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Lit Blitz Winner After counting and recounting votes in a tight race for literary impact, we are pleased to announce this year’s top...

We have enjoyed all twelve finalists. But we only have one Grand Prize. Help us decide which piece wins this year’s Lit Blitz by emailing...

I am, but not obsequious: no star-eyed worshipper of will. Defender-of-the-faith at cost, I am a bleeder-at-the-gills. This Gospel hits...

Timothy smiles as he hands a five dollar bill to the teenager behind the window. “Keep the change,” he says. The teenager—a red-headed...

The sound of cursing was the first thing that Rachel heard as she entered the church. She hesitated and then peered around the corner...

“Polishing gold is pretty easy—you just scrape off the top layer to reveal the shiny metal underneath. This ring is platinum so it’s...

Emily started awake and stared in astonishment. Green everywhere. The sides of the road were bursting with lush emerald green grass,...

This town has the same stench as all the others. Death. I think of Gran. Please be there. I’m only a few blocks away. You’ve got to be...

The greatest minds insist That the universe began In a walnut shell. How long do you suppose that walnut Sat in a bowl on God’s kitchen...

The sun streamed unimpeded through the kitchen window, warming Jake’s back as he ate a bowl of cereal. It was a pleasant feeling, but...

“So, there’s nothing that can be done? Even if we marched all night?” Prince Omer stood with Captain Pagag in the field with Esrah. She...

Pain is universal, pedestrian even. You walk a strait path, grasp the iron rod, skirt precipice edges — then rejection sneaks up,...

When they asked for a volunteer to drive the McCumber children on the Primary temple trip, Sister Miller didn’t notice hers was the only...

I first realized there might be something wrong with my vision in sixth grade. My teacher, Mrs. Bullock, had switched up the seating...

We are pleased to announce the finalists in the 2014 Mormon Lit Blitz. Finalists will be published on this blog according to the...

After a very strong response to our call for submissions, we have narrowed the field to a longlist of twenty-four pieces. By the end of...

The Mormon Lit Blitz is the world’s premier contest for Mormon Micro-Literature. Held annually, the contest has helped expose fickle...