AML Awards

The AML Awards are given annually by the Association for Mormon Letters (AML) to the best work "by, for, and about Mormons." They are juried awards, chosen by a panel of judges. Citations for many of the awards can be found on the AML website.

The award categories vary from year to year depending on the shape of the market and what the AML decides is worthy of honor. Beginning with the 2014 awards, the AML began creating a shortlist of finalists for most categories, which preceded the final awards.

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2010

;Smith-Pettit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
:* Richard Cracroft

;Biography
:* Marilyn Arnold for ''Bittersweet: A Daughter's Memoir''

;Criticism
:*Grant Hardy for ''Understanding the Book of Mormon: A Reader's Guide ''

;Drama / WebFilm
:*Jeffrey Parkin & Jared Cardon for '' The Book of Jer3miah''

;Editing
:*Eric W. Jepson for "Comics!" ''Sunstone'' #160
:* Angela Hallstrom for ''Dispensation: Latter-day Fiction''

;Memoir
:* George B. Handley for ''Home Waters: A Year of Recompenses on the Provo River''

;Novel
:* Brady Udall for ''The Lonely Polygamist: A Novel''

;Online Writing
:* Ardis Parshall for "Beards" on '' Keepapitchinin''

;Personal Essay
:* Patrick Madden for ''Quotidiana''

;Poetry
:* Marilyn Bushman-Carlton for ''Her Side of It: Poems''

;Service to AML
:*Darlene Young

;Short Fiction
:*Jack Harrell for ''A Sense of Order and Other Stories''

;Short Fiction Honorable Mention
:*Darin Cozzens for ''Light of the New Day and Other Stories''

;Young Adult Literature
:* Ally Condie for ''Matched''

2011

;Smith-Pettit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
:* Marilyn Brown

;Honorary Lifetime Membership
:* Gideon Burton

;Biography
:* Terryl L. Givens and Matthew J. Grow for '' Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism''

;Autobiography
:*Emma Lou Warner Thayne for ''The Place of Knowing: a Spiritual Autobiography''

;Criticism
:*Brant A. Gardner for ''The Gift and Power : Translating the Book of Mormon''

;Film
:*Tyler Measom and Jennilyn Merten for ''Sons of Perdition''

;Special Award in Graphical Narrative
:* Michael Dalton Allred for a lifetime of comic art

;Novel
:*Steven L. Peck for '' The Scholar of Moab''

;Personal Essay
:*Adam Miller, for the body of his work published in 2011

;Poetry
:* Tyler Chadwick for editing '' Fire in the Pasture: Twenty-first Century Mormon Poets'' (Peculiar Pages)

;Short Story
:*David G. Pace for "American Trinity"

;Short Fiction
:* Doug Thayer for ''Wasatch: Mormon Stories and a Novella''

;Special Award in Literary Journalism
:*Andrew Hall

;Young Adult Novel
:* Robison Wells for ''Variant''

; Marilyn Brown Novel Award
:*Paul Colt for ''Boots and Saddles: A Call to Glory''

2012

;Smith–Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
:* Eric Samuelsen

;Lifetime AML Membership
:*Mahonri Stewart
:*Christopher Bigelow
;Film
:*'' Redemption'', directed by Thomas Russell

;Novel
:*''The Five Books of Jesus'' by James Goldberg

;Devotional
:*''The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life'' by Terryl and Fiona Givens

;Poetry
:*''Amytis Leaves Her Garden'' by Karen Kelsay

;Award in Adaptation
:*''The Street-Legal Version of Mormon’s Book'' by Michael Hicks

;Drama
:*''Roof Overhead'' by Mahonri Stewart

;Short Fiction
:*"Godshift" by Nancy Fulda (originally appeared in ''Daily Science Fiction'')

;Young Adult Novel
:*''Vodnik'' by Bryce Moore

;Memoir/Creative Non Fiction
:*''The Book of Mormon Girl'' by Joanna Brooks

;Middle Grade Fiction Award
:*''False Prince'' by Jennifer A. Nielsen

;Humor
:*"Pat and Pete" by Larry Day (from his collection ''Day Dreaming: Tales from the Fourth Dementia'')

2013

Given out April 12, 2014.

;Smith–Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
:* Charlotte Hawkins England

;Outstanding Achievement Award
:* Dean Hughes

;Creative non-fiction
:*Melissa Dalton-Bradford for ''Global Mom: Eight Countries, Sixteen Addresses, Five Languages, One Family''

;Drama
:*Ariel Mitchell for ''A Second Birth''

;Film
:*Garrett Batty for '' The Saratov Approach''

;Special Award
:*Scott Hales for ''The Garden of Enid''

;Novel
:*Sarah Eden ''Longing for Home''

;Poetry
:*Alex Caldiero ''sonosuono'' (awarded on March 28, 2015)
::Other finalists
::*Susan Elizabeth Howe ''Salt''
::*Lance Larsen ''Genius Loci''

;Short Fiction
:*Brad R. Torgersen “The Chaplain’s Legacy”. ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'', July/August 2013 (awarded on March 28, 2015)
::Other finalists
::*“The Righteous Road” by Ryan Shoemaker, ''Silk Road Review'', Summer/Fall 2013
::*“Expiation” by Richard Dutcher, ''Sunstone'' 171, July 2013
::*“Duplex” by Eric Freeze, ''Prairie Fire'' 34.1, Spring 2013
::*“The Gift of Tongues” by Annette Haws, ''Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought'', Winter 2013

;Young Adult Fiction
:*Cindy M. Hogan ''Gravediggers''

;Young Adult Speculative Fiction
:*Brandon Sanderson for '' The Rithmatist''

2014

''Presented March 28, 2015, at the Utah Valley University Library.''

;Smith–Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
:* Margaret Blair Young

;AML Lifetime Achievement Award
:* Lance Larsen
:*Karen Rosenbaum

;Comics
:*''iPlates, Volume 2: Prophets, Priests, Rebels, and Kings'' by Stephen Carter and Jett Atwood

;Creative non-fiction
:*''Hemingway on a Bike'' by Eric Freeze
::Other finalists
::*''To the Mountain: One Mormon Woman’s Search for Spirit'' by Phyllis Barber
::*''Way Below the Angels: The Pretty Clearly Troubled But Not Even Close to Tragic Confessions of a Real Live Mormon Missionary'' by Craig Harline
::*''Hippie Boy: A Girl’s Story'' by Ingrid Ricks

;Criticism
:*''Ender’s World: Fresh Perspectives on the SF Classic Ender’s Game'', Orson Scott Card, editor
::Other finalists
::*“Of Many Hearts and Many Minds: The Mormon Novel and the Post-Utopian Challenge of Assimilation” by Scott Hales. Dissertation, University of Cincinnati
::*“Toward a Mormon Literary Theory” by Jack Harrell. BYU Studies Quarterly 53.3, 2014

;Drama
:*''Pride and Prejudice'' by Melissa Leilani Larsen
::Other finalists
::*''The Weaver of Raveloe'' by Erika Glenn and Melissa Leilani Larsen
::*''Single Wide'' by George Nelson and Jordan Kamalu
::*''Evening Eucalyptus'' by Mahonri Stewart

;Film
:*'' Saints and Soldiers: The Void'', Ryan Little, director
::Other finalists
::*''Inspired Guns'', Adam White, director
::*''The Last Straw'', Rob Diamond, director
::*'' Meet the Mormons'', Blair Treu, director
::*'' Mitt'', Greg Whiteley, director

;Middle Grade Novel
:*''The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place'' by Julie Berry
::*Honorable Mention: ''The End or Something Like That'' by Ann Dee Ellis
::Other finalists
::*''Almost Super'' by Marion Jensen
::*''Time of the Fireflies'' by Kimberley Griffiths Little
::*''Sky Raiders'' by Brandon Mull

;Novel
:*''City of Brick and Shadow'' by Tim Wirkus
::*Honorable Mention: ''Words of Radiance'' by Brandon Sanderson
::Other finalists
::*''A Song for Issy Bradley'' by Carys Bray
::*''The Bishop’s Wife'' by Mette Ivie Harrison
::*''The Thieves of Summer'' by Linda Sillitoe

