The Sunstone Education Foundation is pleased to announce its first Graphic Short Story Contest (i.e. comic-book-style stories), sponsored by an anonymous donor. All entries must relate to Latter-day Saint experience, theology, or worldview. All varieties of form are welcome. RULES 1. Up to three entries may be submitted by any one creator. Send entries …
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2015 England Essay Contest Winners
There were so many great entries into the Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Contest this year that we had to award three third places. Congratulations to the winners! These essays will soon appear in Sunstone. Subscribe now. First Place: “Death of an Old Dog,” By Patricia Karamesines Second Place: “Shredded Life,” By Lia Hadley Third Place: …
2015 Sunstone Fiction Contest Call for Entries
The Sunstone Education Foundation invites writers to enter its annual fiction contest, made possible by a grant from an anonymous donor. All entries must relate to adult Latter-day Saint experience, theology, or worldview. All varieties of form are welcome. RULES 1. Up to three entries may be submitted by any one author. Send manuscript in …
Pilot Program: Making Polygamy Personal
Reviewed by Stephen Carter A blossom of faith That’s what opened in front of Abigail—just for an instant—when her stake president called her and her husband, Jacob, to be part of a pilot program to reintroduce plural marriage into the Mormon Church. Everything in her brain said no. But that blossom. Like most of us …
Impossible Hymn
The course of study for Relief Society and Priesthood for 2015 is the Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson. Lesson 11 is titled “Follow the Living Prophet”. This lesson has all ready generated some discussion as much of it is based on President Benson’s controversial talk given in 1980 at BYU “Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the …
Brother Brigham’s Potty Mouth
CONTENT WARNING – PG-13 Material ahead – Slightly NSFWish I once saw a Facebook discussion where someone posted that they heard a comment in a Sacrament meeting that “You can never go wrong when you quote Brigham Young.” This led to some discussion and joking about some of the questionable things that Brigham Young said about …
2014 England Personal Essay Competition
SUNSTONE invites writers to enter the 2014 Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Contest, made possible by the Eugene and Charlotte England Education Fund. In the spirit of Gene’s writings, entries should relate to Latter-day Saint experience, theology, or worldview. Essays, without author identification, will be judged by noted Mormon authors and professors of literature. Winners will be announced …
2012 Fiction Contest Winners
Sunstone is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 D.K. and Brookie Brown Fiction Contest. This contest is generously sponsored by the D.K. and Brookie Brown Foundation. Look for these stories in future issues of Sunstone. Moonstone Prize: “To Bind on Earth,” by Brock Cheney Starstone Prize: “Mothers and Daughters,” by Karen Rosenbaum
2013 Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Contest
Sunstone invites writers to enter the 2013 Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Contest, made possible by the Eugene and Charlotte England Education Fund. In the spirit of Gene’s writings, entries should relate to Latter-day Saint experience, theology, or worldview. Essays, without author identification, will be judged by noted Mormon authors and professors of literature. Winners …
Sunstone and the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Through his words, through his ethics, and even through a 2003 keynote symposium lecture from his eldest living son, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has left a beautiful legacy behind him in the Sunstone community. In a year that marks the 50th anniversary of the 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech, Sunstone has created this online …