AML Awards


The AML Awards are given annually by the Association for Mormon Letters 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 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.

1975-1977

Presented at the Third Annual Symposium, held at the Marriott Library, University of Utah, on October 7, 1978. Awards given for works published in 1975-1977
;Critical Writing
;Poetry
;Short Fiction

1978

Presented at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, October 13, 1979
;Criticism
;Poetry
;Poetry Honorable Mention
;Short Fiction
;Short Fiction Honorable Mention

1979

Presented at Weber State College, Ogden, Utah, September 27, 1980
;Criticism
;Poetry
;Short Fiction

1980

Presented at the University of Utah, January 23, 1982
;Biography
;Criticism
;Novel
;Poetry

1981

Presented at the University of Utah, January 22, 1983
;Criticism
;Poetry
;Poetry and Short Fiction
;Short Fiction

1982-1983

Announced at the AML Symposium on 21 January 1984, at the University of Utah. Considered works from both 1982 and 1983.
;Criticism
;Drama
;Editorial Award: Special Achievement Award for Sustained Excellence
;Mormon Humor, First Prize
;Mormon Humor, Second Prize
;Novel
;Poetry
;Poetry, Young Poet's Prize
;Sermon Special Commendation for Sustained Excellence in the Mormon Sermon
;Short Fiction
;Special Award for Popular Mormon Fiction
;Special Award for Short Story Anthology

1984

Presented at Brigham Young University, January 19, 1985
;Editing & Publishing
;Novel
;Personal Essay
;Special Award

1985

Presented at Weber State College, January 25, 1986
;Criticism
;Novel
;Personal Essay
;Poetry
;Short Fiction

1986

;Children's literature
;Poetry
;Religious Literature
;Novel
;Short Fiction
;Personal and family history book
;Personal and family history essay
;Personal Essay

1987

Presented at the home of Steven Sondrup, Salt Lake City, April 1, 1988
;Criticism
;Novel
;Personal Essay
;Poetry
;Short Fiction

1988

Presented January 28, 1989, at the Weber State College Library.
;Novel
;Short Story
"A House of Order." Dialogue 21.3 : 129–48.
"Dust." Ascent 14.1 : 1-10.
;Poetry
;Special Recognition in Poetry
;Personal Essay
;Special Recognition in Biography
;Special Recognition in Criticism
;Honorary Lifetime Membership

1989

;Criticism
;Editing & Publishing
;Novel
;Personal Essay
;Poetry
;Short Fiction

1990

;Criticism
;Novel
;Personal Essay
;Poetry
;Short Fiction

1991

;Biography
;Editing & Publishing
;Novel
;Personal Essay
;Poetry
;Short Fiction
;Young Adult Literature
;Honorary Lifetime Memberships

1992

;Biography
;Children's Literature
;Novel
;Personal Essay
;Poetry
;Short Fiction
;Honorary Lifetime Membership

1993

;Autobiography
;Children's Literature
;Drama
;Award for Editorial Excellence
;Novel
;Personal Essay
;Poetry
;Sermon
;Service to Mormon Letters
;Short Story
;Young Adult Literature

1994

;Biography
;Criticism
;Drama
;Novel
;Personal Essay
;Poetry
;Short Fiction
;Young Adult Literature
;Honorary Lifetime Membership

1995

;Biography
;Criticism
;Drama
;Essay
;Novel
;Poetry
;Short Fiction
;Young Adult Literature

1996

;Biography
;Children's Literature
;Criticism
;Drama
;Novel
;Personal Essay
;Poetry
;Short Fiction
;Young Adult Literature

1997

;Criticism
;Devotional Literature
;Drama
;Personal Essay
;Poetry
;Short Fiction

1998

;Devotional Literature
;Marilyn Brown Novel Award
;Novel
;Personal Essay
;Poetry
;Short Fiction
;Young Adult Literature

1999

;Devotional Literature
;Drama
;Novel
;Personal Essay
;Short Fiction

2000

;Criticism
;Devotional Literature
;Drama
;Film
;Honorary Lifetime Membership
;Marilyn Brown Novel Award
;Novel
;Personal Essay
;Short Fiction

2001

;Children's Literature
;Criticism
;Drama
;Honorary Lifetime Membership
;Marilyn Brown Novel Award
;Middle Grade Literature
;Novel
;Review
;Young Adult Literature

2002

;Drama
;Drama Honorable Mention
;Film
;Film Honorable Mention
;Film Adaptation
;Honorary Lifetime Membership
;In Memoriam
;Novel
;Picture Book
;Poetry
;Short Fiction
;Short Fiction Honorable Mention
;Young Adult Literature
;Young Adult Literature Honorable Mention

2003

;Drama
;Editing
;Film Adaptation
;Historical Fiction
;Marilyn Brown Novel Award
;Novel
;Publishing
;Short Fiction
;Short Fiction Honorable Mention
;Young Adult Literature
;Young Adult Literature Honorable Mention