;Picture Book
:*''Girls Who Choose God: Stories of Courageous Women from the Bible'' by McArthur Krishna and Bethany Brady Spalding, illustrated by Kathleen Peterson
::*Honorable Mention: '' The Princess in Black'' by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale, illustrated by LeUyen Pham
::Other finalists
::*''Fetch'' by Adam Glendon Sidwell, illustrated by Edwin Rhemrev
::*''The World According to Musk Ox'' by Erin Cabatingan, illustrated by Matthew Myers
::*''The Tooth Fairy Wars'' by Kate Coombs, illustrated by Jake Parker

;Poetry
:*''Picture Dictionary'' by Kristen Eliason
::Other finalists
::*''Uncommon Prayer'' and ''Made Flesh: Sacrament and Poetics in Post-Reformation England'' by Kimberly Johnson
::*''In the Museum of Coming and Going'' by Laura Stott

;Religious Non-Fiction
:*''Re-Reading Job: Understanding the Ancient World’s Greatest Poem'' by Michael Austin
::Other finalists
::*''Seeking the Promised Land'' by David E. Campbell, John C. Green, and J. Quin Monson. Cambridge University Press
::*''Wresting the Angel'' by Terryl Givens

;Short Fiction
:*“Two-Dog Dose” by Steven L. Peck, ''Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought'', Spring 2014
::Other finalists
::*“Recollection” by Nancy Fulda, ''Carbide Tipped Pens''
::*“Anatomy” by Tim Wirkus, ''Weird Fiction Review'', June 2014
::*“Jesus Enough” by Levi S. Peterson, ''Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought'', Winter 2014

;Young Adult General Novel
:*''Death Coming Up the Hill'' by Chris Crowe
::Other finalists
::*''Forbidden'' by Kimberley Griffiths Little
::*''On the Fence'' by Kasie West
::*''Signed, Skye Harper'' by Carol Lynch Williams
::*'' Stronger than You Know'' by Jolene Perry

;Young Adult Speculative Novel
:*'' Atlantia'' by Ally Condie
::Other finalists
::*''The Paper Magician'' by Charlie Holmberg
::*''The Unhappening of Genesis Lee'' by Shallee McArthur
::*''Son of War, Daughter of Chaos'' by Janette Rallison
::*''Ruins'' by Dan Wells
::*''Illusions of Fate'' by Kiersten White

2015

''Presented March 5, 2016, at the Heber J. Grant building on Brigham Young University-Hawaii campus.''

;The Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
:*Phyllis Barber

;The Association for Mormon Letters Lifetime Achievement Award
:*Donald R. Marshall

;Special Awards for Scholarly Publishing
:*''The Oxford Handbook of Mormonism'' edited by Terryl L. Givens and Philip L. Barlow
:* Nephi Anderson's ''Dorian: A Peculiar Edition With Annotated Text & Scholarship'' edited by Eric W. Jepson

;Comics
:*'' Dendō: One Year and One Half in Japan'' by Brittany Long Olsen
::Other finalists
::*''Stripling Warrior'' by Brian Andersen and James Neish
::*''My Hot Date'' by Noah van Sciver

;Creative Non-Fiction
:*''My Wife Wants You to Know I’m Happily Married'' by Joey Franklin
::Other finalists
::*''The Accidental Terrorist'' by William Shunn
::*''Fresh Courage Take: New Directions by Mormon Women'' edited by Jamie Zvirzdin

;Criticism
:* Jana Riess "Mormon Popular Culture" from the first of the two nominated collections below
::*''The Oxford Handbook of Mormonism'' edited by Terryl L. Givens and Philip L. Barlow
::Other finalists
::* Nephi Anderson's ''Dorian: A Peculiar Edition With Annotated Text & Scholarship'' edited by Eric W. Jepson

;Drama
:*''Pilot Program'' by Melissa Leilani Larson
::Other finalists
::*''A/Version of Events'' by Matthew Ivan Bennett
::*'' Princess Academy'' by Lisa Hall Hagen, adapted from Shannon Hale

;Film
:*''Peace Officer'', by Scott Christopherson and Brad Barber
::Other finalists
::*''Christmas Eve'', by Mitch Davis
::*''Freetown'', by Garrett Batty
::*'' Just Let Go'', by Christopher S. Clark and Patrick Henry Parker
::*'' Once I Was a Beehive'', by Maclain Nelson

;Lyrics
:*'' The Desired Effect'' from Brandon Flowers
::Other finalists
::*''Smoke + Mirrors'' from Imagine Dragons
::*'' Ones and Sixes'' from Low
::*'' Until I Live'' from The National Parks

;Middle Grade Novel
:*''Mothman’s Curse'' by Christine Hayes
::Other finalists
::*''A Night Divided by'' Jennifer A. Nielsen
::*''Mysteries of Cove: Fires of Invention'' by J. Scott Savage
::*''The Sound of Life and Everything'' by Krista Van Dolzer
::*''Survival Strategies of the Almost Brave'' by Jen White

;Novel
:*''Sistering'' by Jennifer Quist
::Other finalists
::*''The Agitated Heart'' by J. Scott Bronson
::*''Son of the Black Sword'' by Larry Correia
::*''His Right Hand'' by Mette Ivie Harrison

;Picture Book
:*''Zombelina Dances the Nutcracker'' by Kristyn Crow
::Other finalists
::*''Talon Wrestles an Anaconda'' by Auntie M (McArthur Krishna)
::*''Girls Who Choose God: Stories of strong women from the Book of Mormon'' by McArthur Krishna, Bethany Brady Spalding, and Kathleen Peterson
::*''Job Wanted'' by Teresa Bateman

;Poetry
:*''Hive'' by Christina Stoddard
::Other finalists
::*''Glyphs'' by Colin Douglas
::*''Lake of Fire: Landscape Meditations from the Great Basin Deserts'' of Nevada by Justin Evans
::*''Let Me Drown With Moses'' by James Goldberg

;Religious Non-Fiction
::*''Traditions of the Fathers: The Book of Mormon as History'' by Brant A. Gardner
:Other finalists
::*''The Oxford Handbook of Mormonism'' edited by Terryl L. Givens and Philip L. Barlow
::*''Postponing Heaven: The Three Nephites, the Bodhisattva, and the Mahdi'' by Jad Hatem, translated by Jonathon Penny
::*''Planted: Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt'' by Patrick Q. Mason
::*''Relational Grace: The Reciprocal and Binding Covenant of Charis'' by Brent J. Schmidt

;Short Story
:*"Remainder" by Spencer Hyde ('' Bellevue Literary Review'')
::Other finalists
::*"The Naked Woman" by Theric Jepson (''Pulp Literature'')
::*"Absolute Zero" by Scott Parkin (''1st & Starlight'')
::*"An Immense Darkness" by Eric James Stone (''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'')

;Short-Story Collection
:*''Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, Wives'' by Karen Rosenbaum
::Other finalists
::*''Dark Watch and Other Mormon-American Stories'' by William Morris
::*''Wandering Realities: Mormonish Short Fiction '' by Steve L. Peck

;Young Adult Novel
:*''The Storyspinner'' by Becky Wallace
::Other finalists
::*''Shutter'' by Courtney Alameda
::*''Ink and Ashes'' by Valynne Maetani
::*''Firefight'' by Brandon Sanderson
::*''Fish Out of Water'' by Natalie Whipple

2016

Presented at Utah Valley University, April 22, 2017.

