2017 Mormon Lit Blitz Winners
A huge thank you to all the finalists and to all our readers this year. The new work that’s produced for each contest and the audience...
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Liz Busby
Jun 12, 20171 min read
2017 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 10, 20174 min read
“Forty Years” by Jeanna Mason Stay
The day before my mother died, I’d planned to call her, ask how she was doing, catch up in awkward, stilted conversation. But the day...
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Liz Busby
Jun 9, 20173 min read
“Daughters of Ishmael” by Annaliese Lemmon
Mahalath smiled as she watched each of her sisters by the fire. Whatever the feud between Laman and Nephi, worsened with the death of...
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Liz Busby
Jun 8, 20171 min read
“Walking Among the Legend People” by Marianne Hales Harding
In Bryce Canyon, nature’s flip book of erosion, Hoodoos crowd the amphitheater dripping sunset colors, waxing and waning (though truly...
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Liz Busby
Jun 7, 20171 min read
“Valley 176th Ward” by Eliza Porter
The scriptures were the motivation for a mighty change in the Valley 176th ward. Brother Dalton wanted to protect the women and...
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Liz Busby
Jun 6, 20174 min read
“There Wrestled a Man in Parowan” by Wm Morris
I was there the night Brigham “The Battling Bishop” Houston’s winning streak finally came to an end. It was the evening of Oct. 13, 1939....
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Liz Busby
Jun 5, 20171 min read
“Worthy World” by Tanya Hanamaikai
What Earth! This masterpiece of creatures– His medium: the breath of life. See, by the talent of His hand, falling leaf, falling...
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Liz Busby
Jun 3, 20171 min read
“On the Death of a Child,” by Merrijane Rice
Being a mother also, I know I can’t uproot the pain planted in your chest, or untangle your frayed thoughts. I can’t sweep the darkness...
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Liz Busby
Jun 2, 20174 min read
“Spurious Revelations,” by Niklas Hietala
May 15, 1933 Brigham City, Utah Dear Samuel, It is usually a pleasure to receive a letter from you, but the news you sent has made me...
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Liz Busby
Jun 1, 20174 min read
“Pride” by Hillary Stirling
I look like Medusa, I admitted to the mirror. My head was half-covered in pink foam curlers, but it was the only way I could get it to do...
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Liz Busby
May 31, 20171 min read
“Germination” by Sarah Dunster
Young plant: sprout in grace shedding hull, fishing green headbud up toward the warmth until the world–bug-bitten, shale-sloped, ...
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Liz Busby
May 30, 20174 min read
“Sonata in Three Movements” by Jeanine Bee
I Dolce One of John’s earliest memories is her singing voice, sweet and pitted and gravelly. Not in a deep, growling, Louis Armstrong...
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Liz Busby
May 29, 20174 min read
“Celestial Accounting” by Katherine Cowley
Subject: 1st Ward Sacrifices Report From: jodi.schmidt@celestialbooks.org To: ana.pereira@celestialbooks.org Dear Sister Pereira, I...
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Liz Busby
May 13, 20171 min read
2017 Lit Blitz Finalists
Finalists for the 6th Annual Mormon Lit Blitz will be posted here on http://lit.mormonartist.net/ May 29th-June 10th, according to the...
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