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2024 Spark Award Winners

2024 Publishing Winners
2024 Media Winners
2024 Arts Winners

The LDSPMA Spark Award recognizes aspiring, unknown creators who have the potential to become outstanding contributors to their field. We encourage you to support these creators by following them on social media, visiting their websites, and looking into their projects.

Funds raised by the LDSPMA Awards Gala contribute not only to the programs LDSPMA utilizes to uplift and inspire creators everywhere but also to provide scholarships to these promising individuals in order in order to further them in their careers. Your contribution means the world to these creators who dream of working full time in their artistic pursuits.

The Spark Award winners will be honored at the 2024 LDSPMA Awards Gala on Friday, October 18th at the UVU Sorenson Center Ballroom. Tickets are required.

Learn more about the gala

Publishing Winners

Historical Fiction

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Escape from Jerusalem

Author: Philip G White

Website: philipgwhite.com

Facebook: facebook.com/100087968087169
Instagram: @philipgwhite
Pintrest: @philip_g_white

Science Fiction/Fantasy

The Deepwood Tale

Author: Emily Crook

General Fiction

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The Problem with Margaret Hennessy

Author: M. E. Hansen

Instagram: @author_mehansen
Amazon: amazon.com/author/mehansen

Memoir

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What I Would Have Told You

Author: Lili Stephenson
Editor: Annelise Gardiner Argent

LinkTree: linktr.ee/worldcricketgirl
Instagram: @worldcricketgirl
Websites: empoweredcricket.org, howtoplaycricket.org

Facebook: @annelise.gardiner
Instagram: @annelise.argent

General Nonfiction

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The Achievable Garden-A Quick Guide to Growing Your Own Food

Author: Mike Judson

Barnes & Noble: barnesandnoble.com/s/”Mike Judson”

Media Winners

Picture Book

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Up, Down, and All Around: The Type 1 Diabetes Treatment Guide for Kids
Up, Down, and All Around: The Type 1 Diabetes Treatment Guide for Kids book cover

Author & Illustrator: Amelia Pinegar
Chief Editor: Melanie Jex

Website: www.ameliapinegarbooks.com
Instagram: @storybookjane

Podcast

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Covenant Hope: Anchor of the Soul – Episode 3 “A Smoking Furnace and a Burning Lamp”

Host: Tyler Torrie
Research, Editing and Proof Listening: Tausha Torrie

Podcast: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tnt252

Music Video

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“Rise as One”

Written and performed by Carrie Yost
Videography by Josh Sales
Additional performers: Jarica Jamison, Taeya Kalani, Greg Wright, David Allen, Abraham Thomas, Rod Villalba, Ryan Johnson, Annie Whitehead, Caitlan Gray, Boston Curnow, and Samson Osime

Website: carrieyostmusic.com

Website: joshsalesfilms.com

Arts Winners

Original Religious Music

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“Kitetail”

Artist: Emily Susan Pack
Co-producer: Christopher Hudson

Instagram: @emilysusanpack
Spotify: Emily Susan Pack

Original Secular Music

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“One More Day”

Artist: Brittney Bennett
Producers: Daniel Blomberg & Dave Zimmerman

Instagram: @brittneybennettmusic

Websites: blombergmusicproductions.com, noiseboxstudios.com

Music Cover/Arrangement

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“I Need Thee Every Hour”

Artist: Michael R. Hicks
Vocals: Rebecca Lopez

Website: michaelrhicks.com
Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UCW3u2s4HXdY1WwUH8ASLpCA
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/37jKFfAIHyQolYpr9fu0Eu

Instagram: @rebeccalopezmusic
Facebook: @Rebeccalopezmusic

2D Art

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Cover art for “Reach for the Stars”, book 9 in the Wright Cousin Adventures
Cover-art-for Reach-for-the-Stars

Artist: Anne R. Smith

Author: Gregory O. Smith
Editors: Lisa A. Smith, Anne R. Smith, Dorothy E. Smith

Instagram: @annerairplane, @draw_anne_adventure


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