;The Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
:*Orson Scott Card

;AML Lifetime Achievement Award
:*Susan Elizabeth Howe

;Comics
:*''Precious Rascals'' by Anthony Holden
::Other finalists
::*''Mormon Shorts, Vol. 1'' by Scott Hales
::*''White Sand'' by Brandon Sanderson (story), Rik Hoskin (script), Julius Gopez (art), and Ross Campbell (colors)

;Creative Non-fiction
:*''Sublime Physick'' by Patrick Madden
::Honorable Mention
::*''Baring Witness: 36 Mormon Women Talk Candidly about Love, Sex and Marriage'' edited by Holly Welker
::Other finalists
::*''Immortal for Quite Some Time'' by Scott Abbott
::*''The Latter Days: A Memoir'' by Judith Freeman
::*''One Hundred Birds Taught me to Fly'' by Ashley Mae Hoiland

;Criticism
:*''Writing Ourselves: Essays on Creativity, Craft, and Mormonism'' by Jack Harrell

;Drama
:*''Burn'' by Morag Shepherd
::Other finalists
::*''Gregorian'' by Matthew Greene
::*''Kingdom of Heaven'' by Jenifer Nii
::*''The King’s Men'' by Javen Tanner

;Film
:*''The Split House'' by Annie Poon
::Other finalists
::*'' Masterminds'' by Jared Hess
::*''The Next Door'' by Barrett Burgin
::*'' Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made'' by Jeremy Coon and Tim Skousen
::*''Saturday's Warrior'' by Michael Buster

;Middle Grade Novel
:*''Summerlost'' by Ally Condie
::Other finalists
::*''The Kidnap Plot: The Incredible Adventures of Clockwork Charlie'' by Dave Butler
::*''Cinnamon Moon'' by Tess Hilmo
::*''Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood'' by Liesl Shurtliff

;Novel
:*''Over Your Dead Body'' by Dan Wells
::Other finalists
::*''Slave Queen'' by Heather. B. Moore
::*''Pigs When they Straddle the Air'' by Julie J. Nichols
::*''Daredevils'' by Shawn Vestal

;Picture Book
:*''Our Heavenly Family, Our Earthly Families'' by McArthur Krishna and Bethany Brady Spalding. Illustrated by Caitlin Connolly
::Other finalists
::*''What Would It Be Like'' by McArthur Krishna, Illustrated by Ayeshe Sadr & Ishaan Dasgupta
::*''She Stood for Freedom: The Untold Story of a Civil Rights Hero'' by Loki Mulholland and Angela Fairwell. Illustrated by Charlotte Janssen
::*''Defenders of the Family'' by Benjamin Hyrum White. Illustrated by Jay Fontana

;Poetry
:*''Strange Terrain'' by Matthew James Babcock
::Other finalists
::*''Leviathan'' by Neil Aitken
::*''flicker'' by Lisa Bickmore
::*''Who is the Dancer, What is the Dance'' by Alex Caldiero
::*''Kill February'' by Jeffrey Tucker

;Religious Non-fiction
:*''As Iron Sharpens Iron: Listening to the Various Voices of Scripture'' edited by Julie M. Smith
::Other finalists
::*''Nothing New Under the Sun: A Blunt Paraphrase of Ecclesiastes'' by Adam S. Miller
::*''The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy'' by Carol Lynn Pearson
::*''The Vision of All: Twenty-five Lectures on Isaiah in Nephi’s Record'' by Joseph M. Spencer

;Special Award for Religious Non-fiction Publishing
:*''Let Your Hearts and Minds Expand: Reflections on Faith, Reason, Charity, and Beauty'' by Thomas F. Rogers, edited by Jonathan Langford and Linda Hunter Adams

;Short Fiction
:*"Kid Kirby" by Levi S. Peterson (''Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought'', 49:2, Summer 2016)
::Other finalists
::*"And Thorns Will Grow There" by Emily Belanger, ''Sunstone'' #180, Spring 2016
::*"Light as Wings" by Spencer Hyde, '' Glimmer Train''. Fall 2016, #97
::*"The Mandelbrot Set" by Heidi Naylor, ''Sunstone'', #182, Fall 2016
::*"Incomplete Slaughter" by Steven L. Peck, ''The Colored Lens'', Summer 2016
::*"Purytans" by Brad R. Torgersen, ''Analog: Science Fact and Fiction'', July/Aug 2016

;Short Fiction Collection
:*''The Last Blessing of J. Guyman LeGrand and Other Stories'' by Darin Cozzens
::Other finalists
::*''Invisible Men'' by Eric Freeze
::*''Windows into Hell'' by various authors, edited by James Wymore

;Video Series
:*'' Last Chance U'' Greg Whiteley, director
::Other finalists
::*''Adam & Eve'' Davey & Bianca Morrison Dillard, directors
::*''Studio C'' Jared Shores and Matt Meese, co-creators
::*''The Talking Fly'' Steve Olpin, director

;Young Adult Novel
:*''The Serpent King'' by Jeff Zentner
::Other finalists
::*''The Passion of Dolssa'' by Julie Berry
::*''And I Darken'' by Kiersten White

2017

The final winners were presented March 23, 2018.
;Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
:*Lavina Fielding Anderson

;AML Lifetime Achievement Award
:* Robert Kirby

;Novel2017 AML Awards Finalists #1: Novel and Short Fiction
by Andrew Hall. ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Accessed Feb. 26, 2018
:*''Gilda Trillim: Shepherdess of Rats'' by Steven L. Peck ( Roundfire Books)
::*''The Field is White'' by Claire Åkebrand (Kernpunct Press)
::*''Sins of Empire'' by Brian McClellan ( Orbit/Hachette Book Press)
::*''Prayers in Bath'' by Luisa Perkins (Mormon Artists Group)
::*''Nothing Left to Lose'' by Dan Wells (Tor)

;Short fiction
:*"The Pew" by Alison Maeser Brimley (originally published in ''Dialogue'')
::*"Le Train à Grande Vitesse" R.A. Christmas (originally published in ''Dialogue'')
::*"The Thicket" by Bradeigh Godfrey (originally published in ''Sunstone'')
::*"Jane’s Journey" by Heidi Naylor (originally published in ''Sunstone'')
::*"Bishop Johansen Rescues a Lost Soul: A Tale of Pleasant Grove" by Steven L. Peck (originally published in ''Dialogue'')

;Creative nonfiction2017 AML Awards Finalists #3: Creative Non-Fiction and Religious Non-Fiction
by Andrew Hall. ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Accessed Feb. 26, 2018
:*''That We May Be One: A Gay Mormon’s Perspective on Faith and Family'' by Tom Christofferson
::*''Learning to Like Life: A Tribute to Lowell Bennion'' by George B. Handley
::*''The Burning Point'' by Tracy McKay
::*''Open Midnight: Where Ancestors and Wilderness Meet'' by Brooke Williams
:::Notable mentions
:::*''Heterodoxologies: Essays'' by Matthew James Babcock
:::*''The OCD Mormon: Finding healing and hope in the midst of anxiety'' by Kari Ferguson
:::*''Do Clouds Rest? Dementiadventures with Mom'' by Michael Hicks

;Religious nonfiction
:*''What is Mormonism? A Student’s Introduction'' by Patrick Q. Mason
::*''Feeding the Flock: The Foundations of Mormon Thought: Church and Praxis'' by Terryl L. Givens
::*''The Sun Has Burned My Skin'' by Adam S. Miller
::*''Perspectives on Mormon Theology: Apologetics'' edited by Blair G. Van Dyke and Loyd Isao Ericson

;Middle-grade novel2017 AML Award Finalists #2: Middle Grade and Young Adult Novel
by Andrew Hall. ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Accessed Feb. 26, 2018
:*''You May Already Be A Winner'' by Ann Dee Ellis ( Dial Books for Young Readers)
::*''Under Locker and Key'' by Allison K. Hymas (Aladdin)
::*''Mustaches for Maddie'' by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown ( Shadow Mountain)
::*''Forget Me Not'' by Ellie Terry ( Feiwel and Friends)
::*''Paper Chains'' by Elaine Vickers ( Harper)

;Young-adult novel
:*''Goodbye Days'' by Jeff Zentner ( Crown Books for Young Readers)
::*''Speak Easy, Speak Love'' by McKelle George (Greenwilow Books)
::*''The Duke of Bannerman Prep'' by Katie A. Nelson ( Sky Pony Press)
::*''Last Star Burning'' by Caitlin Sangster ( Simon Pulse)
::*''Now I Rise'' by Kiersten White (Delacorte Press)

;Comics2017 AML Awards #4: Comics and Picture Books
by Andrew Hall. ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Accessed Feb. 27, 2018
:*''Real Friends'' by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham
::*'' Batman ’66 / Legion of Super Heroes'' #1 (DC Comics) by Lee Allred, Michael Allred, Laura Allred
::*''The Garden of Enid: Adventures of a Weird Mormon Girl, Vol. 2.'' by Scott Hales
::*''Comic Diaries'' by Brittany Long Olsen
::*''Necropolis'' by Jake Wyatt and Kathryn Wyatt

;Picture book
:*''Colour Blocked'' by Ashley Sorenson and David W. Miles
::*''Heroic Stories from The Book of Mormon'' by Shauna Gibby and Casey Nelson
::*''Quiet as a Church Mouse'' by Stephen Bevan and Jeff Harvey

