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Angela Hallstrom, 2026 AML Lifetime Achievement Award

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James Goldberg, 2026 Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters

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Mormon Short Fiction 2026

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2026 AML Career Achievement Awards: James Goldberg and Angela Hallstrom

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2025 AML Award Finalists #5: Creative Nonfiction and Religious Nonfiction

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