Awards

American Society for Indexing

ASI/EIS Publishing Award for Excellence in Indexing

2015
Documents, Volume 3: February 1833–March 1834

Mormon History Association

Special Citation

In 2023, the Mormon History Association presented a Special Citation to the Joseph Smith Papers upon completion of the project’s print edition. The citation credited the hundreds of individuals who contributed to the project over two decades and noted that “the Joseph Smith Papers has become the single most important resource for early Latter-day Saint history.”

Award for Best Documentary Editing/Bibliography

2022
Documents, Volume 10: May–August 1842

2016
Revelations and Translations, Volume 3: Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon

2014
Documents, Volume 1: July 1828–June 1831
Documents, Volume 2: July 1831–January 1833

2013
Histories, Volume 1: Joseph Smith Histories, 1832–1844
Histories, Volume 2: Assigned Histories, 1831–1847

2009
Journals, Volume 1: 1832–1839

John Whitmer Historical Association

Best Documentary History

2020
Documents, Volume 8: February–November 1841
Documents, Volume 9: December 1841–April 1842

2017
Administrative Records, Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846

2015
Documents, Volume 3: February 1833–March 1834

2013
Histories, Volume 1: Joseph Smith Histories, 1832–1844
Histories, Volume 2: Assigned Histories, 1831–1847

Association for Mormon Letters

Special Award in Textual Criticism and Bibliography

2008
Journals, Volume 1: 1832–1839

 

LDS Publishing Professionals Association

Beacon Award for Podcast

2021
The First Vision: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast, Episode 6: “I Had Seen a Vision”

Praiseworthy Award for Best Long-Form Text Publication

2016
Journals, Volume 3: May 1843–June 1844