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“Father and Daughter,” Art by Melissa Clark My dad thinks he only taught me one thing growing up. Every chance he got he would remind us,...

Thanks first to our thirteen wonderful finalists–and for you readers, who contributed to the more than 10,000 views of their pieces....

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...

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 look at them....

At the moment the languages were confounded, I was bent over a parchment, trying to ignore the sounds of construction that by then filled...

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 cycles of...

Sonora, Mexico Watching three orphans scramble on half-buried tires, and the others grip pencils and crayons as if we’d given them...

Catherine liked setting up her laptop in the café because the internet was free and she had hacked the video camera feed outside. From...

The Elders’ Quorum president held up the quart-sized bottle for everyone to see. “For anointings we use olive oil—preferably extra...

You were wanted, not an accident. Your first fluttering cells set plans pulsing— names, knitting, nursery colors, universities. Though...

Caraline sat at the spaceport cafe table and watched herself walk in. As always, it was a strange experience. The woman paused in the...

One day, Christ will come down from the sky Dressed in glorious red robes. Every knee will bend; Every tongue confess. All wrongs, all...

“I have some bad news,” her husband said as he came home from Sunday bishopric meetings. “I really tried to suggest it. But they wouldn’t...

Elder Russell’s greenie was the most diligent, obedient missionary he had served with so far in Spain. There was only one problem: he...

“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 At...

“We must read, and think, and feel, and pray, and then bring forth our thoughts, and polish and preserve them. This will make...

In our previous announcements of semi-finalists, we included only titles to preserve blind judging. Now that our finalists have been...

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...

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...

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...