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 a ranking of your four favorite pieces to everydaymormonwriter@gmail.com by the end of the day on Saturday, June 6th.
The contestants are:
Monday, May 18th: Eric Jepson, “Angry Sunbeam” Tuesday, May 19th: Heather Young, “Best Wedding Advice Ever” Wednesday, May 20th: Tyler Chadwick, “Three Meditations on Fatherhood” Thursday, May 21st: Scott Hales, “Child Star” Friday, May 22nd: Emily Harris Adams, “Faded Garden” Saturday, May 23rd: Katherine Cowley, “The Five Year Journal”
Monday, May 25th: Annaliese Lemmon, “Disability, Death, or Other Circumstance” Tuesday, May 26th: William Morris, “The Joys of Onsite Apartment Building Management” Wednesday, May 27th: Darlene Young, “Echo of Boy” Thursday, May 28th: Lehua Parker, “Decorating Someone Else’s Service” Friday, May 29th: Julia Jeffery, “Should Have Prayed for a Canoe” Saturday, May 30th: Merrijane Rice, “Mother”
Again: in order to be counted, votes must contain a ranking of the reader’s four favorite pieces and must be emailed to everydaymormonwriter@gmail.com by the end of the day Saturday, June 6th. Voters should have at least skimmed all twelve pieces. We also welcome comments and feedback on the contest in vote emails.
For those who are interested, a public discussion of the pieces is taking place on the Mormon Midrashim blog. We’d love to have you share your thoughts on the contest there.
Come back to this blog on Monday, June 8th to find out who won this year’s Lit Blitz and for the announcement of our fall contest theme.