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2018 Mormon Lit Blitz Longlist
Thank you to everyone who submitted to the Seventh Annual Mormon Lit Blitz! After reviewing the submissions, we’ve selected twenty-four...
Liz Busby
May 7, 20181 min read
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7th Annual Mormon Lit Blitz: Call for Submissions
Mormon culture gets a bad rap. Many outside observers tend to assume we’re too golly-darn nice to produce any great writers, artists,...
Liz Busby
Feb 11, 20182 min read
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2017 Mormon Lit Blitz Winners
A huge thank you to all the finalists and to all our readers this year. The new work that’s produced for each contest and the audience...
Liz Busby
Jun 19, 20171 min read
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2017 Mormon Lit Blitz Voting Instructions
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...
Liz Busby
Jun 12, 20171 min read
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“Forty Years” by Jeanna Mason Stay
The day before my mother died, I’d planned to call her, ask how she was doing, catch up in awkward, stilted conversation. But the day...
Liz Busby
Jun 10, 20174 min read
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“Daughters of Ishmael” by Annaliese Lemmon
Mahalath smiled as she watched each of her sisters by the fire. Whatever the feud between Laman and Nephi, worsened with the death of...
Liz Busby
Jun 9, 20173 min read
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“Walking Among the Legend People” by Marianne Hales Harding
In Bryce Canyon, nature’s flip book of erosion, Hoodoos crowd the amphitheater dripping sunset colors, waxing and waning (though truly...
Liz Busby
Jun 8, 20171 min read
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“Valley 176th Ward” by Eliza Porter
The scriptures were the motivation for a mighty change in the Valley 176th ward. Brother Dalton wanted to protect the women and...
Liz Busby
Jun 7, 20171 min read
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“There Wrestled a Man in Parowan” by Wm Morris
I was there the night Brigham “The Battling Bishop” Houston’s winning streak finally came to an end. It was the evening of Oct. 13, 1939....
Liz Busby
Jun 6, 20174 min read
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“Worthy World” by Tanya Hanamaikai
What Earth! This masterpiece of creatures– His medium: the breath of life. See, by the talent of His hand, falling leaf, falling...
Liz Busby
Jun 5, 20171 min read
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