;Drama2017 AML Awards Finalists #5: Drama and Film
by Andrew Hall. ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Accessed Feb. 28, 2018
:*''Virtue'' by Tim Slover
::*''The Drown’ed Book, or the History of William Shakespeare, Part Last'' by Mahonri Stewart
::*''Not One Drop'' by Morag Shepherd

;Film
:*''Socorro'' written and directed by Marshal Davis
::*''The Man in the Camo Jacket'' written and directed by Russ Kendall
::*''Out of the Ground'' written and directed by Barrett Burgin
::*''A Pug & Wolf Christmas'' created by Davey and Bianca Morrison Dillard
::*''We Love You, Sally Carmichael!'' written by Daryn Tufts and directed by Christopher Gorham

;Criticism2017 AML Awards Finalists #6: Anthology, Criticism, and Poetry
by Andrew Hall. ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Accessed Mar. 5, 2018
:*“The Second Coming of Mormon Music,” by Michael Hicks from ''The Kimball Challenge at Fifty: Mormon Arts Center Essays'' (part of original nominee ''The Kimball Challenge at Fifty: Mormon Arts Center Essays'' from Mormon Arts Center)
::*'' On the Problem and Promise of Alex Caldiero’s Sonosophy: Doing Dialogical Coperformative Ethnography; Or, Enter the Poetarium'' by Tyler Chadwick

;Anthology
:*''Moth and Rust: Mormon Encounters with Death'' edited by Stephen Carter
::*''Seasons of Change: Stories of Transition from the Writers of'' Segullah edited by Shelah Mastny Miner and Sandra Clark Jergensen
::*''States of Deseret'' edited by Wm Morris

;Poetry
:*''Mother's Milk'' by Rachel Hunt Steenblik
::*''Babbage’s Dream'' by Neil Aitken
::*''What Was Left of the Stars'' by Claire Åkebrand
::*''Ephemerist'' by Lisa Bickmore
::*''Owning the Moon'' by Linda Sillitoe

;Special Award in Religious Non-Fiction Publishing
:*''Proceedings of the Mormon Theology Seminar'', published by the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship’s Mormon Theology Seminar, Adam S. Miller, director

2018

The final winners were presented March 30, 2019, in Berkeley, California.
;AML Lifetime Achievement AwardCarol Lynn Pearson, AML Lifetime Achievement Award
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. 16 February 2019. Accessed 19 February 2019.2018 AML Award Winners
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. 30 March 2019. Accessed 31 March 2019.
:*Carol Lynn Pearson

;Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon LettersMelissa Leilani Larson: Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. 15 February 2019. Accessed 19 February 2019.
:* Melissa Leilani Larson

;Special Award in Publishing2018 AML Award Finalists #3: Drama and Poetry
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. 13 February 2019. Accessed 19 February 2019.
:*''Dove Song: Heavenly Mother in Mormon Poetry'' edited by Tyler Chadwick, Dayna Patterson, Martin Pulido (Peculiar Pages)

;Novel2018 AML Award Finalists #1: Novel and Short Fiction
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. 11 February 2019. Accessed 19 February 2019.
:*''Witchy Winter'' by D. J. Butler (Baen Books)
::*''The Apocalypse of Morgan Turner'' by Jennifer Quist (Linda Leith Publishing)
::*''The Infinite Future'' by Tim Wirkus (Penguin Press)

;Short-fiction collections
:*''The Science of Lost Futures'' by Ryan Habermeyer (BOA Editions)
::*''Revolver'' by Heidi Naylor (BCC Press)
::*''Beyond the Lights'' by Ryan Shoemaker (No Record Press)

;Short fiction
:*"Thin Walls" by Alison Maeser Brimley ('' Western Humanities Review'')
::*"All Light and Darkness" by Amy Henrie Gillett ( Writers of the Future)
::*"Tower" by Ryan McIlvain (''Sunstone'')
::*"Light Departure" by Ryan Shoemaker (''Dialogue'')

;Drama
:*''Good Standing'' by Matthew Greene
::*''The Shower Principle'' by Ariel Mitchell

;Poetry
:*''What the Body Knows'' by Lance Larsen (University of Tampa Press)
::*''The Lapidary’s Nosegay'' by Lara Candland (The Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University)
::*''The God Mask'' by Javen Tanner (Kelsay Books)
::*''Half-Hazard'' by Kristen Tracy (Graywolf Press)

;Creative nonfiction2018 AML Awards Finalists #5: Non-Fiction, Criticism
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. 15 February 2019. Accessed 19 February 2019.
:*''Destroying Their God: How I Fought My Evil Half-Brother to Save my Children'' by Wallace Jeffs, Shauna Packer, Sherry Taylor
::*'' Educated: A Memoir'' by Tara Westover
::*''How the Light Gets In'' by Keira Shae

;Religious nonfiction
:*''An Early Resurrection: Life in Christ Before you Die'' by Adam S. Miller
::*''Faith Is Not Blind'' by Bruce C. Hafen and Marie K. Hafen
::*''Thou Art the Christ, the Son of the Living God: The Person and Work of Jesus in the New Testament'' edited by Eric D. Huntsman, Lincoln H. Blumell, and Tyler J. Griffin
::*''The Power of Godliness: Mormon Liturgy and Cosmology'' by ''Jonathan Stapley''
::*''On Fire in Baltimore: Black Mormon Women and Conversion in a Raging City'' by Laura Rutter Strickling

;Criticism
:*''Mormon Cinema: Origins to 1952'' by Randy Astle
::*"Low and the Hermeneutics of Silence" by Jacob Bender (''Sunstone'')
::*"Isms and Prisms: A Mormon View on Writing about Nature and Women" by Ángel Chaparro-Sainz (''Women’s Studies'')
::*"Mormon Poetry, 2012 to the Present" by Bert Fuller (''Dialogue'')
::*''A Book about the Film ''Monty Python’s Life of Brian'': All the References from Assyrians to Zeffirelli'' by Darl Larsen

;Comics2018 AML Award Finalists #4: Comics and Film
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. 14 February 2019. Accessed 19 February 2019.
:*''One Dirty Tree'' by Noah Van Sciver (Uncivilized Books)
::*''Green Monk: Blood of the Martyrs'' by Brandon Dayton (Image Comics)
::*''Comic Diaries, Vol. 1'' by Brittany Long Olsen (Self-published)
::*''SkyHeart Book One: The Search for the Star Seed'' by Jake Parker (Self-published)
::*''Cooties #11'' by Nick Perkins

;Documentary film
:*'' Church & State''
::*'' Believer''
::*'' The Insufferable Groo''
::*'' States of America''

;Narrative film
:*'' When She Runs''
::*'' Jane and Emma''
::*'' Long Haul''
::*''Passenger Seat''

;Picture book
:*''The Dress and the Girl'' by Camille Andros and Julie Morstad ( Abrams Books for Young Readers)
::*''Jesus is Born: A Flashlight Discovery Book'' by Shauna Gibby and Casey Nelson (Deseret Book)
::*'' The Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare'' by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Candlewick Press)
::*''If Wendell Had a Walrus'' by Lori Mortensen and Matt Phelan (Henry Holt and Company)
::*''If Da Vinci Painted a Dinosaur'' by Amy Newbold and Greg Newbold (Tilbury House Publishers)

;Middle-grade novel
:*''Squint'' by Chad Morris and Shelley Brown ( Shadow Mountain)
::*''Where the Watermelons Grow'' by Cindy Baldwin ( Harper)
::*''Wishes and Wellingtons'' by Julie Berry ( Sourcebooks Young Readers)
::*''Resistance'' by Jennifer A. Nielsen (Scholastic Press)
::*''Grump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves'' by Liesl Shurtliff (Alfred A. Knopf)

;Young-adult novel" 018 AML Award Finalists #2: Children’s literature
2018 AML Award Finalists #2: Children’s literature" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. 12 February 2019. Accessed 19 February 2019.
:*''The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein'' by Kiersten White (Delacorte Press)
::*''Daughter of the Siren Queen'' by Tricia Levenseller ( Feiwel and Friends)
::*''The Traitor’s Game'' by Jennifer A. Nielsen (Scholastic Press)
::*''Skyward'' by Brandon Sanderson (Delacorte Press)

2019

The final winners were presented May 2, 2020, online, due to a cancellation of the 2020 AML Conference caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.AML Awards
" presentation video. 2 May 2020. Accessed 2 May 2020.2019 AML Award Winners
by Andrew Hall. ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. 2 May 2020. Accessed 2 May 2020.

;Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
:* James Arrington

;Lifetime Achievement Award
:* R. A. Christmas

;Special awards
: in Literature and Art
:: ''HIVE ZINE''
::: The ARCH-HIVE
: in Literature and Performance
:: ''Thorns and Thistles: A Concert of Literature''
::: Curated and compiled by James Goldberg and Nicole Wilkes Goldberg, directed by Ariel Rivera, music by Nicole Pinnell; supported by and performed at the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts
: in Literature
:: ''Irreversible Things''
:::Lisa Van Orman Hadley

;Novel2019 AML Awards Finalists #1: Novels and Short Fiction
by Andrew Hall. ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. 7 March 2020. Accessed 17 March 2020.
:* ''Muddy: Where Faith and Polygamy Collide'' by Dean Hughes (Deseret Book)
::* ''The Cunning Man'' by D. J. Butler and Aaron Ritchey (Baen Books)
::* ''Irreversible Things'' by Lisa Van Orman Hadley (Howling Bird Press)
::* ''Maggie’s Place'' by Annette Haws ( Covenant Communications)
::* ''The Glovemaker'' by Ann Weisgarber (Skyhorse Publishing)

;Short fiction
:* "Next of Kin" by Karen Rosenbaum ('' Irreantum'')
::* "You Can Give Him a Kiss" by Alison Maeser Brimley (''Sunstone'')
::* "My Father’s Liahona" by Danny Nelson (''In Press Forward Saints: A Mormon Steampunk Anthology'')
::* "Bode and Iris" by Levi Peterson ('' Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought'')

;Young-adult novel2019 AML Awards Finalists #2: Children’s Literature
by Andrew Hall. ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. 9 March 2020. Accessed 17 March 2020.
:* ''Lovely War'' by Julie Berry (Viking Press)
::* ''Let’s Call it a Doomsday'' by Katie Henry (Katherine Tegan Books)
::* ''Scars Like Wings'' by Erin Stewart ( Delacorte)
::* ''Waiting for Fitz'' by Spencer Hyde ( Shadow Mountain)

;Middle-grade novel
:* ''Words on Fire'' by Jennifer A. Nielsen ( Scholastic)
::* ''Out to Get You: Thirteen Tales of Weirdness and Woe'' by Josh Allen ( Holiday House)
::* ''The Red Flower'' by Kate Coombs (Blue Sparrow Books)
::* ''Time Castaways: #1 The Mona Lisa Key'' and ''#2 The Obsidian Compass'' by Liesl Shurtliff (HarperCollins)

;Picture book
:* ''Girls Who Choose God: Stories of Extraordinary Women from Church History'' by McArthur Krishna, Bethany Brady Spalding, Kathleen Peterson (Deseret Book)
::* ''From a Small Seed: the Story of Eliza Hamilton'' by Camille Andros and Tessa Blackham ( Henry Holt)
::* ''If Monet Painted a Monster'' by Amy Newbold and Greg Newbold (Tilbury House Publishers)
::* ''Lola Dutch: When I Grow Up'' by Kenneth Wright and Sarah Jane Wright ( Bloomsbury Children’s Books)

;Drama2019 AML Awards Finalists #3: Drama and Film
by Andrew Hall. ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. 10 March 2020. Accessed 17 March 2020.
:* ''Project X'' by Taylor Hatch
::* ''Tales of Tila'' by Carolyn Chatwin Murset
::* ''Bitter Lemon'' by Melissa Leilani Larson

;Narrative feature films
:* '' The Other Side of Heaven 2: Fire of Faith'' directed by Mitch Davis
::* '' The Fighting Preacher'' directed by T.C. Christensen
::* ''Out of Liberty'' directed by Garrett Batty

;Documentary feature films
:* '' Jimmer: The Lonely Master'' directed by Scott Christopherson
::* ''After Selma'' directed by Loki Mulholland
::* '' The Jets: Making it Real'' directed by Kels Goodman

;Short film
:* "Father of Man" directed by Barrett Burgin
::* "Paper Trails" directed by Heather Moser
::* "Stickup Kid" directed by Daniel Tu
::* "Man and Kin" directed by Max Johnson

;Poetry2019 AML Awards Finalists #4: Poetry and Criticism
by Andrew Hall. ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. 11 March 2020. Accessed 17 March 2020.
:* ''Homespun and Angel Feathers'' by Darlene Young (BCC Press)
::* ''Into the Sun: Poems Revised, Rearranged, and New'' by Colin Douglas (Waking Lion Press)
::* ''After Earth'' by Michael Lavers ( University of Tampa Press)
::* ''The Tree at the Center'' by Kathryn Knight Sonntag ( BCC Press)
::* ''The Marriage of the Moon and the Field'' by Sunni Brown Wilkinson ( Black Lawrence Press)

;Criticism
:* "Poetic Representations of Mormon Women in Late Nineteenth-Century Frontier America" by Amy Easton-Flake in ''Representing Rural Women'' (edited by Whitney Womack Smith and Margaret Thomas-Evans, Lexington Books)
::* "Danites, Damsels, and World Domination: Mormons in the Dime Novels" by Michael Austin in ''Sunstone''
::* "Wrestling with God: Invoking Scriptural Mythos in LDS Literary Work" by James Goldberg in ''Remember the Revolution: Mormon Essays and Stories'' (self-published)
::* ''Mormons, Musical Theatre, and Belonging in America'' by Jake Johnson (University of Illinois Press)
::* ''Latter-day Screens: Gender, Sexuality, and Mediated Mormonism'' by Brenda R. Weber (Duke University Press)

;Creative nonfiction 2019 AML Awards Finalists #5: Non-Fiction and Comics
by Andrew Hall. ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. 12 March 2020. Accessed 17 March 2020.
:* ''Crossings: A Bald Asian-American Latter-day Saint Woman Scholar’s Ventures through Life, Death, Cancer, & and Motherhood'' by Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye (Deseret Book/Maxwell Institute)
::* ''Remember the Revolution: Mormon Essays and Stories'' by James Goldberg (self-published)
::* ''A New Constellation: A Memoir'' by Ashley Mae Hoiland (BCC Press)

;Religious nonfiction
:* ''A Place to Belong: Reflections from Modern Latter-day Saint Women'' edited by Hollie Rhees Fluhman and Camille Fronk Olson (Deseret Book)
::* ''If Truth Were a Child: Essays'' by George B. Handley (Maxwell Institute)
::* ''The Next Mormons: How Millennials Are Changing the LDS Church'' by Jana Riess (Oxford University Press)

;Comics
:* ''That’s One Small Step for a Mom, One Giant Leap for Missionarykind'' by Kevin Beckstrom (self-published)
::* ''Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive'' by Michael Allred, Lee Allred, Rich Tommaso, Laura Allred (IDW Publishing)
::* ''Best Friends'' by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham (First Second)
::* ''Super Elders & the Rise of Legion'' by Matt Vroom (self-published)

2020

The final winners were presented June 5, 2021, as part of an online-only conference, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

;Lifetime Achievement
:*John Serge Bennion

;Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
:* Steven L. Peck

;Special Award in Religious Nonfiction
:*''The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions'' (Maxwell Institute)
:: General editors: Spencer Fluhman and Philip Barlow
:: Series editors: D. Morgan Davis, James E. Faulconer, Kristine Haglund, Joseph M. Spencer, Rosalynde Welch
:: Authors: Joseph M. Spencer, Terryl L. Givens, Deidre Nicole Green, Sharon J. Harris, James E. Faulconer, Kylie Turley, Mark Wrathall, Kimberly Berkey, Daniel Becerra, Adam S. Miller, Rosalynde Frandsen Welch, David F. Holland
:: Illustrator: Brian Kershisnik

;Special Award in Nonfiction
:*''This is the Plate: Utah Food Traditions'' (University of Utah Press)
::Editors: Carol Edison, Eric A. Eliason, Lynne S McNeill

