2016 Mormon Lit Blitz Winner + Updates
Five years. We have now held the Mormon Lit Blitz contest for five years. And we’re pleased to report that Mormon literature is alive and...
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Liz Busby
Jun 3, 20161 min read
“From the East” by Merrijane Rice
It almost feels like fate, and yet I know it isn’t. Just a chain of choices long as life itself— this I say, this not; this I do, this...
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Liz Busby
Jun 2, 20164 min read
“Last Tuesday” by William Morris
It was Vernon Hamblin found it. He saw it scampering along the side of the highway out on the stretch of the Arizona Strip just north of...
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Liz Busby
Jun 1, 20161 min read
“Rumors of Wars” by Zachary Lunn
Cold dog tags press against my chest under the weight of kevlar body armor. Their embossed words imprint into my skin. Name. Social...
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Liz Busby
May 31, 20163 min read
“The Back Row” by Kelli Swofford Nielsen
It started years ago, probably when the boys were young. I’m convinced that in the fresh-faced newlywed days we sat up in the front,...
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Liz Busby
May 30, 20164 min read
“Golden Contact” by Lee Allred
FCC Transcript #127621-A National Network April 6, 2020 GMT 1300 ff National Network Anchor: … and again, for those just tuning in, two...
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Liz Busby
May 29, 20163 min read
“Branch 9 ¾” by Kaki Olsen
Over spelling homework one day, my ten-year-old announced that she didn’t want to go to Hogwarts. I remembered the lightning bolts and...
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Liz Busby
May 27, 20163 min read
“The Gift of Tongues“ by Annaliese Lemmon
I have a gift of tongues. Unfortunately, it’s useless to me on my mission. I throw the Spanish flashcards down on the bed in our small...
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Liz Busby
May 26, 20162 min read
“Requiem for Those People Who Lived Briefly in Your Ward” by Rose Green
Leaving day. The bags were packed; they stood in a neat row across the entire front wall of the living room; weighed, tagged, ready to...
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Liz Busby
May 25, 20161 min read
“Ghost” by Merrijane Rice
On black nights fat with dreams, I wake in lucid spaces, listen to the house crack and settle while midnight traffic moans outside like...
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Liz Busby
May 24, 20161 min read
“Leaving Egypt” by Tyler Chadwick
Leaving Egypt couldn’t have been easy. Walking away from tangible gods, elaborate bodies. No more wooing the throne or imposing your...
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Liz Busby
May 23, 20164 min read
“Fresh Courage Take” by Bradeigh Godfrey
My first thought upon waking each morning has been the same: Trek did nothing to prepare me for this. I groggily open my eyes to the...
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Liz Busby
May 22, 20161 min read
“Foolish and Wise” by Lisa Barker
I am both virgins—foolish and wise No sooner to take one glorious step Than slip and spill. How can I be Both faithless and believing...
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Liz Busby
May 20, 20161 min read
2016 Mormon Lit Blitz Discussion
We have twelve stellar pieces this year–short stories, essays, and poems. Some will inspire you. Some will challenge you and your notions...
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Liz Busby
May 16, 20161 min read
2016 Mormon Lit Blitz Finalists and Schedule
The Fifth Annual Mormon Lit Blitz will run from May 23rd to June 4th. We posted the longlist last week, and now we’ve narrowed the...
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Liz Busby
May 11, 20161 min read
2016 Mormon Lit Blitz: The Longlist
Meanwhile, we’d like to offer congratulations to the twenty pieces (and their authors) on the longlist: “Barefoot” by Robbie Taggart ...
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Liz Busby
Apr 5, 20161 min read
2016 Mormon Lit Blitz Call for Entries
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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