15th Annual Mormon Lit Blitz Finalists

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 House Are Many Rooms” by Janci Patterson

Monday, 29 June: “Deconstructing a Temple” by Marianne Hales

Tuesday, 30 June: “Holy Ground” by Lesley Hart Gunn

Wednesday, 1 July:  “7 Reasons Nursery Is the Best Calling” by Annaliese Lemmon

Thursday, 2 July: “De ovejas y pastores” (“Of Sheep and Shepherds”) by R. de la Lanza

Friday, 3 July: “Parables by the Sea” by Michelle Graabek-Wallace

Saturday, 4 July: “Lucy & Ida at the End Times” by William Morris

Join us for a daily poem, essay, or short story. After all the finalists are up, we'll invite readers to vote for their four favorites for an audience choice award. We hope you find pieces you love--and we'd love to hear from you about what works.

This contest was created to offer readers a taste of Mormon literature. If you've found yourself wanting a full meal at times, we also have a mentoring program to help past contest finalists tackle a book project. To donate in support of our current group of mentored writers, click here!