
- Front Page News Service
Best Mormon Facebook community or discussion forum:
- FMH FB Group
- StayLDS.com/forum
- exMormon reddit
- Mormon Hub
- New Order Mormon
- Exploring Sainthood
- Mormon Stories Facebook Group
Best Bloggernacle Controversy:
- Kate Kelly Excommunication
- Bloggers targeted (John Dehlin, Rock Waterman, Kirk Caudle)
- Mormons in Torture Policy
- Cliven Bundy takes on Feds
- New Polygamy Essays on LDS.org
Best humorous blog:
Best apologetic blog:
Best new blog (first published in 2014):
Best solo blog:
Best new blogger:
- Meg Stout at Millenial Star
- LDS_Aussie at Wheat and Tares
- Kristine A at BCC/Wheat and Tares
Best blog layout/graphics:
Best overall blogger:
- Julie Smith
- Hawkgrrrl
- April Young Bennett
- Living in Zion
- Lori Burkman
Best commenter:
- New Iconoclast aka Grey Ghost
- Hawkgrrrl
- RJH (aka Ronan)
- Kristine A
- Andrew S
- Annegb
Most memorable comment:
Funniest thread:
- If You Like Trunk-or-Treats You Probably Don’t Have a Testimony
- Every Bloggernacle Argument as Told in GIFs
- General Conference, what are the odds?
- General Conference Report in Tweets and GIFs
- Is it ethical to eat Mormons?
- Hashtag Hijinks: #ItwasMom
- Where would Jesus Park?
- Mormon Jargon 2
- Monty Python’s the Meaning of Mormon Feminist Life
- A Crazy, Wild Reformation Day
- Funniest Comments on the ‘Nacle 2014
- What the Smith Boys Said This Year
- The Old Testament – There’s better books out there
Best post title:
- Leaving the Old Ship Zion to Walk on Water
- What Would Dolores Umbridge Do?
- Praise to the Man with 40 Wives and Teenage Brides
Best humorous post:
- Church Wins Control of Key Bloggernacle Blogs After High Stakes Poker Match
- Parallel Dimension’s “Ordain Men” Movement Still Struggling
- More Gang Violence Erupts Between Prominent LDS Bloggers
- Captain Moroni’s Wife Brenda Gives Him Feedback on Care, Diplomatic Correspondence
- Church to Build Upscale Strip Malls Near Smaller Temples
- Spirit World Update: More Buddhists Sent to Work with Mormons
- MormonProbs at Hogwarts: If Harry Potter Were a Mormon
- Pets Dressed as Missionaries
- 9 Mormons Who Would Make a Better Batman than Ben Affleck
- The Old Testament: There are better books out there
- There are Better Cheapo Mormon Halloween Costumes
Best satirical post:
- Mr. Kafke goes to Temple Square
- The Camelot Convention
- The Movement to Hang Pictures of Female Leaders in Church Buildings
- Neckties: Priesthood Attire or Lucifer’s Lust pointer?
- A modest proposal for BYU-friendly ‘gay-marriage cards.’
- LDS Marriage 2112
- A Correlated Mormon Gender Issues Survey
- A Letter to a Liberal Mormon
Best historical post:
Best post series:
- When the Temple Hurts
- Birth/Rebirth series
- Things Financial Transparency Would Reveal About the Church, Ranked.
- Polygamy Series
- LDS.net’s 175th anniversary Nauvoo celebration
- the Milgram Experiment parts 1, 2, and 3
- Natural Gods
Best post on feminism:
- Mormon Women, Patriarch, and Equality
- Dear Bishop
- Tears for the unordained women in my life
- Open Letter to Kate Kelly, Ordain Women, & Questioning Onlookers
- On Being Needed vs Being necessary: Some thoughts on Women, Priesthood, and Responsibility
- Why aren’t the Women Included?
Best apologetic post:
- Why Are There Differences Between Joseph Smith’s 4 First Vision Accounts?
- Tale of Two Chapels
- Jeremy Rennells–the New Expert on Polygamy?
- What the Hell did Joseph mean by Translation?
Best spiritual post:
Best doctrinal post:
- Disgracing God to Save a Prophet
- Reflecting on Elder’s Oaks Talk in the Priesthood Session
- Purple Flowers and Powerful Women
- A partial response to Brother Otterson
- A Kingdom of Priests
- Men, Women, and Modesty
- Unbreakable
- What Are the Blessings of the Priesthood
- Peace on Earth
- The Doctrine of Celibacy
- Tiamat and the Atonement
- Why the Priesthood and Temple Ban Was Wrong
- Who is your God?
Best post on church policy:
- We are putting our Eggs in the Wrong Basket
- The Problem with Local Change
- Another Partial Response to Brother Otterson
- Denied Temple Recommends and Apostate Relatives
- Fix This!