;Novel2020 AML Awards Finalists #1: Novels, Poetry, and Short Fiction
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. April 5, 2021. Accessed April 5, 2021.
::*''Bountiful'' by Charity Shumway (BCC Press)
: Other finalists:
:*''The Desert Between Us'' by Phyllis Barber (University of Nevada Press)
:*''116'' by Rick Grunder (BookBaby)
:*''Sylvia'' by Twila Newey ( BCC Press)
:*''A New Age of Miracles'' by Mahonri Stewart (Prospero Arts and Media)

;Short story
::* "The Water Between Us" by Ryan Shoemaker (''Barzakh'' 12, Spring 2020)
: Other finalists:
:* "Every Nerve Singing" by Ryan Habermeyer (''Fugue'' 58, Winter/Spring 2020)
:* "Upcycling Death" by M.K. Hutchins (''Brain Games: Stories to Astonish'')
:* "Certain Places" by William Morris (''Dialogue'' 53:2, Summer 2020)
:* "The Overcoat by Maurine Whipple (''Irreantum'' 17.1, Fall 2020)

;Short-fiction collection
::* ''A Craving for Beauty: The Collected Writings of Maurine Whipple'' by Maurine Whipple, edited by Veda Hale, Andrew Hall, and Lynne Larson (BCC Press)
: Other finalist:
:* ''The Humans in the Walls and Other Stories'' by Eric James Stone (WordFire Press)

;Poetry
::* ''If Mother Braids a Waterfall'' by Dayna Patterson (Signature Books)
: Other finalists:
:* ''I, Taliesin'' by Michael R. Collings (Self-published)
:* ''Ese golpe de luz'' by Gabriel González Núñez (FlowerSong Books)
:* ''An Imperfect Roundness'' by Melody Newey Johnson (BCC Press)

;Creative nonfiction2020 AML Awards Finalists #2: Nonfiction, Audiobooks, Podcasts
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. April 6, 2021. Accessed April 6, 2021.
::* ''Lies of the Magpie: A Memoir'' by Maleah Day Warner (Author Academy Elite)
: Other finalists:
:* ''Disparates'' by Patrick Madden (University of Nebraska Press)
:* ''Wiving: A Memoir of Loving Then Leaving the Patriarchy'' by Caitlin Myer (Arcade)

;Religious nonfiction
::* ''Buried Treasures: Reading the Book of Mormon Again for the First Time'' by Michael Austin (BCC Press)
: Other finalists:
:* ''Mercy without End'' by Lavina Fielding Anderson (Signature Books)
:* ''Visions in a Seer Stone; Joseph Smith and the Making of the Book of Mormon'' by William L. Davis (University of North Carolina Press)
:* ''Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism'' by Taylor G. Petrey (University of North Carolina Press)
:* ''The Book of Mormon For the Least of These, volume 1: 1 Nephi-Words of Mormon'' by Fatimah Salleh and Margaret Olsen Hemming (BCC Press)

;Audiobook
::* ''Clogs and Shawls: Mormons, Moorlands, and the Search for Zion'' by Ann Chamberlin, narrated by Jacqueline de Boer
: Other finalists:
:* ''Witchy War Series'' (''Witchy Eye'', ''Witchy Winter'', ''Witchy Kingdom'') by D. J. Butler, narrated by Courtney Patterson
:* ''Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier'' by Benjamin Park, narrated by Bob Souer
:* ''The Book of Mormon for the Least of These, volume 1'' by Fatimah Salleh and Margaret Olsen Hemmings, narrated by Margaret Olsen Hemmings
:* ''Church History Department. Saints, Book 2, No Unhallowed Hand: 1846-1893'' by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, history department, narrated by Kirby Heyborne

;Podcast
::* ''Dialogue Book Report'' from Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, hosted by Andrew Hall
: Other finalists:
:* ''The Center’s Studio Podcast'' from the Center for Latter-day Arts, hosted by Glen Nelson
:* ''Mattathias Reads the World'', hosted by Mattathias Westwood
:* ''Unfinished: Short Creek'', part of Witness Docs from Stitcher, hosted by Ash Sanders and Sarah Ventre

;Picture book2020 AML Awards Finalists #3: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. April 8, 2021. Accessed April 9, 2021.
::* ''Nonsense: The Curious Story of Edward Gorey'' by Lori Mortensen and Chloe Bristol ( HMH Books for Young Readers)
: Other finalists:
:* ''You’ll Find Me'' by Amanda Rawson Hill and Joanne Le-Vriethoff. ( Magination Press)
:* ''I’ll Walk with You'' by Carol Lynn Pearson and Jane Sanders ( Gibbs Smith)
:* ''All Aboard the Moonlight Train'' by Kristyn Crow and Annie Won ( Doubleday Books for Young Readers)

;Middle-grade novel
::* ''96 Miles'' by J. L. Esplin (Starscape/ Tor Teen)
: Other finalists:
:* ''What Stars are Made Of'' by Sarah Allen (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
:* ''Beginners Welcome'' by Cindy Baldwin (HarperCollins)
:* ''On these Magic Shores'' by Yamile Saied Mendez (Tu)
:* ''The Elephant’s Girl'' by Celesta Rimington ( Crown Books for Young Readers)

;Young-adult novel
::* ''Furia'' by Yamile Saied Méndez ( Algonquin Young Readers)
: Other finalists:
:* ''Chasing Starlight'' by Teri Bailey Black (Tor Teen)
:* ''Displaced'' by Dean Hughes (Atheneum Books)
:* ''The Shadows Between Us'' by Tricia Levenseller ( Feiwel and Friends)
:* ''One Way or Another'' by Kara McDowell ( Scholastic)

;Comics2020 AML Awards Finalists #4: Comics, Criticism, Drama, Film
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. April 9, 2021. Accessed April 11, 2021.
::* ''Future Day Saints: Welcome to New Zion'' by Matt Page
: Other finalists:
:* ''Everything Is Going to Be Okay'' by Dani Jones
:* ''Pillar of Light: Joseph Smith’s First Vision'' by Andrew G. Knaupp and Sal Velluto
:* ''Magic in the Valley: The Story of Moira Green, Witch'' by Brittany Long Olsen

;Criticism
::* "Repicturing the Restoration: New Art to Expand our Understanding" by Anthony Sweat (BYU Religious Studies Center)
: Other finalists:
:* ''Spencer Kimball’s Record Collection: Essays on Mormon Music'' by Michael Hicks (Signature)
:* "The 'New Woman' and the ''Woman’s Exponent'': An Editorial Perspective" by Carol Cornwall Madsen ('' BYU Studies Quarterly'', 59:3, 2000)
:* '' Josephine Spencer: Her Collected Works, Vol. 1, 1887-1899'' edited by Ardis E. Parshall and Michael Austin (BCC Press)
:* ''A Craving for Beauty: The Collected Writings of Maurine Whipple'' edited by Veda Hale, Andrew Hall, and Lynne Larson (BCC Press)

;Drama
::* ''Mountain Law'' by Melissa Leilani Larson (Women’s Voices Play Festival, Orlando)
: Other finalists:
:* ''The Captivity of Hannah Dunston'' by Glen Nelson (liberetto) and Lansing McLoskey (music) ( Guerilla Opera Company)
:* ''Give Me Moonlight'' by Ariel Mitchell (Motor House, Baltimore)
:* ''Escape from Planet Death'' by Tom Russell and BYU School of Media Arts Students (BYU)

;Film
::* ''Heart of Africa'' written by Tshoper Kabambi and Margaret Blair Young, directed Tshoper Kabambi
: Other finalist:
:* ''Gruff'' written and directed by Kohl Glass

2021

The winners were announced July 23, 2022, at the AML Conference. For the fiction awards, the addition of bilingual judges led to the consideration of Spanish-language works published as far back as 2016. Additionally, with the return of a lyrics award, music was considered from both 2020 and 2021.2021 AML Award Winners
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. July 24, 2022. Accessed September 30, 2022.

