Presented to: Angela Hallstrom
For:
With the tragic passing of Laraine Wilkins, Irreantum was left without a leader. Laraine had begun to mold Irreantum into a literary and critical journal that she hoped would carry more and more weight within the realm of Mormon letters. Her loss left a lot of strings dangling, both in terms of her overall vision and goals and also in the millions of material details that go into producing a journal.
It was Angela Hallstrom, Irreantum’s short fiction editor, who put her life on hold for several months in order to step in and pull off a miracle. Angela spent hours combing through Laraine's notes and computer files, sleuthing out what plans Laraine had made, whom she had contacted with promises to publish, and the printing procedures that were already partially in place. It was a monumental effort and resulted in one of our best issues yet. For her personal sacrifice, organizational and artistic skill, and great service to the Association for Mormon Letters, we wish to recognize Angela Hallstrom.