http://mormonartist.net/feeds/all/ Combined feed for Mormon Artist. Wed, 11 Mar 2026 03:15:52 -0600 https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/10/introducing-the-mormon-artist-podcast/ We’re pleased to announce the Mormon Artist podcast, launching today. Our first episode is an interview with Melissa Leilani Larson: In this interview, Mormon Artist podcast host Katherine Morris interviews Melissa Leilani Larson on her screenplay for Freetown, a film about Liberian Mormon missionaries escaping the country during civil war; her upcoming play Pilot Program, […] https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/10/introducing-the-mormon-artist-podcast/ Tue, 21 Oct 2014 14:05:49 MDT https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/07/2014-mormon-lit-blitz-winner/ Lit Blitz Winner After counting and recounting votes in a tight race for literary impact, we are pleased to announce this year’s top finalists: Fourth Place: “The Primary Temple Trip” by Laura Hilton Craner Third Place: “Yahweh: Prologue to the Temple” by Jonathon Penny Second Place: “Living Scriptures” by Scott Hales and our Grand Prize […] https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/07/2014-mormon-lit-blitz-winner/ Mon, 07 Jul 2014 22:56:13 MDT https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/06/2014-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 a ranking of your four favorite pieces to everydaymormonwriter@gmail.com by the end of the day on Saturday, July 5th. The contestants are: “20/20” by Lindsay Denton “The Primary Temple Trip” […] https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/06/2014-mormon-lit-blitz-voting-instructions/ Mon, 30 Jun 2014 00:01:19 MDT https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/06/yawheh-prologue-to-the-temple/ By Jonathon Penny I am, but not obsequious: no star-eyed worshipper of will. Defender-of-the-faith at cost, I am a bleeder-at-the-gills. This Gospel hits me where I breathe: It roils the very blood of me; seasons the very meat and meal and sets the organs ill at ease. I am, but not levitical, no cutter of […] https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/06/yawheh-prologue-to-the-temple/ Sat, 28 Jun 2014 00:01:11 MDT https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/06/living-scriptures/ By Scott Hales Timothy smiles as he hands a five dollar bill to the teenager behind the window. “Keep the change,” he says. The teenager—a red-headed seventeen-year-old with almost as many piercings on her face as freckles—giggles and gives him a towering vanilla ice cream cone and a stack of brown paper napkins. “You’re gonna […] https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/06/living-scriptures/ Fri, 27 Jun 2014 00:01:48 MDT https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/06/sugar-free/ By Emily Debenham The sound of cursing was the first thing that Rachel heard as she entered the church. She hesitated and then peered around the corner into a half-dark hallway to see Hunter, the ward executive secretary, struggling with an insulin pump. She’d seen her father checking his on many occasions. She could hear […] https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/06/sugar-free/ Thu, 26 Jun 2014 00:01:16 MDT https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/06/platinum-tears/ By Marianne Hales Harding “Polishing gold is pretty easy—you just scrape off the top layer to reveal the shiny metal underneath. This ring is platinum so it’s never going to wear down. You don’t polish platinum. You actually have to fill in the scrapes, which is a lengthy process. And this inscription: it’s very deep. […] https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/06/platinum-tears/ Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:01:37 MDT https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/06/thick-and-thin/ by Vilo Westwood Emily started awake and stared in astonishment. Green everywhere. The sides of the road were bursting with lush emerald green grass, heavy branches laden with dark green leaves, thick green bushes, green stalks adorned with yellow and orange flowers. “Where are we?” she whispered. Brad turned toward her, one hand gently moving […] https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/06/thick-and-thin/ Tue, 24 Jun 2014 00:01:19 MDT https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/06/and-through-the-woods/ by Jennifer Eichelberger This town has the same stench as all the others. Death. I think of Gran. Please be there. I’m only a few blocks away. You’ve got to be alive. You’re a survivor. Like me. Leaving the cover of the forest is risky. I lick my chapped lips. My stomach rumbles. How many […] https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/06/and-through-the-woods/ Mon, 23 Jun 2014 00:01:15 MDT https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/06/in-a-nutshell/ by Doug Staker The greatest minds insist That the universe began In a walnut shell. How long do you suppose that walnut Sat in a bowl on God’s kitchen counter Before he picked it up and cracked its shell? Did God suspect its contents The day he squeezed its plain, unremarkable facade? I too am […] https://blog.mormonartist.net/2014/06/in-a-nutshell/ Sat, 21 Jun 2014 00:01:39 MDT