Association for Mormon Letters
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The Association for Mormon Letters (AML) is a nonprofit founded in 1976 to promote quality writing "by, for, and about Mormons
." The broadness of this definition of Mormon literature
has led the AML to focus on a wide variety of work that has sometimes been neglected in the Mormon community. The AML sponsors an annual scholarly symposium and publishes the papers presented there in the AML Annual. The AML has also sponsored writers' conferences.
The AML sponsors AML-List, an e-mail list for the discussion of Mormon literature. Over the years, list subscribers have posted reviews of thousands of Mormon books, films, and other artistic works. Besides the Annual, The AML also publishes the literary journal Irreantum.
Since 1977, the AML has given awards to the best work "by, for, and about Mormons." When the Whitney Awards
were begun in 2008 (honoring 2007 work), many saw them as a populist reaction against the more academic AML Awards.
The award categories vary from year to year depending on what the AML decides is worthy of honor.
Mormons
The Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, a religion started by Joseph Smith during the American Second Great Awakening. A vast majority of Mormons are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while a minority are members of other independent churches....
." The broadness of this definition of Mormon literature
Mormon literature
Mormon literature is generally considered to begin a few years before the March 1830 publication of the Book of Mormon. Since this time Mormon literature has grown to include more scripture, histories, fiction, biographies, poetry, hymns, drama and other forms.-See also:* A Motley Vision*...
has led the AML to focus on a wide variety of work that has sometimes been neglected in the Mormon community. The AML sponsors an annual scholarly symposium and publishes the papers presented there in the AML Annual. The AML has also sponsored writers' conferences.
The AML sponsors AML-List, an e-mail list for the discussion of Mormon literature. Over the years, list subscribers have posted reviews of thousands of Mormon books, films, and other artistic works. Besides the Annual, The AML also publishes the literary journal Irreantum.
Awards
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The AML Awards are given annually by the Association for Mormon Letters to the best work "by, for, and about Mormons."The award categories vary from year to year depending on what the AML decides is worthy of honor.-1977:Criticism...
Since 1977, the AML has given awards to the best work "by, for, and about Mormons." When the Whitney Awards
Whitney Awards
The Whitney Awards are awards given annually for novels by LDS authors. The Whitney Awards are a semi-independent non-profit organization affiliated with the LDStorymakers, a guild for LDS authors.-Categories:There are currently seven genre categories:...
were begun in 2008 (honoring 2007 work), many saw them as a populist reaction against the more academic AML Awards.
The award categories vary from year to year depending on what the AML decides is worthy of honor.