From May 6-18, we'll post the finalists in this year's Mormon Lit Blitz here on mormonlitlab.org. Join us for a daily poem, essay, or short story and vote for your favorites at the end.
Here are the twelve pieces you can look forward to:
6 May - “Building an Ark” by Merrijane Rice
7 May - “His Mother Knew It” by Sarah Chow
8 May - “Abrahamic Sacrifice” by Annaliese Lemmon
9 May - “Bundling Up” by Lara Niedermeyer
10 May - “Micro Relatos Mormones: Noche en Judea/La Esfera/E Pluribus Unum” by Mario Montani
11 May - “Laban's Funeral” by Chris Bissett
13 May - “Things Which Are Not of Worth” by Jeanine Bee
14 May - “Happy Enough” by Amanda Erdmann
15 May - “Marriage” by Michael Hicks
16 May - “Parable of the 10 Virgins” by Michelle Graabek
17 May - “Collapse” by Greg Brooks
18 May - “El Don” by R. de la Lanza
Congratulations to the finalists! We are grateful for what you do each year to engage our imaginations and broaden our sense of what is possible in Mormon Literature.