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Five years. We have now held the Mormon Lit Blitz contest for five years. And we’re pleased to report that Mormon literature is alive and...

It almost feels like fate, and yet I know it isn’t. Just a chain of choices long as life itself— this I say, this not; this I do, this...

It was Vernon Hamblin found it. He saw it scampering along the side of the highway out on the stretch of the Arizona Strip just north of...

Cold dog tags press against my chest under the weight of kevlar body armor. Their embossed words imprint into my skin. Name. Social...

It started years ago, probably when the boys were young. I’m convinced that in the fresh-faced newlywed days we sat up in the front,...

FCC Transcript #127621-A National Network April 6, 2020 GMT 1300 ff National Network Anchor:  … and again, for those just tuning in, two...

Over spelling homework one day, my ten-year-old announced that she didn’t want to go to Hogwarts. I remembered the lightning bolts and...

I have a gift of tongues. Unfortunately, it’s useless to me on my mission. I throw the Spanish flashcards down on the bed in our small...

Leaving day. The bags were packed; they stood in a neat row across the entire front wall of the living room; weighed, tagged, ready to...

On black nights fat with dreams, I wake in lucid spaces, listen to the house crack and settle while midnight traffic moans outside like...

Leaving Egypt couldn’t have been easy. Walking away from tangible gods, elaborate bodies. No more wooing the throne or imposing your...

My first thought upon waking each morning has been the same: Trek did nothing to prepare me for this. I groggily open my eyes to the...

I am both virgins—foolish and wise No sooner to take one glorious step Than slip and spill. How can I be Both faithless and believing...

We have twelve stellar pieces this year–short stories, essays, and poems. Some will inspire you. Some will challenge you and your notions...

The Fifth Annual Mormon Lit Blitz will run from May 23rd to June 4th. We posted the longlist last week, and now we’ve narrowed the...

Meanwhile, we’d like to offer congratulations to the twenty pieces (and their authors) on the longlist: “Barefoot” by Robbie Taggart ...

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