Lit Blitz Winner
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Liz Busby
- Feb 29, 2012
- 1 min
Lit Blitz Voting Instructions
We have loved sharing the work of all thirteen finalists. But we only have one Grand Prize. The winner of the Mormon Lit Blitz will be...
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Liz Busby
- Feb 28, 2012
- 2 min
Day Thirteen: Marianne Hales Harding
Red Rock You can’t take a picture of this. No matter the angle, the pictures are just rocks, sky, water. Nothing stirs in me when I...
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Liz Busby
- Feb 27, 2012
- 4 min
Day Twelve: Jeanine Bee
The Hearts of the Fathers My dad thinks he only taught me one thing growing up. Every chance he got he would remind us, “Kids, never...
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Liz Busby
- Feb 26, 2012
- 4 min
Day Eleven: Jonathon Penny
Babel At the moment the languages were confounded, I was bent over a parchment, trying to ignore the sounds of construction that by then...
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Liz Busby
- Feb 24, 2012
- 4 min
Day Ten: Kerry Spencer
The Gloaming I’ve been spending a lot of time in hospitals lately. And the thing about hospitals is that they make you think a lot about...
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Liz Busby
- Feb 23, 2012
- 1 min
Day Nine: Deja Earley
Cada Regalo Perfecto Sonora, Mexico Watching three orphans scramble on half-buried tires, and the others grip pencils and crayons as if...
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Liz Busby
- Feb 22, 2012
- 4 min
"The Shoe App" by Emily Debenham
Catherine liked setting up her laptop in the café because the internet was free and she had hacked the video camera feed outside. From...
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Liz Busby
- Feb 21, 2012
- 4 min
Day Seven: Kathryn Soper
Oil of Gladness The Elders’ Quorum president held up the quart-sized bottle for everyone to see. “For anointings we use olive...
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Liz Busby
- Feb 20, 2012
- 1 min
Stillborn by Merrijane Rice
You were wanted, not an accident. Your first fluttering cells set plans pulsing— names, knitting, nursery colors, universities. Though...
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Liz Busby
- Feb 19, 2012
- 4 min
Day Five: Sandra Tayler
The Road Not Taken Caraline sat at the spaceport cafe table and watched herself walk in. As always, it was a strange experience. The...
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Liz Busby
- Feb 17, 2012
- 1 min
Day Four: Emily Harris Adams
Second Coming One day, Christ will come down from the sky Dressed in glorious red robes. Every knee will bend; Every tongue confess. ...
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Liz Busby
- Feb 16, 2012
- 4 min
Day Three: Jeanna Stay
No Substitute for Chocolate “I have some bad news,” her husband said as he came home from Sunday bishopric meetings. “I really tried to...
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Liz Busby
- Feb 15, 2012
- 4 min
"The Elder Who Wouldn't Stop" by Wm Morris
The Elder Who Wouldn’t Stop… Elder Russell’s greenie was the most diligent, obedient missionary he had served with so far in Spain. There...
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Liz Busby
- Feb 14, 2012
- 2 min
Day One: Marilyn Nielson
In Bulk “But as good as the price-per-ounce may be, you just don’t need that much mayonnaise.” —CBS MoneyWatch, “5 Things You Should Buy...
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Liz Busby
- Feb 14, 2012
- 2 min
Let the Blitzing Begin
“We must read, and think, and feel, and pray, and then bring forth our thoughts, and polish and preserve them. This will make...
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Liz Busby
- Jan 31, 2012
- 1 min
Mormon Lit Blitz Finalists
In our previous announcements of semi-finalists, we included only titles to preserve blind judging. Now that our finalists have been...
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Liz Busby
- Jan 25, 2012
- 1 min
Mormon Lit Blitz Contest Semi-Finalists (part four of four)
Out of 200 submissions, a panel of judges has selected 32 semi-finalists. Out of these 32, twelve will be selected to compete in the...
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Liz Busby
- Jan 24, 2012
- 1 min
Mormon Lit Blitz Contest Semi-Finalists (three of four)
Out of 200 submissions, a panel of judges has selected 32 semi-finalists. Out of these 32, twelve will be selected to compete in the...
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Liz Busby
- Jan 23, 2012
- 1 min
Mormon Lit Blitz Contest Semi-Finalists (part two of four)
Out of 200 submissions, a panel of judges has selected 32 semi-finalists. Out of these 32, twelve will be selected to compete in the...
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