Mormon Lit Blitz

“Nexus of Everything” by Merrijane Rice

“Refried Dreams” by Cristie Cowles Charles

“Second Coming” by Michael Hicks

“This Time and This Season” by Chanel Earl

“The Pear Tree” by Stan Absher

“A Young Mother’s Sacrament” by Emily Harris Adams

“Earthworm Lore” by Stan Absher

“Creature from the Back Lagoon” by Lee Allred

“Antelife” by Dan Mabee

“The Cost” by Liz Busby

“Future Genealogists” by Madison Beckstrand

“Nine Sunsets” by Chanel Earl

“A Espera” (The Waiting) by Suzana Mcauchar

"Os Cinco Anjos do Éden" (The Five Angels of Eden) by Claudio Antão Ribeiro de Oliveira

“Auxese” (An Exercise in Hyperbole) by Ana Claudia de Souza de Oliveira

“Além da Visão” (Beyond the Vision) by Edgar Farinon

“Conversion Story” by Inari Porka

“Muling Pagkabuhay” (He is Risen) by Maria Evelyn Quilla Soleta

“Calma dominical” (Sunday Calm) by Débora Loiza

"Romance de Abinadí" (Ballad of Abinadi) by Mario R. Montani

“De amor y de piedras” (Of Love and Stones) by Maximiliano Martínez

“Galletas de avena” (Oatmeal Cookies) by Ana Ruth Enriques

"おじいさんのもの" (Grandpa's Member) by Tokuzawa Aiko

“Thy Name Shall No More Be” by Whitney Hemsath

“Tower of Babel​” by Darlene Young

“Chickens without End” by Julia Jeffrey

“2 Coats” by Jared Forsyth

“Through a Glass” by Alixa Brobbey

“Blood in the Garden” by Whitney Hemsath

“Cristo en el huerto de Getsemaní” by Gabriel González Núñez

“Grafted Branches” by Jeanine Bee

“The Fourth Ward Filibuster” by Kevin Klein

“Every Member a Missionary” by Selina Forsyth

“O Caixão de Nhô Jon Anton” by César Augusto Medina Fortes

“O Homem e a Terra” by Siviano Stalon Fortes

“Leah at the Edges” by Merrijane Rice

“What Have You Against Being Baptized” by W. O. Hemsath
“The Gift of Undoing” by Katherine Cowley
“The Apocalypse of Kemet III” by Hillary Stirling
“Ministering Blood Brother” by Terrance V. McArthur
“Remote Control Mama” by Becca Birkin
“There Is No Release” by Jonathan Olfert
“Aboard the Nursery Barge” by Sarah Chow
“Gleaners” by James Goldberg
“The 37th Ward Relief Society Leftovers Exchange” by Liz Busby
“The Other Commander” by W. O. Hemsath
“Hie to Kolob” by Emily Harris Adams
“The Gift to Be Healed” by Annaliese Lemmon

“116 Pages” by Merrijane Rice
“Unfit Mother of the Year” by Susan Law Corpany
“Final Exam” by Jared Forsyth
“Reformed Egyptian” by Lee Allred
“Oh, a Dove” by Aiko Tokuzawa
“We Must Overcome” by Jonathon Penny
“The Lord’s Multiform Prayer” by Gabriel González Núñez
“Not of Necessity” by Jeanine Bee
“Golden Plate Controversy Erupts with ‘Mormon Storm’” by Devin Galloway
“Weight of Souls” by Selina Forsyth
“Sacrament in Solitude” by Marianne Hales Harding
“Perspective” by Jonathon Penny

Obra Ganadora: En lo profundo del corazón — Moramay Alva

Grand Prize: "In the Depths of the Heart" by Moramay Alva

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Primer accésit: Abedul — Jonatan I. Walton

First Runner-up: "Birch" by Jonatan I. Walton

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Segundo accésit: Recuerdo de la lluvia que no recuerdo — Santiago Vázquez

Second Runner-up: "The memory of that rain I do not remember" by Santiago Vázquez

