Collecting nominations for “Spawn of Brodie” awards!

[chanson]

Hi folks, I'd like to announce that the Mormon Alumni Association is hosting a set of "Spawn of Brodie" awards -- which are a little like oscars of emmys for X-Mormon online excellence!!

(Here the “X” in X-Mormon is a variable that can stand for whatever you like, such as “ex”, “post”, “former”, “cultural”, “New Order”, etc.)

These awards are for the best Mormon-related material that has been posted anywhere on the Internet. In particular, that means that we'd really like to have the community here at exmo-social participate, and nominate some of your best work, favorite discussions, etc. that you've posted here or to your own sites.

We need suggestions for categories (eg. "Best Deconversion Story", etc.) as well as individual nominations. Feel free to post your nominations to this thread or to the corresponding post on Main Street Plaza.

(Once the nominations are collected, the winners will be decided by Internet poll.)

Thanks, and I hope you'll join in the fun!

[Leg-Humping Labrador]

Well, looky who shows up. That yummy French hottie!

For deconversion stories, I'd like to nominate Lyndon Lamborn's video series 'Chased Out of Mormonism' or whatever it's called.
http://www.mormonthink.com/youtube.htm


For humorous..... anything..... how about best satire? The former-Mo known as Brian Keith Dalton is making a HUGE wave with his superb Mr. Deity series.
http://www.mrdeity.com/
He hasn't been updating THIS site with the newest episodes, but check out his fan page over on FaceBook for more recent episodes.

For the category Hottest Sexiest Most Erotic Woman Ever who is the Insatiable Lover of an ExMormon (HSMEWEwiILoEM), I nominate my girlfriend. She wins this category, EASILY.

[chanson]

Thanks for the nominations! I'll definitely have a look at the video.

Mr. Deity is currently in the running for William Law X-Mormon of the Year

To give you some more ideas, here are some of the categories that have been suggested so far:

* Best humor piece
* Funniest person or site
* Best informative site
* Longest discussion about obscure philosophical concepts
* Best historical post
* Best response to apologetics
* Best new blog or site
* Best book/movie/play/music review
* Best description of growing up Mormon
* Best deconversion story
* Best exit/excommunication story
* Most poignant story
* Best piece about dealing with religious differences
* Best “happy where I’m at now” post
* Best intrepid/”gonzo” reporting
* Best interview
* Best discussion about political or human rights issues (prop. 8, women’s rights, race, open religious accounting/transparency, etc.)
* Best post title
* Best Seth R. comment/exchange
* Most controversial topic
* Randomest threadjack / discussion gone awry
* Favorite Mormons-in-the-news story
* Best faithful Mormon piece
* Best X-Mo Twitter feed
* Best X-Mo Facebook group or page
* Best X-Mo YouTube channel

If you know of any people/posts/threads/sites that deserve a prize in any of these categories, please leave a comment, thanks!

[MaliceA4thought]

Hey, good to see you here.

That's all. Nothing to nominate.