2026 Praiseworthy & Spark Award Nominations

You have chosen to nominate a work for the 2026 Praiseworthy Awards.

Praiseworthy Awards are for WORKS produced in the previous calendar year (January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025) that are consistent with the standards in Article of Faith 13. Praiseworthy awards can be won multiple years by the same creator and by creators with any level of experience.

(If the creator of a work is an “emerging creator” (e.g. has earned less than $500 from their work, is not traditionally published, is not represented by an agent/producer, has had less than 15,000 views or streams, etc.) consider nominating for Spark Award instead.)

Multiple works by the same creator can be nominated for the Praiseworthy Awards (please create a separate Praiseworthy Award submission for each work you are nominating), however “principal creators” may only win one Praiseworthy Award per industry (Publishing, Media, or Arts) per year. Principal creators can win multiple Praiseworthy awards in different industries (Publishing, Media, or Arts) in the same year. The LDSPMA Awards Team reserves the right to make all final decisions on any judging ambiguities or eligibility questions.

For complete details on eligibility, please see Praiseworthy Award Eligibility. For additional questions, feel free to email us at awards@ldspma.org.

You have chosen to nominate a creator for the 2026 Spark Awards.

Spark Awards are for “emerging creators” (i.e. PEOPLE who have earned less than $500 from their work, are not traditionally published, are not represented by an agent/producer, have had less than 15,000 views or streams, etc.) who have produced or revised a work during the previous calendar year (January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025) that is consistent with the standards in Article of Faith 13. Spark Awards can generally not be won multiple times by the same creator.

Although the award is judged based on a specific creative work, the award is to the PERSON as an “emerging creator”, not for the specific work.

Please ONLY submit nominations for Spark Awards for those who are “emerging creators” as described above and have not won a Spark Award previously. (If this does not describe the creator whose work you are nominating, please nominate for a Praiseworthy Award instead.)

For complete details on eligibility, please see Spark Award Eligibility. For additional questions, feel free to email us at awards@ldspma.org.

Note: We recommend typing your answers in a separate document and copying them into the form as you go, in case you experience any technical issues with the form that causes you to lose your work.

In order to provide the judges with a clear understanding of who you are, please describe your mission and purpose as a creator in under 150 words:

Note: We recommend saving your answers in a separate document as you go, in case you experience any technical issues with the form that causes you to lose your work.

*Please note: This subcategory is for the media/music production, not the music performance or composotion/arrangement. Submissions wishing to be judged on music composition/arrangement and/or performance should be submitted under the Arts > Music subcategories.

*Please note: This category is for the music compostion, arrangement, and performance, not the media production of music videos or sound recordings. Submissions wishing to be judged on music media production (such as music videos) should be submitted under the Media > Video Media > Music Video Production or Media > Audio Media > Audio Music Recording subcategories.