2004

;Criticism
;Film
;Middle Grade Literature
;Novel
;Poetry
;Special Award Honorable Mention
;Young Adult Literature

2005

;Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
;Biography
;Criticism
;Film
;Marilyn Brown Novel Award
;Marilyn Brown Novel Award Honorable Mention
;Novel
;Poetry
;Special Award
;Young Adult Literature

2006

;Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
;Criticism
;Drama
;Film
;Novel
;Personal Essay
;Service to AML
;Short Fiction
;Special Award
;Young Adult Literature

2007

;Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
;Biography
;Criticism
;Drama
;Film
;Marilyn Brown Novel Award
;Novel
;Short Fiction
;Short Fiction Honorable Mention
;Short Fiction Finalists
;Young Adult Literature
;Young Adult Literature Honorable Mention
;Young Adult Literature Finalists
;Special Award

2008

;Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
;Lifetime AML Membership
;Poetry
;Short Fiction
;Novel
;Youth Fiction
;Drama
;Personal Essay
;Film
;Special Award in Criticism
;Special Award in Textual Criticism and Bibliography
;Special Award in History

2009

;Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
;Honorary Lifetime Membership
;Drama
;Film
;Humor
;Memoir
;Novel
;Todd Robert Petersen for Rift
;Online Writing
;Poetry
;Publishing
;Service to AML
;Short Fiction
;Young Adult Literature

2010

;Smith-Pettit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
;Biography
;Criticism
;Drama / WebFilm
;Editing
;Memoir
;Novel
;Online Writing
;Personal Essay
;Poetry
;Service to AML
;Short Fiction
;Short Fiction Honorable Mention
;Young Adult Literature

2011

;Smith-Pettit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
;Honorary Lifetime Membership
;Biography
;Autobiography
;Criticism
;Film
;Special Award in Graphical Narrative
;Novel
;Personal Essay
;Poetry
;Short Story
;Short Fiction
;Special Award in Literary Journalism
;Young Adult Novel
;Marilyn Brown Novel Award

2012

;Smith–Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
;Lifetime AML Membership
;Film
;Novel
;Devotional
;Poetry
;Award in Adaptation
;Drama
;Short Fiction
;Young Adult Novel
;Memoir/Creative Non Fiction
;Middle Grade Fiction Award
;Humor

2013

Given out April 12, 2014.
;Smith–Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
;Outstanding Achievement Award
;Creative non-fiction
;Drama
;Film
;Special Award
;Novel
;Poetry
;Short Fiction
;Young Adult Fiction
;Young Adult Speculative Fiction

2014

Presented March 28, 2015, at the Utah Valley University Library.
;Smith–Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
;AML Lifetime Achievement Award
;Comics
;Creative non-fiction
;Criticism
;Drama
;Film
;Middle Grade Novel
;Novel
;Picture Book
;Poetry
;Religious Non-Fiction
;Short Fiction
;Young Adult General Novel
;Young Adult Speculative Novel

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
;The Association for Mormon Letters Lifetime Achievement Award
;Special Awards for Scholarly Publishing
;Comics
;Creative Non-Fiction
;Criticism
;Drama
;Film
;Lyrics
;Middle Grade Novel
;Novel
;Picture Book
;Poetry
;Religious Non-Fiction
;Short Story
;Short-Story Collection
;Young Adult Nove'

2016

Presented at Utah Valley University, April 22, 2017.
;The Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
;The Association for Mormon Letters Lifetime Achievement Award
;Comics
;Creative Non-fiction
;Criticism
;Drama
;Film
;Middle Grade Novel
;Novel
;Picture Book
;Poetry
;Religious Non-fiction
;Special Award for Religious Non-fiction Publishing
;Short Fiction
;Short Fiction Collection
;Video Series
;Young Adult Novel

2017

The final winners were presented March 23, 2018.
;Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
;AML Lifetime Achievement Award
;Novel
;Short fiction
;Creative nonfiction
;Religious nonfiction
;Middle-grade novel
;Young-adult novel
;Comics
;Picture book
;Drama
;Film
;Criticism
;Anthology
;Poetry
;Special Award in Religious Non-Fiction Publishing

2018

The final winners were presented March 30, 2019, in Berkeley, California.
;AML Lifetime Achievement Award
;Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
;Special Award in Publishing
;Novel
;Short-fiction collections
;Short fiction
;Drama
;Poetry
;Creative nonfiction
;Religious nonfiction
;Criticism
;Comics
;Documentary film
;Narrative film
;Picture book
;Middle-grade novel
;Young-adult novel

2019

The final winners were presented May 2, 2020, online, due to a cancellation of the 2020 AML Conference caused by the covid19 pandemic.
;Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters
;Lifetime Achievement Award
;Special awards
;Novel
;Short fiction
;Young-adult novel
;Middle-grade novel
;Picture book
;Drama
;Narrative feature films
;Documentary feature films
;Short film
;Poetry
;Criticism
;Creative nonfiction
;Religious nonfiction
;Comics