- Women Disciplined by Men
- Our Sisters are Leaving
- Senior Missionary Couples
- Equal Means Something
- The Mormon Underwear Monopoly
- The Church is Pro-Choice
- Introducing Informed Consent to Bishop’s Interviews
- When Home is not a Haven
- If You’re not part of the Solution
- The Temple Recommend Admission to the House of the Lord
Best personal post:
- Lessons from a Sunburn
- Renovating my Faith
- Birth/Rebirth Series
- Compassion and Service
- The Altar and the Font
- Never Let me Go
- Facing Your Parents Mortality
- Infertility. Sometimes it hurts to be a Mormon
- From Whom Do Your Blessings Come
- A Circle, Unbroken
- I Hope They Don’t Ask Me about My Mission
Best faith crisis post:
- Perhaps under Faith Crisis? Petra’s I Loved To See The Temple
- When the Levee Breaks
- Drowning at Church
- The Answer to All the Hard Questions..Um, Maybe Not
- How to Give a Baby Blessing Regardless of your Faith
- Perspective on Peter
Best current events post:
- Perspectives of News on Possible Excommunications
- Do Women Count?
- A Victory for Pluralism
- 4 Reasons why Disaffected Mormons become Atheists
- The Deviation: a Look at the Santa Barbara Shooting
- Elder Oaks Lights up the Bloggernacle
- Otterson’s Open Letter to the Bloggernacle
- An Open Letter to the Saints
Best Post on the Temple
- Are We Properly Prepared to Enter the Temple?
- The Mormon Priestess: the Short version
- What Not to Wear
- Temple Prep Suggestions
- Temple Baptisms – A reflection
Best book/article review:
- Wilford Woodruff: Witness
- Steve Peck, the Author
- Polygamy. Really?
- Mormons Meet Fellow Mormons Movie Review
- Joseph Smith’s Polygamy Volume 3
Best contribution to the Bloggernacle in 2014:
- Brandt Malone’s “Mormon News Report”
- Ziff for Bloggernacle Historian
- Polygamy Series, Lindsay Hansen Park
Best contribution to interfaith dialogue:
Best Mormon Activism:
- Clean Drinking Water
- Operation Underground Railroad
- Aspiring Mormon Women
- Liahona Children’s Foundation
- Family First Weddings
Best LGBT Activism
- Doctrine of Celibacy
- When it comes to equality, whose side are you on?
- Mormon Mother Shares Story about Gay Son
- Gay Stuff and Mormon Doctrine
Best Online Mormon Awards
- Wheaties & Tarefic Awards (W&T)
- Brodies (Main Street Plaza)
- “X” Mormon of the Year (Main Street Plaza)
- Mormon of the Year (Times and Seasons)
- Niblets (Bloggernacle Times)
Write-in category:
- Best exit narrative- Why I left
- Best blog phrase – “The PRethren”
- Best feature story: Women of Faith: How the Story was Created and Produced
- Best relaunch – Exploring Sainthood
And here are the categories for the Tarefic Awards!
Worst Mormon Internet Drama:
- SUMMONSGATE (LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson issued Summons to appear in UK Courts via Tom Phillips)
- APOKELLYPSE – (everything on internet groups about Kate Kelly’s excommunication, in addition to the excommunication)
- Sister Mkhabela’s Forgotten Prayer – (Ongoing MoFem internet drama over not recognizing the first black woman’s prayer in General Conference)
- General Conference Confusion – (Whether the General Women’s Meeting is actually part of conference)
Worst Commenter
- Douglas
- Jettboy
- Winifred
- Nate
Biggest Soapbox Commenter:
- Jettboy
- Winifred
Commenter that started the most arguments:
- Matt Warren (of Facebook)
Most missed personality on the Bloggernacle:
Worst Mormon Activism:
Worst place for Believers:
- Mormon Stories Facebook Group
- Main Street Plaza
- Mormon Hub
Worst place for Unbelievers:
- Millennial Star
Worst Online Mormon Awards
- Wheaties & Tarefic Awards (W&T)
- Brodies (Main Street Plaza)
- “X” Mormon of the Year (Main Street Plaza)
- Mormon of the Year (Times and Seasons)
- Niblets (Bloggernacle Times)
Write-in category:
Wheat & Tares 
I help run LDS.net, and while the site has been up for many years, we added a blog to it for the first time in April 2014. I think our work is worth considering for best new blog of 2014.
