Process
Any reader can nominate a book. Once a book has received five or more nominations, it becomes an official nominee.
The official nominees are presented to the Whitney Awards Committee. The Committee checks for eligibility, and acts as a preliminary judging panel; reducing the number of nominees to no more than five per category.
Finally, ballots are sent to the Whitney Awards Academy, an invitation-only group consisting of authors, bookstore owners/managers, distributors, critics, and other industry professionals. Through popular vote, they decide on final winners. The awards are presented at a dinner held at the conclusion of the annual LDStorymakers conference and writing "boot camp."
Until the 2010 awards (presented 2011), books were not allowed to win in more than one category.
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