2019 Mormon Lit Blitz Winner
As always, we owe thanks to all the writers who submitted to this year’s Mormon Lit Blitz and to the many readers who read the finalists,...
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Liz Busby
- Jul 15, 2019
- 1 min
Voting for the 2019 Mormon Lit Blitz
The time has come to choose the winner of the Mormon Lit Blitz! Voting Instructions As per tradition, the audience chooses our annual...
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Liz Busby
- Jul 13, 2019
- 1 min
“Low Tide” by Merrijane Rice
My father is leaving. He ebbs and flows— we call him back, but each time he slips a little further. He is tired, he says, impatient for...
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Liz Busby
- Jul 12, 2019
- 1 min
“Remnant” by Sarah Dunster
“Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees…” -2 Nephi 20 You Scythians, you Legrees of those whose shoes are sopping from the...
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Liz Busby
- Jul 11, 2019
- 5 min
“My Vacation on the Island of Santo Antão” by César Augusto Medina Fortes
Translated by Katherine Cowley. Read the original Portuguese version here. School ended on the tenth day of June. This brought us much...
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Liz Busby
- Jul 10, 2019
- 4 min
“As minhas férias na ilha de Santo Antão,” César Augusto Medina Fortes
Read the English translation here. As aulas terminaram no dia 10 de Junho. E para a nossa alegria, as férias tinham começado. Santo Antão...
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Liz Busby
- Jul 10, 2019
- 4 min
“The Hills of Heaven” by Scott Hales
Ane Kristine knew Jakob was dead when the moon turn blood red over Utah Lake. Her fear was confirmed the following night when she saw his...
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Liz Busby
- Jul 9, 2019
- 4 min
“The Investigator” by Jeanine Bee
The missionaries were on their way to a dinner appointment when they noticed the spacecraft. In fairness, though, it was hard not to...
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Liz Busby
- Jul 8, 2019
- 3 min
“The Seven Deadly Housewarmers” by Emily Harris Adams
Gluttony was the first to pay a welcome call. I was in the kitchen sorting the dishes into cabinets when the bell rang. I opened the door...
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Liz Busby
- Jul 6, 2019
- 4 min
“The Casting Out of Spirits” by Jeanine Bee
I don’t know why they’ve asked someone else to play the organ. I’ve been playing the organ in this ward for forty-eight years. When I...
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Liz Busby
- Jul 5, 2019
- 2 min
“The God I Can Trust” by Gabriel González Núñez
Read the original Spanish version here. According to the prophet, God’s face is brighter than the sun and His long hair is whiter than...
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Liz Busby
- Jul 5, 2019
- 1 min
“Un dios en quien confiar” Gabriel González Núñez
Read the English translation here. Dice el profeta que el rostro de Dios resplandece más que el sol y que Su larga cabellera es blanca ...
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Liz Busby
- Jul 4, 2019
- 4 min
“Separation” by Mark Penny
The bridge collapsed, the car fell in the river, the mother unfastened her seat belt and clambered into the backseat to free her five-...
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Liz Busby
- Jul 3, 2019
- 4 min
“How Do We Make Sense of What Will Be When We Hold Remnants of What Once Was?” by Steven Peck
A scientific inquiry in three poetic studies Study I: Job And the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind . . . Job 38:1 When at last God...
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Liz Busby
- Jul 2, 2019
- 1 min
“Before the Healing” by Merrijane Rice
Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child. Luke 9:38 A devil grips my son, shakes him like a mast in sudden...
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Liz Busby
- Jul 1, 2019
- 4 min
“Paradisiacal Glory” by Katherine Cowley
The Millennium was much colder than Robert had expected. He removed his outer gloves and attached them to his parka so they wouldn’t fall...
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Liz Busby
- Jun 20, 2019
- 1 min
2019 Mormon Lit Blitz Finalists
Finalists for the 8th Annual Mormon Lit Blitz will be posted here on lit.mormonartist.net from Monday, 1 July – Saturday, 13 July,...
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Liz Busby
- Apr 13, 2019
- 2 min
8th Annual Mormon Lit Blitz: Call for Submissions
Tomorrow, we’ll kick off the Around the World in Mormon Lit contest. We hope you’ll join us in reading and discussing twelve pieces–in...
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