Here are some of our best posts to consider for your other categories:
Best Post Title: Praise to the Man with 40 Wives and Teenage Brides
Best Apologetic Post: Why Are There Differences Between Joseph Smith’s 4 First Vision Accounts? [http://lds.net/blog/faith/defending-the-faith/mormon-history/why-are-there-differences-between-joseph-smiths-4-first-vision-accounts/#.VL0mDCvF-So]
Best Series: LDS.net’s 175th anniversary Nauvoo celebration [http://lds.net/blog/buzz/lds-news/nauvoo-175th-anniversary/#.VL0l5SvF-So]
Best Post on Feminism: Open Letter to Kate Kelly, Ordain Women, & Questioning Onlookers [http://lds.net/blog/faith/open-letter-kate-kelly-ordain-women/#.VL0keCvF-So]
Best Humorous Post: MormonProbs at Hogwarts: If Harry Potter Were a Mormon [http://lds.net/blog/buzz/entertainment/mormonprobs-hogwarts-harry-potter-mormon/#.VL0kuCvF-So], Pets Dressed as Missionaries [http://lds.net/blog/buzz/humor/pets-dressed-missionaries/#.VL0k_ivF-So], 9 Mormons Who Would Make a Better Batman than Ben Affleck [http://lds.net/blog/buzz/entertainment/better-than-ben/#.VL0lIyvF-So]
And for your other category. Best feature story: Women of Faith: How the Story was Created and Produced [http://lds.net/blog/buzz/entertainment/arts-culture/authors-behind-women-of-faith/#.VL0lxyvF-So]
Thanks for your consideration!
One more nomination. Best Spiritual Post: “You Are the Truth” [http://lds.net/blog/faith/mormon-life/christophers-corner/mormons-believe-in-you/#.VL0mZyvF-So]
I’m completing a second test to see why my previous comment did not appear. If all comments are moderated, or if there was something about my comment that got it stuck in a spam filter.
I’m interested in making nominations, but can’t seem to master the commenting system. Is there another way to submit nominations?
I help run a site, and believe it would make a terrific nomination for best new blog of 2014. The site has long had a forum, but launched a blog portion for the first time in April 2014. I believe the blog is a worthy contender.
I’d like to nominate Jacob Baker’s guest post at ZD as a best of post on feminism. The intellectual argument that women must be fully integrated to become fully accountable was spot on.
[http://zelophehadsdaughters.com/2014/02/05/on-being-needed-vs-being-necessary-some-thoughts-on-women-priesthood-and-responsibility/]
Christopher, just tell us the name of yoir blog and nomination. Anytime you post a link or two, the spam filter kicks in. I didnt see ykur comment, but i am on my phone and domt have accesd to the full site.
I’d like to nominate Living in Zion at Mormon Mentality for best overall blogger. And annegb for best commenter.
Rational faiths activism in raising funds for the Liahona Children’s Foundation needs to be added to the list.
http://rationalfaiths.com/ta-khmau-rf-liahona-childrens-foundation-stake/
Feminism
http://rationalfaiths.com/why-arent-the-women-included/
Faith Crisis
http://rationalfaiths.com/when-the-levee-breaks/
I’d like to nominate When the levee breaks and Drowning at church for the Faith Crisis post.
I’d also like to nominate the newly merged blog MormonPress for best new blog.
You beat me to it Brian.
Geoffrey Nelson of rational faiths and his “the Milgram Experiment parts 1, 2, and 3” for best series!
http://rationalfaiths.com/infallibility-vs-arm-flesh/
I’d also love to see “best LGBT advocacy” post as a category.
and Thomas Montgomery’s Doctrine of Celibacy up for an award. http://rationalfaiths.com/doctrine-celibacy/
if it is no lame to nominate my own, I had a lot of positive feedback about “when it comes to equality, which side of history are you on?” http://rationalfaiths.com/equality-which-side/
And sidenote: Disgracing God for Prophets should read “Disgracing God to Save a Prophet”
No biggy, I just noticed the title oops.
Also please include the RationalFaiths podcast with the rest of the Mormon podcasts.
Best Personal Post: Infertility. Sometimes it hurts to be a Mormon, by Camille. http://rationalfaiths.com/infertility/
Humorous post: Viliami Pauni’s “The Old Testament: There are better books out there” http://rationalfaiths.com/old-testament-theres-better-books-out-there/
It’d be good to see This Week in Mormons among the podcast listings. They are pretty big.
I want to nominate Lori Burkman who writes for Rational Faiths as the Best Blogger. She has had so many amazing posts on RF throughout the year.
add to my prior comment…Lori’s post “When the levee breaks” should be nominated as the best blog post
I would like to nominate (selfishly) the podcasts that I produce or host:
The Good Word
FairMormon Podcasts: Articles of Faith, RiseUp, and Front Page News Service.
Mormon History Guy
(Again, full disclosure, I produce, host, or record these, so I am biased.)
