ear-ee-an’-tum: 1 Nephi 17:5. And we beheld the sea, which we called Irreantum,
which, being interpreted, is many waters.
Irreantum: a Review of Mormon Literature and Film is published twice annually (Fall/Winter, Spring/Summer) by the Association for Mormon
Letters.
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2012 Irreantum Contests
The Association for Mormon Letters and Irreantum magazine are pleased to announce our 2012 literary contests.
2012 Irreantum Fiction Contest
The first-place author will be awarded $300, second place $200, and third place
$100 (unless judges determine that no entries are of sufficient quality to merit awards).
Publication is not guaranteed, but winners agree to give Irreantum first
publication rights.
Any unpublished fictional form up to 8,500 words will be considered, including
short stories and excerpts from novels. Because Irreantum is a literary journal
dedicated to exploring Mormon culture, entries that relate to the Mormon experience in
some way will be given preference in judging. Authors need not be LDS.
Irreantum staff and members of the AML board are not eligible.
Deadline: May 31.
Submission Instructions
Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Please email your entry as an
MS Word, PDF, or RTF file attachment to fictioncontest@mormonletters.org.
In the subject line, please write "2012 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. Do not put your submission in the body of your email.
To facilitate blind judging, no identifying information should appear in the
story itself other than the title of the manuscript, which should appear as a
header on each page.
Winners will be
posted on Irreantum's website, irreantum.mormonletters.org by August 31.
With no official connection to the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, the Irreantum Fiction Contest is funded through a grant from the Eugene
England Foundation.
Irreantum 2012 Charlotte and Eugene England Personal Essay Contest
The first-place author will be awarded $300, second-place $200, and third-place $100
(unless judges determine that no entries are of sufficient quality to merit awards).
Publication is not guaranteed, but winners agree to give Irreantum first publication
rights.
Unpublished personal essays up to 5000 words will be considered. Because
Irreantum is a literary journal dedicated to exploring Mormon culture, entries that relate to
the Mormon experience in some way will be given preference in judging.
Authors need not be LDS.
Irreantum staff and members of the AML board are not eligible.
Deadline: May 31.
Submission Instructions
Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Please email your entry as an MS Word,
PDF, or RTF file attachment to essaycontest@mormonletters.org.
In the subject line, please write “2012 Essay Contest.” Include your name,
the title of your submission, and your contact information, including address and phone
number, in the body of the email. Do not put your submission in the body of your 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
on Irreantum's website, irreantum.mormonletters.org by August 31.
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 a grant from the Eugene
England Foundation.
2012 Irreantum Poetry Contest
The first-place poet will be awarded $200, second-place $150, and third-place $100
(unless judges determine that no entries are of sufficient quality to merit awards).
Publication is not guaranteed, but winners agree to give Irreantum first publication
rights. Unpublished groups of 3-5 poems with a 100 line limit per poem will be considered.
A series of 3-5 interconnected poems as well as a group of 3-5 independent poems are both
acceptable. Irreantum staff and members of the AML board are not eligible.
Deadline: May 31.
Submission Instructions
Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Please email your entry as an MS Word,
PDF, or RTF file attachment to poetrycontest@mormonletters.org. In the subject
line, please write “2012 Poetry Contest.” Include your name,
the title of your submission, and your contact information, including address and phone
number, in the body of the email. Do not put your submission in the body of your email.
To facilitate blind judging, no identifying information should appear in
the poetry itself other than the title of the manuscript, which should appear as a header
on each page. Poetry submissions may be identified by the title of the first poem.
Winners will be posted on
Irreantum's website, irreantum.mormonletters.org by August 31.
With no official connection to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
the Irreantum Poetry Contest is funded by a grant from Mary Ann Taylor.