The Association for Mormon Letters has named 14 winners of its annual AML Awards.

The nonprofit organization, which promotes the production and study of Mormon literature, also announced several changes in administration at its annual meeting Feb. 27 at Utah Valley University.

Margaret Blair Young will serve as the new AML president, with Boyd Petersen now serving as past president. J. Scott Bronson will serve as the association's president-elect.

Literary award winners are:

Best novel » Todd Robert Petersen, Rift

Best novel, honorable mention » Jamie Ford, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Best drama » Melissa Leilani Larson, "Little Happy Secrets"

Best film » Jed Wells, "Fire Creek"

Best humor writing » Elna Baker, The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance

Best memoir » Kathryn Lynard Soper, The Year My Son and I Were Born

Best online writing » Sandra Tayler, "One Cobble at a Time"

Best poetry » Lance Larsen, Backyard Alchemy

Best short fiction » Larry Menlove, "Path of Antelope, Pelican and Moon"

Best young adult novel » Carol Lynch Williams, The Chosen One

Service and achievement awards:

Publishing » Christopher Bigelow, owner of Zarahemla Books, publisher of Petersen's novel, Rift

Service to AML » Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury

Honorary Lifetime Membership » James D'Arc

Smith-Pettit Foundation Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters » Levi Peterson

-- Ben Fulton