I’m a fan of Lori Burkman’s writing, so I nominate her articles:
best post on feminism for “why arent the women included in this”
best faith crisis posts for “when the levee breaks” and “drowning at church”
Leah Pickren Silverman had some great posts this year.
Under spiritual post: http://rationalfaiths.com/spirit-god/
Under church policy: http://rationalfaiths.com/thetemplerecommend/
Jonathan Cannon’s series on Rational Faiths: Natural Gods
[http://rationalfaiths.com/love-conquers-multiverse/]
best post Mike Barker
[http://rationalfaiths.com/answer-hard-questions-um-maybe/]
Best personal post Mike Barker
[http://rationalfaiths.com/blessings-come/]
Best doctrinal post Mike Barker
[http://rationalfaiths.com/tiamat-atonement/]
Best Podcast
[http://mormonhistoryguy.com/]
Best Currrent Events Post – Russell Stevenson
[http://rationalfaiths.com/open-letter-saints/]
I’d like to nominate Lori Burkman at Rational Faiths for best post on feminism for “Why aren’t women included in this”. (THE best post EVER!)
And I’d also like to nominate Lori Burkman at Rational Faiths for best faith-crisis post for “when the levee breaks” and “drowning at church”.
Also for aktivism; Wendy Williams Montgomery for her interview with huffington post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/28/wendy-gay-family_n_5042297.html
I agree that “when the temple hurts” – is a great series!
If a relaunch counts as new, it would be worth including [exploringsainthood.org] for best new blog. If not, please ignore. The blog was reorganized after a significant break when only podcasts had been published on it (and not even those for quite a while)
I’d like to nominate Melissa Inouye’s post [http://rationalfaiths.com/tale-two-chapels/] for best apologetic post. It shows the reality of how much revelation moves forward in a very hopeful light.
Also, Jeremy Timothy’s post [http://rationalfaiths.com/life-interrupted/] for best spiritual post. It asks us to explore our beliefs about life and death and our faith in God and in people.
Geoff Nelson’s book review [http://rationalfaiths.com/wilford-woodruffs-witness/] was nice.
Geoff Nelson’s book review [http://rationalfaiths.com/wilford-woodruffs-witness/] was nice. I honestly didn’t read many book reviews, but since no one is nominating, I’ll get it started. It did make me want to read the book.
If an author interview on a podcast can count as a book review, I would nominate [http://rationalfaiths.com/29-steve-peck-author/]. Again, ignore if I’m doing this wrong.
Paul Barker
Best Post on the Temple
[http://rationalfaiths.com/what-not-to-wear/]
And
Best Docrinal post:
http://rationalfaiths.com/priesthood-temple-ban-wrong/
And
Best Theological Post
[http://rationalfaiths.com/who-is-your-god/]
Best Article/Book Review:
[http://rationalfaiths.com/polygamy-really/]
Best Apologetic Post
Brian Hales
[http://rationalfaiths.com/jeremy-runnells-new-expert-joseph-smiths-polygamy/]
Best Personal Post
Janan Graham
[http://rationalfaiths.com/circle-unbroken/]
Best Satirical Post
[http://rationalfaiths.com/letter-liberal-mormon/]
Best Podcast
[http://rationalfaiths.com/category/podcast/]
Best Humerous Post
Thomas Hatton
[http://rationalfaiths.com/cheapo-mormon-halloween-costumes/]
Best Apologetic Post
Mike Barker
[http://rationalfaiths.com/hell-joseph-mean/]
Best Review
Michael Barker
[http://rationalfaiths.com/mormons-meet-fellow-mormons-movie-review/]
Best Review
Mike Barker
[http://rationalfaiths.com/joseph-smiths-polygamy-volume-3-theology-book-review/]
Best Post on the temple
Mike Barker
[http://rationalfaiths.com/temple-baptisms-reflection/]
Best LGBT Advocacy
Mike Barker
[http://rationalfaiths.com/deconstructing-mormon-doctrine-gay-stuff/]
Faith Crisis
L. Thomas
[http://rationalfaiths.com/give-baby-bless-regardless…/]
Personal
L. Thomas
[http://rationalfaiths.com/hope-dont-ask-mission/]
All of Lori Burkman’s posts on Rational Faiths are praiseworthy and she covers a diverse range of topics. I think she deserves a nod for best blogger of the year.
I’m not sure it best fits under Best Post on Faith Crisis, but I love her article “Perspective on Peter”.
http://rationalfaiths.com/perspective-on-peter/
Best Mormon Activism:
Family First Weddings
[http://familyfirstweddings.com/]
I would request that Approaching Justice NOT be nominated for anything.
Thanks,
Chris H.