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Thank you to everyone who read the finalists in this year’s contest. We love sharing these pieces with you! We got several compliments on the variety in this year's pieces--and a few complaints about how tough it is to compare the pieces to each other. Our sympathies to anyone who really struggled to choose their favorites. We hope it was at least worth it to be able to support your favorite writers and discover new voices. Well, the agonizing is over. The votes are in. Our g

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 vote, look through the pieces and rank your favorite four. READ THE FinalistS: “Awkward Old Testament Stories” by Katherine Cowley “Moroni’s Wife Is an Angel, Too” by Christopher Bissett “Night without Darkness” by Lee Ann Setzer “Eurydice” by Alixa Brobbey “Seconds” by J. A. Dove “In My Father’s House Are Many Rooms” by Janci Patterson “Decon

This is the final contest that will be collected in our third anthology, which will be released next year. We're pleased to announce the finalists: Monday, 22 June: “Awkward Old Testament Stories” by Katherine Cowley Tuesday, 23 June: “Moroni’s Wife Is an Angel, Too” by Christopher Bissett Wednesday, 24 June: “Night without Darkness” by Lee Ann Setzer Thursday, 25 June: “Eurydice” by Alixa Brobbey Friday, 26 June: “Seconds” by J. A. Dove Saturday, 27 June: “In My Father’s Ho

Over the past 15 years, the Mormon Lit Blitz contest has published more than a hundred unique works of Mormon microliterature—short essays, stories, and poetry that stretch our sense of what literature can accomplish in a community of faith. Using short forms, we wanted writers and readers to get a taste of possibility. But after writers test their wings, we want them to have chances to stretch them. A few years ago, we also started a mentoring program to help past contest f

"Seraphim", Ernst Wilhelm Nay, 1964 It's a little hard to believe we're on the 15th annual Mormon Lit Blitz. Thank you to everyone who has submitted over the years, and especially to this year's contest! From June 22-July 4, we will publish twelve finalists, one per day, with audience voting to follow starting on July 5. It's difficult to settle on just twelve finalists, so we traditionally also announce a long list of 24 contest semi-finalists. The top 24 pieces, listed alp

"Seraphim", Ernst Wilhelm Nay, 1964 In ancient Israel, people kept both Sabbath days and Sabbath years . The seventh year was a time of...