;AML Lifetime Achievement Award
:*Michael Austin

;Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
:*Darlene Young

;Special award in fiction"https://www.associationmormonletters.org/2022/06/2020-aml-awards-finalists-1-novels-and-short-fiction 2020 AML Awards Finalists #1: Novels and Short Fiction." ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. June 17, 2022. Accessed June 17, 2022.
: ''Estampas del Libro de Mormón'' by Gabriel González Núñez

;Special award in nonfiction
''Eugene England: A Mormon Liberal'' by Kristine L. Haglund (University of Illinois Press)

;Novel
: ''Eleusis:The Long and Winding Road'' by R. de la Lanza (Intendencia de las Letras/Ulterior Editorial)
:: ''The Jupiter Knife'' by D. J. Butler and Aaron Michael Ritchie (Baen)
:: ''Picnic in the Ruins'' by Todd Robert Petersen (Counterpoint)
:: ''Noria'' by Juan Antonio Santoyo (Ulterior Editorial)

;Short fiction
: "Y no preguntes mas . . ." ("So Ask no More . . .") by Mario R. Montani (''Irreantum'')
:: "Good Shepherd Church" by Riley Clay ('' Irreantum'')
:: "Between Glory and Ruin" James Goldberg (A Desolating Sickness: Stories of Pandemic)
:: "Skillick’s Bride" Rachel Helps
:: "The Wall" by Spencer Hyde (''Image'')

;Young Adult Novel2021 AML Awards Finalists #2: Young Adult, Middle Grade, Picture Book
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. June 20, 2022. Accessed June 20, 2022.
: ''Beyond the Mapped Stars'' by Rosalyn Eves (Knopf)
:: ''A Sisterhood of Secret Ambitions'' by Sheena Boekweg (Feiwel & Friends)
:: ''Where I Belong'' Marcia Mickelson (Carolrhoda Lab)
:: ''Fadeaway'' by E. B. Vickers (Knopf)
:: ''In the Wild Light'' by Jeff Zentner (Crown Books)

;Middle Grade Novel
: ''Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls'' by Kaela Rivera (HarperCollins)
:: ''Breathing Underwater'' by Sarah Allen (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
:: ''Horace & Bunwinkle: The Case of the Rascally Raccoon'' by P.J. Gardner (illustrated by Dave Mottram) (Balzer + Bray)
:: ''Friends Forever'' by Shannon Hale (illustrated by Leuyen Pham) (First Second)
:: ''Tips for Magicians'' by Celesta Rimington (Crown Books for Young Readers)

;Picture Book
: ''A Child of God'' by Chantel Bonner, Mauli Bonner, and Morgan Bissant (Shadow Mountain/Ensign Peak)
:: ''The Boy and the Sea'' by Camile Andros and Amy June Bates (Abrams)
:: ''We Believe: Illustrated Articles of Faith'' by Annie Poon (Covenant)
:: ''Thankful'' by Elaine Vickers and Samantha Cotterill (Paula Wiseman Books)
:: ''10 Little Disciples'' by Sierra Wilson (Ambassador-Emerald Intl)

;Film2021 AML Awards Finalists #3: Film, Drama, Poetry, Podcasts

: ''Witnesses'' (directed by Mark Goodman, written by Mitch Davis)
:: ''His Name is Green Flake'' (directed and written by Mauli Bonner)
:: ''Maggie on Stratford Ave'' (directed and written by James May)
:: ''Scenes from the Glittering World'' (directed by Jared Jakins)
:: ''The Touch of the Master’s Hand'' (directed and written by Gregory Barnes)

;Drama
: ''REDEEMHer: How I Screwed up my perfect Mormon life'' by Tatum Langton
:: ''The King Stag'' by Janine Sobeck Knighton
:: ''Gin Mummy'' by Melissa Leilani Larson
:: ''1820: The Musical'' (book: George Nelson; music and lyrics: Kayliann Lowe Juarez, Doug Lowe, and Kendra Lowe)

;Poetry
: ''The Ache and The Wing'' by Sunni Brown Wilkinson (Sundress Publications)
:: ''Beneath the Falls'' by Mark D. Bennion (Resource publications)
:: ''Down Their Spears'' by Jared Pearce (Cyberwit)

;Podcast
: ''This Is the Gospel'' (LDS Living)
:: ''Faith Matters'' hosted by Aubrey Chaves, Tim Chaves, and Terryl Givens; produced by Bill Turnbull and Branson Hirschi ( Faith Matters Foundation)
:: ''Latter-day Contemplation'' hosted by Christopher Hurtado and Riley Risto; created by Shiloh Logan and Riley Risto; edited by Christian Hutardo (Latter-day Peace Studies)
:: ''Leading Saints'' hosted by Kurt Francom; executive produced by Kurt Francom; produced by Lillian Angelovic
:: ''Sunstone Mormon History'' ( Sunstone Education Foundation)

;Comics2022 AML Conference: Mormon Literature Progress & Prospects: The Legacy of Eugene England
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day''. Association for Mormon Letters. Accessed September 30, 2022.
: ''Friends Forever'' by Shannon Hale (illustrated by Leuyen Pham) (First Second)
:: ''Future Day Saints: The Gnomlaumite Crystal'' by Matt Page
:: ''The Glass Looker: Collected Tales of Joseph Smith'' by Mark Elwood

;Criticism
: '' Vardis Fisher: A Mormon Novelist'' by Michael Austin (University of Illinois Press)
:: “The Case for Resurrection: A Mormon Movie Manifesto” by Barrett Burgin in ''Mormonism and the Movies'', edited by Chris Wei, (BCC Press)
:: “Theologies of the Afterlife in Mormon Women’s Late-Nineteenth-Century Poetry” Amy Easton-Flake in ''Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers and Theologies of the Afterlife'' (Routledge)
:: ''Mormonism in SF'' edited by Adam McClain for ''SFRA Review'' 51:3, Summer 2021.

;Creative Nonfiction
: ''Zion Earth, Zen Sky'' by Charles Shirō Inouye (Neal A. Maxwell Institute)
:: ''Blossom as the Cliffrose: Mormon Legacies and the Beckoning Wild'' edited by Karin Anderson and Danielle Dubrasky (Torrey House Press)
:: ''Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops'' by Allison Hong Merrill (She Writes Press)
:: ''Scrupulous: My Obsessive Compulsion for God'' by Taylor Kerby (BCC Press)
:: ''Where the Soul Hungers: One Doctor’s Journey from Atheism to Faith'' by Samuel M. Brown (Neal A. Maxwell Institute)

;Religious Nonfiction
: ''Proclaim Peace: The Restoration’s Answer to an Age of Conflict'' by Patrick Q. Mason and J. David Pulsipher (Maxwell Institute)
:: ''Stretching the Heavens: The Life of Eugene England and the Crisis of Modern Mormonism'' by Terryl L. Givens (University of North Carolina Press)
:: ''The Restoration: God’s Call to the 21st Century World'' by Patrick Q. Mason (Faith Matters)
:: ''The Anatomy of Book of Mormon Theology'', Vols. 1 and 2 Joseph M. Spencer (Greg Kofford Books)
:: ''Humility: A Practical Approach'' by Shawn Tucker (BCC Press)

;Lyrics
: ''Fragility'' by Christian Asplund
:: '' Therapy Sessions'' by David Archuleta
:: ''A Fish of Earth'' by Emily Brown
:: ''Pressure Machine'' by The Killers
:: ''Strangest Congregations'' by Andrew Wiscombe

2022

Award winners were announced April 29, 2023 at a virtual conference.

;AML Lifetime Achievement Award
:: Michael Hicks

;Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
:: Stephen R. Carter

;Novel2022 AML Award Finalists #1: Novels and Short Fiction
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day'', Association for Mormon Letters. April 1, 2023. Accessed April 2, 2023.
: ''The History of Honey Spring'' by Darin Cozzens (Zarahemla Books)
:: ''And All Eternity Shook'' by Jacob L. Bender (Ships of Hagoth)
:: ''The Resurrection Box'' by Declan Hyde (Gypsy Fox Publishing)
:: ''Heike’s Void'' by Steven L. Peck (BCC Press)

;Short fiction
: "The Intelligences" ("As inteligências") by Marcelo Bighetti (translated by Kent S. Larsen) ('' Irreantum'')
:: "The Profile of Daria Black" by Michaelbrent Collings (''In Gilded Glass: Twisted Myths and Shattered Fairytales'', WordFire Press)
:: "The Algorithms of Happiness" by Ryan Habermeyer (''Iron Horse Literary Review'')
:: "Worlds Without End" by Tygan Shelton (''Irreantum'')
:: "Twilight of the Eye Creature" by Nathan Shumate (Cold Fusion Media)

;Short-fiction collection
: ''The Year They Gave Women the Priesthood and Other Stories'' by Michael Fillerup (Signature Books)
:: ''Down the Arches of the Years'' by Lee Allred (Hemelein Publications)
:: ''The Darkest Abyss: Strange Mormon Stories'' by William Morris (BCC Press)
:: ''Sharks in an Inland Sea'' by Lehua Parker (Hemelein Publications)

;Drama
: ''The Wrong People Have Money'' by Reed McColm. Varscona Theatre, Alberta. Shadow Theatre.
:: ''A. D. 16'' by Bekah Brunstetter (book) and Cinco Paul (story, music, and lyrics). Olney Theatre Center, Olney, Maryland.
:: ''Mestiza, or Mixed'' by Melissa Leilani Larson. Plan-B Theatre, Salt Lake City.
:: ''Mother, Mother: The Many Mothers of Maude'' by Julie Jensen. Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City. Pygmalion Productions.

