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2020 Praiseworthy Award Winners

Praiseworthy Awards

Category/GenreAwardTitleCollaborators
Fiction/PBWinnerAt the Stroke of GoodnightClay Rice – Author Brooke Jorden – Editor David Miles – Cover Design Derek George – Interior Design Kate Farrell – Publicist
Fiction MG,YAWinnerPaul, Big and SmallDavid Glen Robb – Author Lisa Mangum – Editor Richard Erickson – Designer Malina Grigg – Typesetter Heidi Gordon – Product Manager Chris Schoebinger – Product Director
Fiction/MG,YAHonorable MentionWaiting for FitzSpencer Hyde – Author Lisa Mangum – Editor Richard Erickson – Designer Rachael Ward – Typesetter Heidi Gordon – Product Manager Chris Schoebinger – Product Director
Fiction/RomanceWinnerA Song for the StarsIlima Todd – Author Lisa Mangum – Editor Heather Ward – Designer Richard Erickson – Designer Malina Grigg – Typesetter Heidi Gordon – Product Manager Chris Schoebinger – Product Director
Fiction/RomanceHonorable MentionThe Lady and the HighwaymanSarah M. Eden – Author Lisa Mangum – Editor Heather Ward – Designer Richard Erickson – Designer Malina Grigg – Typesetter Heidi Gordon – Product Manager Chris Schoebinger – Product Director
Fiction/HistoricalWinnerMuddy: Where Faith and Polygamy CollideDean Hughes – Author Celia Barnes – Product Director Michelle Lippold – Product Manager Emily Watts – Editor Malina Grigg – Typesetter Richard Erickson – Designer
Fiction/HistoricalHonorable MentionDeborah: Prophetess of GodHeather B. Moore – Author Christina Marcano – Graphic Design Amy Parker – Marketing Blair Leishman – Audio Engineer Luone Ingram – Audio Reader Samantha Millburn – Editor
Nonfiction/PBWinnerGirls Who Choose God: Stories of Extraordinary Women from Church HistoryMcArthur Krishna – Author Bethany Brady Spalding – Author Kathleen Peterson – Illustrator Celia Barnes – Product Director Michelle Lippold – Product Manager Tracy Keck – Editor Shauna Gibby – Designer Rachael Ward – Typesetter
Nonfiction/ AnthologyWinnerA Place to BelongHollie Rhees Fluhman – Author Camille Fronk Olson – Author Lisa Roper – Product Director Michelle Lippold – Product Manager Kristen Evans – Product Manager Derk Koldewyn – Editor Suzanne Brady – Editor Shauna Gibby – Designer Malina Grigg – Typesetter Breanna Anderl – Typesetter
Nonfiction/ Resource/ Self-HelpHonorable MentionJoy from FearCarla Marie Manly – Author Katharine Hale – Editor David Miles – Cover Design Brooke Jorden – Book Design
Nonfiction/ Religious TopicWinnerLive Up to Our Privileges: Women, Power, and PriesthoodWendy Ulrich – Author Lisa Roper – Product Director Michelle Lippold – Product Manager Tracy Keck – Editor Rachael Ward – Typesetter Shauna Gibby – Designer
Nonfiction/ Religious TopicHonorable MentionA Case for the Book of MormonTad R. Callister – Author Lisa Roper – Product Director Michelle Lippold – Product Manager Emily Watts – Editor Rachael Ward – Typesetter Heather Ward – Designer Richard Erickson – Designer
Nonfiction/ History/BiographyWinnerInsights from a Prophet’s LifeSheri Dew – Author Lisa Roper – Product Director Michelle Lippold – Product Manager Emily Watts – Editor Richard Erickson – Designer Rachael Ward – Typesetter
Nonfiction/ History/BiographyHonorable MentionCrossings: A Bald Asian American Latter-Day Saint Woman Scholar’s Ventures Through Life, Death, Cancer & Motherhood (Not Necessarily in that Order)Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye – Author Morgan Davis – Living Faith Acquisition and Development Editor Tona Hangen – Living Faith Acquisition and Development Editor Lisa Roper – Product Director Michelle Lippold – Product Manager Shirley Ricks – Editor Tracy Keck – Editor Heather Ward – Designer Richard Erickson – Art Director Emily Strong – Typesetter Rachael Ward – Typesetter
Nonfiction/ LifestyleWinnerThe Munchy Munchy Cookbook for KidsPierre A. Lamielle – Author Lacey Kupfer Wulf – Editor Derek George – Cover and book design Pierre A. Lamielle – Cover and Book Design
Audiovisual/ Feature Length FilmWinnerThe Fighting PreacherDavid McConnell – Actor Cassidy Hubert – Actor Scarlett Hazen – Actor Debbie Farrer – Art Director Jacqui Newell – Wardrobe Laurie Vukich – Hair/Makeup Tanner Christensen – Editor and Visual Effects Michael McDonough – Sound Design Rand H. Packer, Author of “A Lion and a Lamb” Steven A. Lee – Line Producer Ron Tanner – Producer T.C. Christensen – Writer and Director
Audiovisual/ Short FilmWinnerWinter in YellowstoneYvonne Bass – Director, Producer, and Editor Sara Bass Thredgold – Assistant Director Dwayne Bass – Location Manager Anna-Marie Bass – Assistant Producer Will Bass – Production Assistant Cameron Thredgold – Production Assistant
Audiovisual/ Podcast EpisodeWinnerThis is the Gospel: Unexpected FriendshipSarah Blake – Episode Producer Katie Lambert – Story Producer KaRyn Lay – Story Producer and Host Danielle Wagner – Story Editing KC Blake, Mix as Six Studios – Scoring, Mixing, and Mastering Emily Farmer – Storyteller Mac Voorhees – Storyteller Brian Nixon – Storyteller
Audiovisual/ Podcast EpisodeHonorable MentionMeasuring Success Right: Dr. Greg Hudnall and Suicide PreventionDr. Greg Hudnall – Guest Victor Belo – Host Hunter Muse – Producer Kathryn Sobczak Peterson – Mental Health Committee Executive Director Matt Hurst – Mental Health Committee Member Dan Little – Sound Editor

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