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2025 winnerS
Thank you to everyone who read the finalists in this year’s contest. We love sharing these pieces with you! This year, our youngest...
Cecelia Proffit
1 day ago3 min read


Voting Instructions for the 14th Mormon Lit Blitz
Thank you for joining us for the contest! Each year, we give out a small cash prize to the writer of the audience’s favorite piece. To...
cowleyke
Jun 292 min read
"Rebecca, the Missionary" by Arisael Rivera
Read the original Spanish version here. Listen to this piece on our podcast Rebecca, the Missionary by Arisael Rivera translated by...
Cecelia Proffit
Jun 284 min read
“Mad Poet Passes” by J.S. Absher
Listen to this piece on our podcast b.Ber. 55B I.22.D Said Raba, “People are not shown in dreams [such impossibilities as] either a...
Cecelia Proffit
Jun 271 min read
“The Joseph Lines” by Michael Hicks
Listen to this piece on our podcast I was impaled on a star. The clouds shook like petticoats. My face burned like hot soup. God did all...
Cecelia Proffit
Jun 262 min read
“Use It in Our Daily Lives” by Lara Niedermeyer
Listen to this piece on our podcast As if it could take place on a cloud, a marbled square of pre-existence— could I be sanctified by...
Cecelia Proffit
Jun 251 min read
“Thief” by Lee Ann Setzer
Listen to this piece on our podcast Thorns scratched the thief’s face as he watched the war camp from inside a bush. The threadbare...
Cecelia Proffit
Jun 244 min read
"The Fugitive" by Mario Montani
Read the original Spanish version here . Listen to this piece on our podcast The Fugitive by Mario Montani translated by Mario Montani I...
Cecelia Proffit
Jun 232 min read
“A Ward House Stirring” by William Morris
Listen to this piece on our podcast “What I wish for everyone here is that you avail yourself of the stirrings of the Holy Spirit,” says...
Cecelia Proffit
Jun 224 min read
“Hidden” by Jesús Baldemar Liévano
Read the original Spanish version here . Listen to this piece on our podcast. Hidden by Jesús Baldemar Liévano “Eight. Nine. Ten! Ready...
Liz Busby
Jun 213 min read
“Lifecycle of Strawberries” by Michelle Graabek Wallace
Listen to this piece on our podcast Seed Planting I was seven when we moved to the Danish countryside. In my youthful idealism I'd always...
Cecelia Proffit
Jun 204 min read
“Living Room” by Merrijane Rice
Listen to this piece on our podcast One dark brown leather armchair from the scratch-and-dent department, weathered and coming apart at...
Cecelia Proffit
Jun 191 min read
“Magical Thinking” by Janci Patterson
Listen to this piece on our podcast When she was young, Olivia danced in a world of magic and wonder. In the woods beyond her family’s...
Cecelia Proffit
Jun 184 min read
“The Keeper of the Prison” by Isabelle Cook
Listen to this piece on our podcast Spring I remember the day they brought you in, lad. Young, I remember thinking, so young. Your face...
Cecelia Proffit
Jun 173 min read
“Fairies” by Ilse Eskelsen
Listen to this piece on our podcast On my sixteenth birthday my sister took me to the woods and told me we were looking for faeries. The...
Cecelia Proffit
Jun 164 min read


14th Annual Mormon Lit Blitz Finalists
Hilma af Klint We had a tough time choosing twelve finalists for the Mormon Lit Blitz this year. So we didn't. Over the next two weeks,...
jamesgoldberg1
May 261 min read


2025 mormon Lit Blitz Long list
"Seraphim", Ernst Wilhelm Nay, 1964 In ancient Israel, people kept both Sabbath days and Sabbath years . The seventh year was a time of...
jamesgoldberg1
May 232 min read


The Holiday Lit Blitz: Finalists and Schedule
Last week, we announced the twenty-four semifinalists for the Holiday Lit Blitz . Today, we bring you the twelve finalists, along with...
cowleyke
Nov 18, 20241 min read


13th Annual Mormon Lit Blitz Winners
Thank you to everyone who read the finalists in this year’s contest. We love sharing these pieces with you! It's wonderful to see voters...
Cecelia Proffit
May 27, 20243 min read


Voting Instructions for the 13th Mormon Lit Blitz
Thank you for joining us for the contest! Each year, we give out a small cash prize to the writer of the audience’s favorite piece. To...
Cecelia Proffit
May 20, 20241 min read
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