Sunstone is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Brookie and D.K. Brown Fiction contest. Many excellent entries were received this year. 1st Place: “Name” by Heidi Naylor 2nd Place: “How They Get You” by Josh Allen 3rd Place: “Sinkhole” by Larry Menlove Honorable Mention: “One Traveler” by Julie Nichols Look for these stories …
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Paul Swenson–Deceased
Sunstone is sad to announce the passing of Paul Swenson. A memorial service for Paul Swenson is scheduled Saturday February 18 at 11:00 am at the Twin Peaks ward house located at 5290 So. Wesley Rd. (approximately 1130 East) Murray, UT 84117 A great Sunstone supporter, Paul invariably sponsored at least two sessions in every …
Sunstone West 2012 preliminary session listing
Sunstone Symposium West 2012 3-4 February 2012 Claremont Graduate University Stauffer Hall 925 N. Dartmouth Ave Claremont, CA Opening Plenary Session 8:00 pm Friday 3 February, Albrecht Auditorium Stirring Up LDS History In her December 2011 Sunstone lecture at the University of Utah, historian LAUREL THATCHER ULRICH examined the new Daughters …
Elder Poelman’s Famous Speech
(The following is excerpted from Joe Geisner’s upcoming article ” ‘Very Careless in His Utterances’: Editing, Correcting, and Censoring Conference Addresses,” to be published in the December 2011 issue of Sunstone. Click here to subscribe.) On 16 November 1984, the Salt Lake Tribune broke a story about changes in first quorum of seventy member Ronald …
164 is Here!
Issue 164 will be a fascinating one, with articles from:
D. Michael Quinn on early Mormonism's culture of violence
Gary James Bergera on the monitoring of BYU faculty tithing payments during Wilkinson's presidency
2011 Fiction Contest
The Sunstone Education Foundation invites writers to enter its annual fiction contest, which is made possible by a grant from the Brookie and D. K. Brown family. All entries must relate to adult Latter-day Saint experience, theology, or worldview. All varieties of form are welcome. Stories, without author identification, will be judged by noted Mormon …
Sunstone Closing Banquet Details
Join us for the closing banquet and enjoy a delicious feast for both body and mind! TREASURES OF HEAVEN ON EARTH: THE IMPACT OF MORMONISM’S MISSING, REPUDIATED, REBUILT, AND MUSEUM-SEQUESTERED ARTIFACTS Saturday 6 August 2011, 6:30 p.m. Shepherd Student Union — Ballroom C Weber State University 3848 Harrison Boulevard Ogden, Utah 84408 The banquet meal …
Utah Symposium August 3–6!
Clear your calendar for August 3–6 and head up to Ogden for Sunstone's 2011 Utah Symposium.
Issue 163
Sunstone's first issue in full color!
Essay contest winners
Sunstone is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Competition. This competition is sponsored by the Eugene England Foundation. First Place: “Five Fish in a Barrel: Phineas and His Wives” by Deja Earley Second Place: “Fawn” by Maren Larson Third Place: “God the Wife” by Brad Kramer Watch future …