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cowleyke
Dec 23, 20244 min read
Holiday Lit Blitz Contest Winners
Just as Katherine and I were beginning to comb through all the many wonderful entries to this contest in search of our twelve finalists,...
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cowleyke
Dec 16, 20241 min read
Voting for the Holiday Lit Blitz
Vote for your favorite pieces in the Holiday Lit Blitz! Thank you for joining us for the Holiday Lit Blitz! Each year, we give out a...
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Cecelia Proffit
Dec 14, 20242 min read
"The Celebration" by Mario Montani
Read the original Spanish version here . Listen to this piece on our podcast . The Celebration by Mario Montani translated by Gabriel...
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Cecelia Proffit
Dec 14, 20242 min read
"La Celebracion" by Mario Montani
Read the English translation here . Listen to this piece on our podcast . La Celebracion by Mario Montani En la vastedad de la nada los...
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Cecelia Proffit
Dec 13, 20244 min read
"Vlad Tidings" by Lee Allred
Listen to this piece on our podcast “You tryink to kill me, Van Helsink?” Count Vladimir Szlavy turned his phone around to show...
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Cecelia Proffit
Dec 12, 20241 min read
"Viewing Christmas Displays as a Family, Post-Divorce" by Micah Cozzens
Listen to this piece on our podcast After Denise Levertov’s “Broken Ghazals” Each house blinks into its own planet—star of some...
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Cecelia Proffit
Dec 11, 20244 min read
"Three Saints Days" by Michelle Graabek-Wallace
Listen to this piece on our podcast THE BIRTH OF JOHN, HERODIAN TETRARCHY, ROMAN EMPIRE, 1ST CENTURY BC Elizabeth gives birth to John....
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Cecelia Proffit
Dec 10, 20241 min read
"d. 11 April 1847 Winter Quarters" by Ali Benson Moulton
Listen to this piece on our podcast I didn’t know you slept below. We came to visit like the rest, Where headstones tell the history Of...
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Cecelia Proffit
Dec 9, 20244 min read
"Multiversal Mother's Day" by Annaliese Lemmon
Listen to this piece on our podcast Becky's son Alex had been dead for eight years. So when she got a text from his old number, claiming...
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Cecelia Proffit
Dec 7, 20244 min read
"Tastes of Hope and Sorrow" by James Goldberg
Listen to this piece on our podcast Tastes of Hope and Sorrow An essay on remembering the days Our family’s way of marking Rosh...
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Cecelia Proffit
Dec 6, 20245 min read
"A Wolfenoot Carol" by Jeanna Mason Stay
Listen to this piece on our podcast Sister Meagan Underwood was fine, thankyouverymuch. She paid tithing and a generous fast. She checked...
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Cecelia Proffit
Dec 5, 20241 min read
"Easter Morning" by Merrijane Rice
Listen to this piece on our podcast I billow down the footpath, skirr straight toward bright sun and surprise a tree half-dressed as she...
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Cecelia Proffit
Dec 4, 20244 min read
"The History of a Christmas Carol" by Jeanine Bee
Listen to this piece on our podcast The song itself is believed to be over four hundred years old, though it’s new to Joan when she first...
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Cecelia Proffit
Dec 3, 20242 min read
"Twenty-five Valentine's Days Ago" by Lara Niedermeyer
Listen to this piece on our podcast We were still new to each other. We’d kissed on New Years Eve, after the dance, after I’d let my...
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Liz Busby
Dec 2, 20241 min read
"A Christmas in Orderville" by Scott Hales
Listen to this piece on our podcast This piece was published in 2024 as part of the Holiday Lit Blitz by the Mormon Lit Lab . Sign up...
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cowleyke
Nov 18, 20241 min read
The Holiday Lit Blitz: Finalists and Schedule
Last week, we announced the twenty-four semifinalists for the Holiday Lit Blitz . Today, we bring you the twelve finalists, along with...
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cowleyke
Nov 11, 20241 min read
The Holiday Lit Blitz: The Longlist
Thank you to everyone who submitted to our specialty contest, the Holiday Lit Blitz! The pieces were judged blindly, without any...
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Cecelia Proffit
May 20, 20243 min read
Announcing The Holiday Lit Blitz
It’s beginning to look a lot like…holiday story time! We are pleased to announce the Holiday Lit Blitz, a specialty contest for short...
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