2022 Contest Winners + Anthology Kickstarter
Thank you to everyone who read the finalists in this year’s Mormon Lit Blitz. We love sharing these pieces with you. Before we announce...
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Liz Busby
Jun 19, 20221 min read
Voting results coming at 10 am
Voting is now closed. Please check back at 10 am for results and an additional announcement.
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Liz Busby
Jun 12, 20221 min read
2022 Mormon Lit Blitz Voting
Each year, we award a small cash prize to an audience favorite piece from the Mormon Lit Blitz. To vote, look through the pieces and rank...
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Liz Busby
Jun 10, 20221 min read
“Leah at the Edges” by Merrijane Rice
If you measured my life by low points and high, all my loves and jealousies recorded as scripture of extremes, you’d miss times of...
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Liz Busby
Jun 9, 20221 min read
“O homem e a terra” de Siviano Stalon Fortes
For the English translation, click here. Séculos de progressos Mas também de retrocessos; Séculos pintados com sangue, Sem que ninguém...
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Liz Busby
Jun 9, 20221 min read
“Man and the Earth” by Siviano Stalon Fortes
Translated by Kent Larsen. For the original Portuguese, click here. Centuries of progression but also of regression; centuries painted...
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Liz Busby
Jun 8, 20224 min read
“O Caixão de Nhô Jon Anton” de César Augusto Medina Fortes
For the English translation, click here. Nhô Jon Anton nasceu no Mocho da Garça na ilha de Santo Antão e cedo emigrou para a Argentina a...
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Liz Busby
Jun 8, 20224 min read
“The Coffin of Master Jôn Anton” by César Augusto Medina Fortes
Translated by Katherine Cowley. For the original Portuguese, click here. Master Jôn Anton was born in Mocho da Garça, on the island of...
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Liz Busby
Jun 7, 20221 min read
“Every Member a Missionary” by Selina Forsyth
D&C 6: 2-4, 36 Doubt not, fear not The field is white, and I’m handing out sickles to all comers. On-the-job training for handling...
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Liz Busby
Jun 6, 20224 min read
“The Fourth Ward Filibuster” by Kevin Klein
Sunday morning I woke up with the feeling that I should go to church early. It was more than a feeling, actually, and sure enough, when I...
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Liz Busby
Jun 5, 20224 min read
“Grafted Branches” by Jeanine Bee
When I was in third grade, our class spent some time studying world cultures. We each chose a country and prepared a project to share...
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Liz Busby
Jun 3, 20222 min read
“Christ in Gethsemane” written and translated by Gabriel González Núñez
For the original Spanish, click here . Christ in Gethsemane Ekphrastic poem after Carl Bloch’s painting by the same name I have not...
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Liz Busby
Jun 3, 20222 min read
“Cristo en el huerto de Getsemaní” de Gabriel González Núñez
For the English translation, click here . Cristo en el huerto de Getsemaní Poema ecfrástico a partir de la obra homónima de Carl Bloch...
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Liz Busby
Jun 2, 20221 min read
“Blood in the Garden” by Whitney Hemsath
Blood spills on the garden floor. It isn’t mine but should be. My fig leaves, like ignorance, itch to be shed. They will not be enough...
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Liz Busby
Jun 1, 20221 min read
“Through a Glass” by Alixa Brobbey
The day before the world unlocked into geometric shapes, trees were blobs. Angles were rounded, glowing things, every object blending...
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Liz Busby
May 31, 20221 min read
“2 Coats” by Jared Forsyth
Wanted: someone who deserves this coat Someone asked me for my coat today I didn’t give it to them I couldn’t be sure they deserved it...
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Liz Busby
May 30, 20222 min read
“Chickens without End” by Julia Jeffrey
When I stand up on resurrection day, will I be able to walk, or will there be too many chickens? Will they crowd around me, their plush...
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Liz Busby
May 29, 20221 min read
“Tower of Babel” by Darlene Young
We didn’t really nowtice what was happening at first. It was so gradual. The dropping of a word’s inding, the slurring, a slanted accent....
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Liz Busby
May 22, 20221 min read
Mormon Lit Blitz 2022 Finalists
From 30 May through 11 June, we’ll post the finalists in this year’s Mormon Lit Blitz here on lit.mormonartist.net. Join us for a daily...
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Liz Busby
May 15, 20221 min read
11th Annual Mormon Lit Blitz: Longlist
Thank you to everyone who submitted to this year’s Mormon Lit Blitz! After our initial review of these pieces, we’re excited to share our...
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