I came across the following note (under the title “Fear of the Waste Basket”) in the January 1880 issue of The Contributor, the magazine for the Young Mens and Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Associations. It gives, I think, the something of the other side of the coin on submissions.
So as we approach the deadline a few notes that may be of interest…
Updated Timetable
So much depends on how much comes in at the last minute, how quickly Theric and I can read submissions, and how long it takes us to decide. So although we said in the original timetable that we’ll announce all admits [...]
Yesterday I provide a snapshot review of Michael R. Collings epic poem The Nephiad ( Amazon ) and tried to capture what the poem accomplishes for the modern Mormon reader. Today, Michael and I discuss the poem in depth.
In The Nephiad you draw on classical (as in Classical Greek and Roman), Biblical, and Book of [...]
Michael R. Collings graciously sent me a copy of his epic poem The Nephiad ( Amazon ) shortly after it was published last spring by Borgo Press, and I ungraciously read it but then didn’t post a review and then decided that a better format would be to do a Q&A informed by the text, [...]
Some books move you beyond simple reading enjoyment and lift you to a higher emotional experience. Some books engage you so fully intellectually that your mind is buzzing a hundred miles per hour long after you’ve turned the last page. Margaret Blair Young and Darius Aidan Gray’s Standing On the Promises series goes far beyond either [...]
I have something to say: I’m already blown away.
You know, this started as a joke on Twitter. Me and some others making up bastardized Mo-lit and LDS-fic titles, riffing off of that whole Pride and Prejudice and Zombies phenomenon. And then I got a notion. And Theric responded. And he and I talked, and it [...]
A couple of weeks ago Jonathan Langford posted his vision of an online Mormon Lit bookstore—something I’m also quite interested in. I very much believe in that vision, and if I had the resources and connections necessary, I’d start the bookstore he describes as soon as possible. I think such a bookstore could be successful, [...]
Kent posted last week about the Marilyn Brown Unpublished Novel contest. It’s a good contest, but it’s unlikely you’ll be able to hit the deadline unless you already have a novel in the drawer. So here’s two more contests to consider entering (after you finish your Monsters & Mormons submission, of course) plus some other [...]
October 1st is the deadline for submissions to the annual Marilyn Brown Unpublished Novel Competition. Submission guidelines are as follows:
Required focus: cultural experiences in the Utah region, or LDS experiences in the Utah region or elsewhere
Required genre: mainstream literature (no science fiction or fantasy)
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Tonight in Provo, New Play Project begins a series of shows featuring five of their most popular plays:
“A Burning in the Bosom,” by Melissa Leilani Larson
“Foxgloves,” by Matthew Greene
“Gaia,” by Eric Samuelsen
“Adam and Eve,” by Davey Morrison
“Prodigal Son,” by James Goldberg
I have a vested interest in these revivals as I helped publish, through Peculiar Pages, [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters — you have 15 days. Submissons for Monsters & Mormons are due no later than midnight (PDT) Friday, Oct. 1, to monsters@motleyvision.org. Please remember to go over the submissions guidelines one more time to make sure everything is in place before you submit.
If you have already submitted: awesome. Thanks [...]
Yesterday I told you all (and myself) to write less and read more. Today I’m saying the opposite. In some ways, I’m still talking to myself, but I’m also talking to all LDS writers out there, regardless of genre or market. You need to read more — and as a result you may need to [...]
For all my prodigious output as a blogger, reviewer, commenter, etc., the amount of fiction I produce is rather pathetic. Some of that is sheer laziness. Some of it is flailing around trying to figure out what I’m good at and what I enjoy. Some of that is the simple (most likely critic-inspired) fact that [...]
Title: The Road Show
Author: Braden Bell
Publisher: Bonneville Books/Cedar Fort
Genre: Adult Mormon Fiction
Year Published: 2010
Number of Pages: 128
Binding: Trade Paperback
ISBN-10: 1599553562
ISBN-13: 978-1599553566
Price: $10.99
Reviewed by Jonathan Langford.
Note: I received a free electronic copy of this book from the author, in trade for a free electronic copy of my book, No Going Back.
Road shows are a familiar icon [...]
Another AML news item:
The Association for Mormon Letters is pleased to announce the winners of the
2010 Charlotte and Eugene England Personal Essay contest. A committee of
judges considered 47 entries and awarded three cash prizes as well as an
honorable mention.
For those who haven’t seen this news:
The Association for Mormon Letters is pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 Irreantum fiction contest. A committee of judges considered 91 entries and awarded three cash prizes and two honorable mentions.
Many of us (here and elsewhere) have lamented over the problem of trying to reach and/or create an audience of Mormon readers who might have an interest in fiction reflecting a Mormon perspective but grittier or more realistic than what standard LDS bookstores can or will carry.
I don’t have any new ideas about how to [...]
When you first come across what is now called concrete poetry, shape poetry or visual poetry, you might think it is an attempt to be cutesy, or a fad of some kind. In fact this kind of poetry has been created since the 2nd or 3rd century B.C., and was the subject of a movement [...]
