There were some pretty close races, but they’re over now — the results are in!!! Congratulations to the winners and to everyone who participated!

Year-long awards for people and websites:

Best New Blog or Podcast: Infants on Thrones

Best Discussion Forum: Exmormon Reddit

Best Humor/Satire Site or Blog: LDS (Mormon) Stake Presidents Blog

Best faithful-perspective Mormon Blog: feminist Mormon housewives

Best LDS-Interest Audio/Video Channel: Mr. Deity

Best LDS-Interest Specialized Blog: Mormon Infographics

Awards for Individual Works:

Best LDS-Interest Book (Fiction): “The Girls From Fourth Ward” by Donna Banta

Best LDS-Interest Book (Non-fiction): “Mormon Diaries” by Sophia L. Stone

Best LDS-Interest Comic or Image: Men are Incredible!

Best Poem: I Wear Pants to Church

Best Musical Work: Hymn parodies: THEY, THE BUILDERS OF THE MALL, OH, HOLY CRAP, IT’S FILLED WITH LIES, and HAVE YOU STUDIED BELIEFS OF THE MORMON CHURCH?

Best Post Title: Holy Crap! (pun intended) This Church Owns a Mall! (and why the Bloomberg cover gets it just right)

Funniest Humor Piece: General Conference: What are the Odds?

Funniest Vignette or Anecdote: The FAQ’s on Coke and Pepsi

Most Poignant Personal Story: Abortion Saved My Mother’s Life. Savita Halappanavar was not so lucky.

Best Exit Story: But Iâ€™m a good Mormon wife

Best Moving On from Mormonism Story: Living IS the point.

Best Life Journey Post: CTR (or, as Grace would say, cuh-tuh-err)

Best News Reporting: A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: Truth or The Onion?

Best LDS Church Watch: Open Letter to Europe Area Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Best Response to Apologetics: Tactics of a Mormon Apologist

Most Insightful Discussion of the Practices of the CoJCoL-dS: Drink coffee: unworthy to enter a Mormon temple. Torture people: worthy to be a Mormon bishop

Most Insightful Discussion of Mormon Culture: Dick and Jane: or, The Marriage Trap

Best Discussion of Mormon (or former-Mormon) Community: Shunning Your Fellow Saints: Youâ€™re Doing it Wrong.

Most Interesting Interfaith Interaction: When He Stopped Believing

Best LDS-Related Political Commentary: My Spooky Republican Hell Dream

Best Religion-and-Gender Discussion: ** a tie!! ** Heavenly Codependency and Why Language Matters: A Side-by-Side Look at a Lesson from the New YW/YM Manuals

Best Religion-and-Homosexuality Discussion: What the heart wants

Best Religion-and-Kids/Parenting Discussion: The Christmas Stories

Best Erotic or Sexual Piece: My Vagina Testimony!!

Best History Piece: Seers, seerstones, scrying, and folk magic. Timeline in the Palmyra area

Best Philosophical/Theological Discussion: Froggieâ€™s Creed

Best Review: Book Review: The Girls From Fourth Ward

Best Recipe: Froggieâ€™s Autumn Cookies

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To see all of the nominees and the voting results, look here.