Submit Nominations

FOR ALL AWARDS, THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR WORKS PUBLISHED IN 2025 IS FEBRUARY 1, 2026.

Award winners are selected by six subcommittees.

1. BOOKS: In order for a book to be considered by our three-member Book Awards Subcommittee, a copy of the book should be mailed to each of the committee members. Please click here for their addresses.

We prefer that the nominated books be sent directly from the publishers/presses, authors or agents to each committee member. If there is a hardship because the list price of a book is $75 or more, we ask the publisher for one hard copy (sent to the subcommittee chair) and an electronic version of the book that can be distributed to committee members. The Book Awards Subcommittee, chaired by Anne Berryhill, selects winners in four of six categories. Please include a note as to which categories you believe the book is qualified to be considered for:

• Best Book
• Best Biography
• Best First Book (awarded biennially, next awarded June 2026)
• Best Personal History/Memoir (awarded biennially, next awarded June 2027)
• Best Documentary Editing/Bibliography (awarded biennially, next awarded June 2026)
• Best Book on International Mormon History (awarded biennially, next awarded June 2027)

2. ARTICLES: The three-member Article Awards Subcommittee is chaired by Alex Smith. Authors and readers are invited to submit, by email, articles for the committees’ consideration: smithad@churchofjesuschrist.org. The Article Awards Subcommittee nominates winners in three of the article categories:

• Best Article
• Best Article on Mormon Women’s History
• Best Article on International Mormon History

Additionally, the Journal of Mormon History editorial board will choose a winner for best article published in the JMH during the previous year.

3. GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS: The four-member Graduate Student Work Awards Committee is chaired by S. Spencer Wells. Authors and readers are invited to submit by email, dissertations, theses, and unpublished graduate student papers for the committees’ consideration to samuelwells1@suu.edu. The Graduate Student Work Awards Committee nominates winners in three categories:

• Best Dissertation (awarded biennially, next awarded June 2025)
• Best Thesis (awarded biennially, next awarded June 2026)
• Best Unpublished Graduate Student Paper (awarded biennially, next awarded June 2026)

4. ARDIS E. PARSHALL PUBLIC HISTORY AWARD: The four-member Best Public History Award Subcommittee is chaired by Hillary Kirkham. Submit nominations to hillary.kirkham@churchofjesuschrist.org. Examples of public history that might be considered are those that use historical methods and research in a non-academic or primarily non-academic setting; living history projects in which members of the research population are encouraged to participate as researchers, interpreters, and/or presenters; and research that uses media and channels accessible to the public as the primary presentation format. This could include but is not limited to websites, blogs, exhibits, art shows, documentaries, feature or news articles, theatrical performances, and popular books.

5. BEST INDIGENOUS STUDIES AWARD: The four-member Best Indigenous Studies Award Subcommittee is chaired by Thomas Murphy. Submissions may include various formats of traditional scholarship such as a published book, essay, book chapter, or article. Other forms of public scholarship and engagement will also be considered and could include public history or public programming projects, digital media, events, exhibits, advocacy, and so forth. Submit nominations to Thomas at thomaswmurphy90@gmail.com. Please ask Thomas for committee members’ mailing addresses if you would like to submit a book nomination.