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'''The Marilyn Brown Novel Award''' is an occasional award given to the best unpublished novel focusing on realistic cultural experiences of the Utah Region submitted for consideration. The award includes a $1000 honorarium.<ref>[http://www.uvu.edu/english/BrownAward.pdf The Marilyn Brown Novel Award 2009]</ref>
'''The Marilyn Brown Novel Award''' is an occasional award given to the best unpublished novel focusing on realistic cultural experiences of the Utah Region submitted for consideration. The award includes a $1000 honorarium.<ref>[http://www.uvu.edu/english/BrownAward.pdf The Marilyn Brown Novel Award 2009]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


The award was founded by [[Marilyn Brown (author)|Marilyn Brown]] and her husband to encourage quality fiction focused on regional Mormon experience. Beginning in 2000, the award was presented every other year by the [[Association for Mormon Letters]]. Beginning with the 2009 award, the [[Utah Valley University]]'s English Department has stewardship over the award. They have broadened the award's scope to all fiction about the Utah region and intend to make it an annual award. The award has a $30000 endowment.<ref>[https://uvu.edu/pba/ppt/200809cycle/08-OperPBA-Academics-HSS.ppt UVU Humanities, budget report (PowerPoint)]</ref>
The award was founded by [[Marilyn Brown (author)|Marilyn Brown]] and her husband to encourage quality fiction focused on regional Mormon experience. Beginning in 2000, the award was presented every other year by the [[Association for Mormon Letters]]. Beginning with the 2009 award, the [[Utah Valley University]]'s English Department has stewardship over the award. They have broadened the award's scope to all fiction about the Utah region and intend to make it an annual award. The award has a $30000 endowment.<ref>[https://uvu.edu/pba/ppt/200809cycle/08-OperPBA-Academics-HSS.ppt UVU Humanities, budget report (PowerPoint)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602004948/http://www.uvu.edu/pba/ppt/200809cycle/08-OperPBA-Academics-HSS.ppt |date=2010-06-02 }}</ref>


==Past winners==
==Past winners==

Revision as of 18:48, 2 June 2017

The Marilyn Brown Novel Award is an occasional award given to the best unpublished novel focusing on realistic cultural experiences of the Utah Region submitted for consideration. The award includes a $1000 honorarium.[1]

The award was founded by Marilyn Brown and her husband to encourage quality fiction focused on regional Mormon experience. Beginning in 2000, the award was presented every other year by the Association for Mormon Letters. Beginning with the 2009 award, the Utah Valley University's English Department has stewardship over the award. They have broadened the award's scope to all fiction about the Utah region and intend to make it an annual award. The award has a $30000 endowment.[2]

Past winners

2000
2002
2004
2006
  • The Coming of Elijah by Arianne Cope
    • Honorable Mention: Seeker by Donald Marshall
2008
  • Rift by Todd Robert Petersen
    • Honorable Mention: Voices at the Crossroads by Helynne Hollstein Hansen
    • Honorable Mention: Don't You Marry the Mormon Boys by Janet Kay Jensen
2009
2010
  • Across a Harvested Field by Robert Goble
2011
2012
  • Boots and Saddles: A Call to Glory by Paul Colt
2013
  • A Boy Scout’s Field Guide to the Red-shifting Universe by Scott Hatch
2014
  • Clawing Eagle by Christy Monson

References