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Contest award winners

February 2, 2017

Each year, Dialogue hosts a Eugene England memorial essay contest to honor essays that represent Gene’s vision of an expansive, inclusive, and bold Mormonism.

ESSAY

Eugene England Memorial Essay Award for 2016

1st place

Lon R. Young, “That’s Where the Light Enters”

2nd place

Stephen Carter, “Three Sealings”

In also honoring the best fiction published in Dialogue, judges this year decided to honor three stories that further the vision of Mormon literature:

FICTION

1st: William Morris, “The Darkest Abyss in America”

2nd: Eric W. Jepson, “The Laurel’s First-Night Fantasies”

3rd: Steven Peck, “Bishop Johansen Rescues a Lost Soul: A Tale of Pleasant Grove”