For the past three years, a lovely group of literary folk
have been running the Mormon Lit Blitz, a little competition for flash fiction
(in this case, pieces that are less than 1000 words). Today marks one of the
last days of the competition before voting begins.
The fun thing about flash fiction is that it’s just that—flash, fast, just little snippets that
pack punch. Some of the pieces each year have been poetry (which I confess I
put in a different category from flash fiction, but some of it was so good I
didn’t care), and others have been experimental forms, while most have been
just straight-up short fiction.
I hope you will consider reading through the entries for
this year’s Lit Blitz and voting when the time comes. You’ll get fun and interesting
and thought-provoking works, all in three-minute bursts! If you want to join
the discussion on the pieces, here’s where you can do that too (the link is only to the discussion of the first piece, but I have faith in your ability to figure out how to find the rest from there). And maybe next
year you can enter and be part of the blitz.
A few past favorites (in no particular order, and surprisingly many relevant to motherhood):*
"Actionable Intelligence" by Jonathon Penny
"Stillborn" by Merrijane Rice
"When I Rise" by Kimberly Hartvigsen
"In Which Eve Names Everything Else" by Katherine Cowley
"Birthright" by Emily Harris Adams
"No Substitute for Chocolate" by Jeanna Mason Stay** ***
* I won’t have added this year’s favorites because I’m
writing this ahead of time—shocking!
** Hey, I was going to try to be all humble and not mention it, but then I decided not to. :)
*** Also, in case you should take the piece too seriously (as some did), no, I do not advocate this type of plan. It was a story, intended for humorous effect, not a real suggestion.
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