Category Archives: Announcements

2012 AML Conference

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Margaret Blair Young

CALL FOR PAPER PROPOSALS Deadline: December 22, 2011 AML Conference Date: April 21, 2012 Utah Valley University, Student Center Theme: Going Forth Into All the World: Mormon Literature in an International Church We welcome submissions on any topic relating to … Continue reading →

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AML Conference 2012

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Margaret Blair Young

We are going international for our Association for Mormon Letters Conference in 2012. We’d love to hold it in Denmark, as the Mormon History Association did with their conference several years ago, but most of our members/guests wouldn’t be able to … Continue reading →

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Irreantum Contest Winners

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury

The Association for Mormon Letters and Irreantum magazine are pleased to announce the winners of our 2011 literary contests. The response this year was robust: we received 73 fiction entries, 47 creative nonfiction entries, and 91 poetry collection entries. Entries … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: Elder Marion Duff Hanks

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Margaret Blair Young

(Cross-posted at www.bycommonconsent.com) Last Sunday, I woke my son with the words, “Elder Hanks has died.” He responded, “Duffy? He died?” I always called him Elder Hanks, and got upset when some of the aides in the center where he … Continue reading →

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ABNA Contest “Wins” Contract for LDS Author

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Lisa Torcasso Downing

The best thing to happen to recent University of Memphis MFA graduate Courtney Miller Santo was her failure to win the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest. Santo, whose first published short story appeared in the Spring/Summer 2011 edition of Irreantum, learned … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: Valerie Holladay

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Andrew Hall

We note with sadness the passing of Valerie Holladay, who played a key role in Mormon literature over the last 20 years as an author of personal essays, a magazine editor, commercial publishing house editor, and a University teacher. Valerie, … Continue reading →

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Back in Business

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury

Sorry for the problem with the AML blog. The links should all work fine now. Please go back to your discussions, especially on Lisa’s post and on Harlow’s post. And thanks for your patience.

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I Keep Telling Myself, “William Shakespeare was a Businessman.”

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Mahonri Stewart

I’ve had a huge desire since high school to open a theater. At times, I feel like its my mission, my life’s focused ambition– or at least a neurotic obsession. Take your pick. And I don’t want to open just … Continue reading →

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2011 Spring/Summer Irreantum

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury

The 2011 Spring/Summer issue of Irreantum is being prepared to go to the printer, so if you want to start a subscription, or need to renew your subscription, please do so now. Here are the contents of the new issue:

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Writers @ Work Conference 2011

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Jonathan Langford

Information provided by Linda Hunter Adams, this year’s chair of Writers at Work. Date: June 9–12, 2011, at Alta Lodge, Utah An intensive writing conference in a cool and historic mountain setting. A perfect place for writers, writer/teachers, editors, and … Continue reading →

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