2014 Mormon Lit Blitz Winner
Lit Blitz Winner After counting and recounting votes in a tight race for literary impact, we are pleased to announce this year’s top...
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Liz Busby
Jun 29, 20141 min read
2014 Mormon Lit Blitz Voting Instructions
We have enjoyed all twelve finalists. But we only have one Grand Prize. Help us decide which piece wins this year’s Lit Blitz by emailing...
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Liz Busby
Jun 27, 20141 min read
“Yahweh: Prologue to the Temple” by Jonathon Penny
I am, but not obsequious: no star-eyed worshipper of will. Defender-of-the-faith at cost, I am a bleeder-at-the-gills. This Gospel hits...
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Liz Busby
Jun 26, 20144 min read
“Living Scriptures” by Scott Hales
Timothy smiles as he hands a five dollar bill to the teenager behind the window. “Keep the change,” he says. The teenager—a red-headed...
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Liz Busby
Jun 25, 20144 min read
Sugar Free by Emily Debenham
The sound of cursing was the first thing that Rachel heard as she entered the church. She hesitated and then peered around the corner...
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Liz Busby
Jun 24, 20142 min read
"Platinum Tears" by Marianne Hales Harding
“Polishing gold is pretty easy—you just scrape off the top layer to reveal the shiny metal underneath. This ring is platinum so it’s...
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Liz Busby
Jun 23, 20144 min read
“Thick and Thin” by Vilo Westwood
Emily started awake and stared in astonishment. Green everywhere. The sides of the road were bursting with lush emerald green grass,...
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Liz Busby
Jun 22, 20144 min read
“And Through the Woods” by Jennifer Eichelberger
This town has the same stench as all the others. Death. I think of Gran. Please be there. I’m only a few blocks away. You’ve got to be...
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Liz Busby
Jun 20, 20141 min read
“In a Nutshell” by Doug Staker
The greatest minds insist That the universe began In a walnut shell. How long do you suppose that walnut Sat in a bowl on God’s kitchen...
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Liz Busby
Jun 19, 20144 min read
"Slippery” by Stephen Carter
The sun streamed unimpeded through the kitchen window, warming Jake’s back as he ate a bowl of cereal. It was a pleasant feeling, but...
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Liz Busby
Jun 18, 20144 min read
"Curelom Riders" by Annaliese Lemmon
“So, there’s nothing that can be done? Even if we marched all night?” Prince Omer stood with Captain Pagag in the field with Esrah. She...
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Liz Busby
Jun 17, 20141 min read
"In Remembrance" by Merrijane Rice
Pain is universal, pedestrian even. You walk a strait path, grasp the iron rod, skirt precipice edges — then rejection sneaks up,...
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Liz Busby
Jun 16, 20144 min read
“The Primary Temple Trip” by Laura Hilton Craner
When they asked for a volunteer to drive the McCumber children on the Primary temple trip, Sister Miller didn’t notice hers was the only...
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Liz Busby
Jun 15, 20143 min read
“20/20” by Lindsay Denton
I first realized there might be something wrong with my vision in sixth grade. My teacher, Mrs. Bullock, had switched up the seating...
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Liz Busby
Jun 6, 20141 min read
2014 Mormon Lit Blitz Finalists & Schedule
We are pleased to announce the finalists in the 2014 Mormon Lit Blitz. Finalists will be published on this blog according to the...
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Liz Busby
Jun 2, 20141 min read
2014 Mormon Lit Blitz Longlist
After a very strong response to our call for submissions, we have narrowed the field to a longlist of twenty-four pieces. By the end of...
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Liz Busby
May 10, 20141 min read
2014 Mormon Lit Blitz Call for Submissions
The Mormon Lit Blitz is the world’s premier contest for Mormon Micro-Literature. Held annually, the contest has helped expose fickle...
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