“Resurrection by Easter 2020” by Selina Forsyth
“Perfection is a Fullness” by Jeanine Bee
“Orpheus Sings to Mary and Martha” by Emily Harris Adams
“Family Tree” by Merrijane Rice
“Three Generations of Sonder” by Chanel Earl
“Airplanes that Crashed: A Book of Mormon Coloring Book” by Jared Forsyth
“Final Report” by Mattathias Westwood
“Portal Friends” by Annaliese Lemmon
“Part Heaven” by Madison Beckstrand
“O Nosso Cão Stromberg” (“Our Dog Stromberg“) by César Augusto Medina Fortes
“In the Locker Room at the Temple” by Darlene Young
“Brother and Sister” by Scott Hales

“Paradisiacal Glory” by Katherine Cowley
“Before the Healing” by Merrijane Rice
“How Do We Make Sense of What Will Be When We Hold Remnants of What Once Was?” by Steven Peck
“Separation” by Mark Penny
“Un dios en quien confiar” (in Spanish and in English translation) by Gabriel González Núñez
“The Casting Out of Spirits” by Jeanine Bee
“The Seven Deadly Housewarmers” by Emily Harris Adams
“The Investigator” by Jeanine Bee
“The Hills of Heaven” by Scott Hales
“As minhas férias na ilha de Santo Antão” (in Portuguese and in English translation) by César Augusto Medina Fortes
“Remnant” by Sarah Dunster
“Low Tide” by Merrijane Rice

Spanish finalists:

“Documentary Appendix 1” (“Anexo documental I”) by Gabriel González Núñez

“TIME a particle” (“TIEMPO una partícula”) by Citlalli H. Xochitiotzin

“The Wall of Time” (“La Muralla del Tiempo”) by Camila Andrea Fernández

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Portuguese finalists:

“A Sunday at Laginha” (“Um Domingo na Laginha”) by César Augusto Medina Fortes

“The Secret Friend” (“O Amigo Secreto”) by Amanda Araújo de Castro

“Two Missions” (“Duas Missões”) by Andreza Castro

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English finalists:

“Tatau” by Lehua Parker

“Victor” by David Hurtado

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Estonian finalist:

“The Journey” and “Lucifer’s Monologue” (“LÄHEME RÄNDAMA” and “LUTSIFERI  MONOLOOG”) by Aivar Lembit

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Tagalog finalist:

“Shaken” by Jhasmin De Castro (read in English; read in Tagalog)

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Japanese finalists:

“The Creation Workshop” (創造教室) by Mitsushige Takaki (高木光茂)

“The Sound of Water” (「 水音」) by Aiko Tokuzawa (徳沢愛子)

“Three Dogs in the Afterlife” by Luisa Perkins
“Scrubbing Jesus’ Toilets” by Lehua Parker
“A Perfect Voice” by Katherine Cowley
“New Rhythm” by Tanya Hanamaikai
“Counsel” by Faith Kershisnik
“After the Fast” by Wm Morris
“Beneath the Visiting Moon” by Lee Allred
“Still Clean” by Sherry Work
“Proof That Sister Greeley Is a Witch (Even Though Mormons Don’t Believe in Witches)” by Wm Morris
“The Last Swing” by Sheldon Lawrence
“Joseph and Emma Grow Old Together” by Eric Jepson
“Missionary Weekly Report for 28 March-3 April, Mumbai 1st Branch” by Mattathias Westwood

“Celestial Accounting” by Katherine Cowley
“Sonata in Three Movements” by Jeanine Bee
“Germination” by Sarah Dunster
“Pride” by Hillary Stirling
“Spurious Revelations” by Niklas Hietala
“On the Death of a Child” by Merrijane Rice

“Worthy World” Tanya Hanamaikai
“There Wrestled a Man in Parowan” by Wm Morris
“Valley 176th Ward” by Eliza Porter
“Walking Among the Legend People” by Marianne Hales Harding
“Daughters of Ishmael” by Annaliese Lemmon
“Forty Years” by Jeanna Mason Stay

