The Association for Mormon Letters is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Irreantum fiction contest. A committee of judges considered 71 entries and awarded three cash prizes.

First place ($250): “A Confession,” by Lisa Rubilar of Niskayuna, New York

Second place ($175): “Abominations,” by Heather Halcrow of Orem, Utah

Third place ($100): “When We Remembered Zion,” by Thom Duncan of Sandy, Utah

Next year’s fiction contest will be announced in early 2010. With no official connection to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Irreantum fiction contest is supported by the Utah Arts Council, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

Irreantum 2009 Charlotte and Eugene England Personal Essay Contest Winners

The Association for Mormon Letters is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Charlotte and Eugene England Personal Essay contest. A committee of judges considered 42 entries and awarded three cash prizes as well as two honorable mentions.

First place ($200): “Mornings and Nights,” by Melissa Inouye of Costa Mesa, California

Second place ($150): “Reluctant Saints,” by Alison Stone Roberg of Bridgewater, New Jersy

Third place ($100): “Garden of Dead,” by Catherine Curtis of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Honorable mentions were given to “Blue,” by Stephen Carter of Lyman, Wyoming and “The Missionary,” by Stephen David Grover of Sugarland, Texas.

Next year’s personal essay contest will be announced in early 2010. With no official connection to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Charlotte and Eugene England Personal Essay Contest is funded through the estate of Eugene England.

Congratulations to all the winners!

IRREANTUM FICTION CONTEST

Any unpublished fictional form up to 8500 words will be considered, including short stories and excerpts from novels. The first-place author will be awarded $250, second-place $175, and third-place $100 (unless judges determine that no entries are of sufficient quality to merit awards).

With no official connection to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Irreantum and the Irreantum Fiction Contest are supported by a grant from the Utah Arts Council.

CHARLOTTE AND EUGENE ENGLAND ESSAY CONTEST

Unpublished personal essays up to 5000 words will be considered. The first-place author will be awarded $200, second-place $150, and third-place $100 (unless judges determine that no entries are of sufficient quality to merit awards).

The Charlotte and Eugene England Personal Essay Contest is funded through the estate of Eugene England.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Because Irreantum is a literary journal dedicated to exploring Mormon culture, essays and stories must relate to the Mormon experience in some way. Authors need not be LDS. Individuals may enter a maximum of two essays and two stories. Irreantum staff and members of the AML board are not eligible.

Deadline: Sat., May 30, 2009

Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Please email your entry as an MS Word, WordPerfect, or RTF file attachment to contest@mormonletters.org.

In the subject line, please write “2009 Personal Essay Contest” OR “2009 Fiction Contest.” Include your name, the title of your submission, and your contact information, including address and phone number, in the body of the email.

To facilitate blind judging, no identifying information should appear in the essay itself other than the title of the manuscript, which should appear as a header on each page.

Winners will be posted Irreantum’s website on Monday, August 31, 2009.