Category: News

2017 Sunstone Fiction Contest Winners

Every year, Sunstone sponsors a fiction contest funded by the generosity of an anonymous donor. Today, we’re pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Sunstone Fiction Contest. 1st Place: “Tower,” by Ryan McIlvain. On the heels of his father’s suicide, an aspiring writer reinterprets a fateful home teaching visit. 2nd Place: “Jesus Christ (Almost) …

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2017 Sunstone Fiction Contest

The Sunstone Education Foundation invites writers to enter its annual fiction contest, made possible by a generous 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 …

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Update: Issue 174

Same-Sex Marriage Temporarily Legalized in Utah Federal Judge Robert J. Shelby ruled on 20 December 2013 that Utah’s Amendment Three, Article 1 Section 29, which defines marriage as being solely between a woman and a man, is unconstitutional. “The state’s current laws deny its gay and lesbian citizens their fundamental right to marry and, in so …

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Update: Issue 171

New Wave of LDS Feminists Speak Up, Ask for the Priesthood With a number of online petitions, a Salt Lake City gathering, and the launching of websites and social networks, a new wave of LDS feminists are raising awareness about women’s issues on a scale unprecedented since the 1970’s. The Ordain Women movement was launched …

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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

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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 …

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Calls for Papers–Sunstone Kirtland 2013

28-31 March 2013 Kirtland Temple and Visitor Center Kirtland, Ohio CALL FOR PAPERS   Make plans to attend this year’s Sunstone Kirtland on Easter weekend 2013! We are working with the local Community of Christ congregation on an event that will blend their traditional Good Friday and Easter Sunday worship services at the Kirtland Temple …

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“Praise to the Man”

One of the highlights of the 2012 Sunstone Symposium was a unique performance of “Praise to the Man” as arranged by Kim McCall and performed by the Sunstone Ward Choir. Listen to it here: Praise to the Man

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Update–Issue 168

Church Responds to European Questioning of Church History The Europe Area Presidency is asking Church leaders in northern Europe and German-speaking regions to “work patiently and lovingly” with members who struggle with their faith because of information about the LDS Church they find on the internet. “Unfortunately, some choose to dwell on half-truths or inaccurate …

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