By Lia Hadley Lia Hadley lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest where she writes and teaches, always finding new ways to recycle the past. The other day, I was at the grocery store here in the Pacific Northwest with my husband. As we came out of the soup and pasta aisle, …
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Death of an Old Dog
By Patricia Karamesines PATRICIA KARAMESINES is the author of The Pictograph Murders (Signature Books 2004). Her poetry appears in both Harvest (Signature Books 1989) and Fire in the Pasture (Peculiar Pages 2011) and has also been published in Dialogue and Irreantum. She is an adjunct instructor at Utah State University–Eastern Blanding. On Thanksgiving …
Call Me by My Name
By Stephen Carter Or click here to download the audio file: Call Me by My Name When I was in first grade, I decided to change my name. Well, not change it, exactly, but switch it. My parents had called me by my middle name since I was born—mainly, I think, …
Call for Entries: 2019 Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Contest
Sunstone is pleased to announce the 2019 Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Contest 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 by December 15, 2019 on Sunstone’s website, …
Circles of Light
By Susan Meredith Hinckley Susan Meredith Hinckley is an artist/writer living in Arizona who loves desert living, running, unanswerable questions, wind in her hair, and a bit of green chili in everything. Or download the audio here: “Circles of Light” “You’re a good person,” my psychiatrist once told me. “You’re …
2018 Eugene England Personal Essay Contest Winners
Sunstone is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Contest. The competition has been drawing together the best work from new and experienced writers for more than 15 years, revealing new experiences and creating new perspectives. Sunstone subscribers can look forward to reading these essays in future issues. 1st …
Flesh, Language, Sacrament: Three Meditations on the Communal Meal
By Tyler Chadwick Tyler Chadwick lives in Ogden, Utah with his wife, Jess, and their four daughters. He is the editor of Fire in the Pasture: 21st Century Mormon Poets, co-editor of Dove Song: Heavenly Mother in Mormon Poetry, and author of Field Notes on Language and Kinship. Hope-in the (Communal) Body …
2017 Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Contest Winners
This has been an especially fruitful year for the England Personal Essay Contest. Normally the judges give out 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes, but this year they gave out three 1st places and three honorable mentions. It’s the first time in the history of the contest that six prizes have been given out. Congratulations to the winners! Sunstone subscribers …
2015 Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Contest Call for Entries
Sunstone announces a call for entries for the 2015 Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Contest 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 by 31 May 2015 on …
Patience and Punishments
By Lia Hadley IT WAS SPRINGTIME and the air was full of a new, tender warmth that invited me to unzip my jacket as I made my way home from the tan brick elementary school on the far side of the field that separated it from my neighborhood. I walked past the Burton’s house, our …