Wow, have we got a lot of great nominations this year!! Thanks to all who spent the time to review the works of the past year and nominate the best!!

I have gathered up all of the nominations and worked out the (more-or-less) final categories — with remarks for you on possible final changes. Note: if you are an author, and you have more than one nomination in a single category, you may request to have only your favorite of your pieces go on to the voting phase (to avoid competing against yourself). Or if one of your nominated pieces could potentially fit in a different category and you would like it moved, please say so.

Year-long awards for people and websites:

Best New Blog

Best Discussion Forum

This category has only one nomination, probably because it is highly unlikely that any other forum stands a chance of beating the Exmormon Reddit. If there are no objections, I’ll drop this category this year.

Best Humor/Satire Site or Blog

Best LDS-Interest Audio/Video Channel

Best LDS Church Watch/Analysis Blog or Website

This is a new category for 2014 — there was a real explosion of new sites analyzing and reporting on the CoJCoL-dS. If you have any recommendations for a better title for this category, please say so in the comments.

Best Scripture Study Blog/Podcast

Best faithful-perspective Mormon Blog

This category needs more nominations

Awards for Individual Works:

Best LDS-Interest Book (Fiction)

Best LDS-Interest Book (Non-fiction)

Best LDS-Interest Comic or Image

Best Mormon-Themed Meme

Best Musical Work

This category needs two more nominations or will be dropped.

Most fantastic r/mormon AMA

Best Post Title

Funniest Humor Piece

Most Poignant Personal Story

Best LDS-Interest Feature story or special-interest series

I’m not sure if this is the besta way to categorize these… Either there will be more nominations that fit here, or I’ll fold these nominations into another category…

Best Exit Story

This category needs some more nominations…

Best Moving On from Mormonism Piece

Best Original Research Regarding Mormonism

Best LDS Church Watch Piece

Best Podcast Series or Episode

Best Response to Apologetics

Most Interesting Interfaith Interaction

Best Religion-and-Race Discussion

Best Religion-and-Gender Discussion

Best Religion-and-Orientation Post

Best Erotic or Sexual Piece

This category needs one more nomination or will be dropped.

Best History Piece

Most Insightful Commentary on the CoJCoL-dS

Best Philosophical/Theological Discussion

This category could potentially be renamed

Best Parody/Metaphor/Analogy

I thought of this category at the last minute because it seemed like I saw a lot of these… Please submit your own, and I will probably add a few more or move some into this category.

Best Poem

This category needs one more nomination or will be dropped.

Best Review

Best Recipe

This category needs two more nominations or will be dropped.

Unfortunately, I will not have time to prepare the polls until Wednesday or Thursday of next week, so you have one more week to get in your final nominations. Thanks to all for participating!!