“Foolish and Wise” by Lisa Barker

“Fresh Courage Take” by Bradeigh Godfrey

“Leaving Egypt” by Tyler Chadwick

“Ghost” by Merrijane Rice

“Requiem for Those People Who Lived Briefly in Your Ward” by Rose Green

“The Gift of Tongues“ by Annaliese Lemmon

“Branch 9 ¾” by Kaki Olsen

“Golden Contact” by Lee Allred

“The Back Row” by Kelli Swofford Nielsen

“Rumors of Wars” by Zachary Lunn

“Last Tuesday” by William Morris

“From the East” by Merrijane Rice

“Angry Sunbeam” by Eric Jepson
“Best Wedding Advice Ever” by Heather Young
“Three Meditations on Fatherhood” by Tyler Chadwick
“Child Star” by Scott Hales
“Faded Garden” by Emily Harris Adams
“The Five Year Journal” by Katherine Cowley

“Disability, Death, or Other Circumstance” by Annaliese Lemmon
“The Joys of Onsite Apartment Building Management” by William Morris

“Echo of Boy” by Darlene Young
“Decorating Someone Else’s Service” by Lehua Parker
“Should Have Prayed for a Canoe” by Julia Jeffery
“Mother” by Merrijane Rice

“Spring Hill” by Luisa Perkins
“A Voice Not Crying in the Wilderness” by Jonathon Penny
“The Trail” by Stephen Carter
“Where Nothing Lives But Crosses” by Lee Allred
“Harmony’s Victory” by Hillary Stirling
“Eyelight” by Mark Penny
“Daughter of a Boto” by Katherine Cowley

“20/20” by Lindsay Denton
“The Primary Temple Trip” by Laura Hilton Craner
“In Remembrance” by Merrijane Rice
“Curelom Riders” by Annaliese Lemmon
“Slippery” by Stephen Carter
“In a Nutshell” by Doug Staker
“And Through the Woods” by Jennifer Eichelberger
“Thick and Thin” by Vilo Westwood
“Platinum Tears” by Marianne Hales Harding
“Sugar Free” by Emily Debenham
“Living Scriptures” by Scott Hales
“Yahweh: Prologue to the Temple” by Jonathon Penny

"Actionable Intelligence" by Jonathon Penny
"Regimen" by Scott Hales
"Celestial Terms" by Sarah Dunster
"The Accidental Jaywalker" by Ben Crowder
"Dumb Idols" by Hillary Stirling
"Sister" by Merrijane Rice
"Kayden Abernathy's Journal Page 35-37, Partially Recovered from the House Fire 6/21/2013" by Steven Peck
"Natural Coloring" by Marianne Hales Harding
"Birthright" by Emily Harris Adams
"In Which Eve Names Everything Else" by Katherine Cowley
"When I Rise" by Kimberly Hartvigsen

19th Century:

"Little Karl" by Melissa Leilani Larson

"Ruby's Gift" by Emily Debenham

"Numbers" by Melody Burris

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20th Century:

"Maurine Whipple, Age Sixteen, Takes a Train North" by Theric Jepson

"When the Bishop Started Killing Dogs" by Steven Peck

"Something Practical" by Melody Burris

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21st Century:

"The ReActivator" by Wm Morris

"Oaxaca" by Anneke Garcia

"The Defection of Baby Mixo" by Mark Penny

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22nd Century:

"Release" by Wm Morris

"Avek, Who Is Distributed" by Steven Peck

"Waiting" by Katherine Cowley

“In Bulk” by Marilyn Nielson
“The Elder Who Wouldn’t Stop” by Wm Morris
“No Substitute for Chocolate” by Jeanna Mason Stay
“Second Coming,” by Emily Harris Adams
“The Road Not Taken” by Sandra Tayler
“Stillborn” by Merrijane Rice
“Oil of Gladness” by Kathryn Soper
“The Shoe App” by Emily Debenham
“Cada Regalo Perfecto” by Deja Earley
“The Gloaming” by Kerry Spencer
“Babel” by Jonathon Penny
“The Hearts of the Fathers” by Jeanine Bee
“Red Rock” by Marianne Hales Harding