;Creative Nonfiction2022 AML Awards Finalists #2: Creative Nonfiction and Criticism
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day'', Association for Mormon Letters. April 3, 2023. Accessed April 3, 2023.
: ''The Burning Book'' by Jason Olson and James Goldberg (BCC Press)
:: ''The Precarious Walk: Essays from Sand and Sun'' by Phyllis Barber (Torrey House Press)
:: ''Wineskin: Freakin’ Jesus in the ‘60s and ‘70s'' by Michael Hicks (Signature Books)
:: ''East Winds: A Global Quest to Reckon with Marriage'' by Rachel Rueckert (BCC Press)

;Religious Nonfiction
: ''Ancient Christians: An Introduction for Latter-day Saints'' edited by Jason R. Combs, Mark D. Ellison, Cathrine Gines Taylor, and Kristian S. Heal. (Maxwell Institute)
:: ''Book of Mormon Studies: An Introduction and Guide'' by Daniel Becerra, Amy Easton-Flake, Nicholas J. Frederick, and Joseph M. Spencer. ( Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center)
:: ''Mormon Women at the Crossroads: Global Narratives and the Power of Connectedness'' edited by Caroline Kline. (University of Illinois Press)
:: ''Original Grace: An Experiment in Restoration Thinking'' by Adam S. Miller (Maxwell Institute/Deseret Book)
:: ''The Book of Mormon for the Least of These: Vol. 2, Mosiah-Alma'' by Fatimah Salleh and Margaret Olsen Hemming (BCC Press)

;Criticism (long-form)
: ''Mormonism, Empathy, and Aesthetics: Beholding the Body'' by Gary Ettari (Palgrave Macmillan)
:: ''Experiment upon the Word'' by Frederik S. Kleiner (BCC Press)
:: '' John Held Jr.’s Fiction'' by Glen Nelson ( Center for Latter-day Saint Art)

;Criticism (short-form)
: "The Divine Feminine in Mormon Art" by Margaret Olsen Hemming ('' Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought'')
:: "Lands Before Time: Plan of Salvation Typology in the Films of Don Bluth" by Randy Astle (''Irreantum'')
:: "Apologia Unmasked: '' Brigham City'', Film Noir and the Future of Mormon Cinema" by Lane Welch (''Utah Monthly'')
:: "The Secular Syllabus and the Sacred Book: Literary Scholars Approach the Book of Mormon" by Rosalynde Welch (''Journal of Book of Mormon Studies'')

;Young-adult novel2022 AML Awards Finalists #3: Young Adult Novel, Middle Grade Novel, Picture Book
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day'', Association for Mormon Letters. April 5, 2023. Accessed April 5, 2023.
: ''Beneath the Wide Silk Sky'' by Emily Inouye Huey (Scholastic)
:: ''Wakers'' by Orson Scott Card (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
:: ''The Silence that Binds Us'' by Joanna Ho (HarperTeen)
:: ''This Might Get Awkward'' by Kara McDowell (Scholastic)
:: ''The Words We Keep'' by Erin Stewart (Declorate)

;Middle-grade novel
: ''Willis Wilbur Wows the World'' by Lindsey Leavitt (Penguin Workshop)
:: ''The Legend of the Dream Giants'' by Dustin Hansen (Shadow Mountain)
:: ''The Hope of Elephants'' by Amanda Rawson Hill (Charlesbridge)
:: ''Lines of Courage'' by Jennifer A. Nielsen (Scholastic)
:: ''Secrets of the Looking Glass'' by J. Scott Savage (Shadow Mountain)

;Picture book
: ''Bedtime Stories for Girls of Destiny'' by Raeleigh Wilkinson (Cedar Fort)
:: ''A Book, Too, Can Be A Star: The Story of Madeleine L’Engle and the Making of A Wrinkle in Time'' by Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Jennifer Adams (authors), Andelina Lirius (illustrator)
:: ''Mud!'' by Annie Bailey (author) and Jen Corace (illustrator) (Abrams Appleseed)
:: ''Pirates Don’t Dance'' by Shawna J. C. Tenney (Sleeping Bear)
:: ''Pretty Perfect Kitty Corn'' by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham (Abrams)

;Comics2022 AML Awards Finalists #4: Comics, Poetry, Republication
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day'', Association for Mormon Letters. April 6, 2023. Accessed April 6, 2023.
: '' Joseph Smith and the Mormons'' by Noah Van Sciver (Abrams ComicArts)
:: ''The Glass Looker: Volume 2'' by Mark Elwood (Luman Books)
:: ''The Manderfield Devil'' by Rachel Allen Everett (independently published)
:: ''Beware the Eye of Odin'' Doug Wagner (writer) and Tim Odland (artist) (Image Comics)

;Poetry
: ''Fatal'' by Kimberly Johnson (Persea Books)
:: ''Litany with Wings'' by Tyler Chadwick (BCC Press)
:: ''Golden Ax'' by Rio Cortez (Penguin)
:: ''Drift Migration'' by Danielle Beazer Dubrasky (Ashland Poetry Press)
:: ''Hemingway in Paradise and other Mormon Poems'' by Scott Hales (Mormon Lit Lab)

;Special Award in Publishing—Republication
: ''The Corianton Saga'' edited by Ardis E. Parshall (BCC Press)
:: ''A Vision Splendid: The Discourses of David O. McKay'' edited by Anne-Marie Wright Lampropoulos (Greg Kofford Books)
:: ''The Bacillus of Beauty'' by Harriet Stark, edited by Joe Monson (Hemelein Publications)

;Film2022 AML Award Finalists #5: Film and Religious Nonfiction
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day'', Association for Mormon Letters. April 8, 2023. Accessed April 9, 2023.
: ''The Mission''. Tania Anderson, director. Danish Bear Productions.
:: '' The Brilliant Darkness!'' (''Dem Toi Ruc Ro!''). Aaron Toronto, director, co-writer, and co-producer. Nha Uyen Ly Nguyen, co-writer, co-producer, and lead actor.
:: ''Cheer''. Season 2. Greg Whiteley, creator, executive producer, director. One Potato Productions, Netflix.
:: ''Lucy and Whitney''. Parker Gehring, director and writer.
:: ''WWJD''. Davey Morrison and Bianca Dillard, directors. Written by Davey Morrison and Anna Lewis. Based on a play by Anna Christina Kohler Lewis.

;Podcast2022 AML Award Finalists #7: Podcast
" ''Dawning of a Brighter Day'', Association for Mormon Letters. April 19, 2023. Accessed April 19, 2023.
: ''This Global Latter-day Life'' (Caroline Kline, host and writer; Claremont Graduate University, Claremont Mormon Studies; Dialogue Podcast Network)
:: ''Come Follow Me Kids'' (Bay Kids)
:: ''Leading Saints'' (Kurt Francom, host/executive producer; Lillian Angelovic, producer)
:: ''Tribe of Testimonies'' (Andrea Hales, host)
:: ''Y Religion'' (Anthony Sweat, host and producer; Brigham Young University Religious Education)

2023

The 2023 awards finalists and winners can be found here: https://www.associationmormonletters.org/2024/08/2023-aml-award-winners/

See also

:* Whitney Awards

Notes

References

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Mormon literature
American literary awards
Awards established in 1977
1977 establishments in Utah
Association for Mormon Letters