Irreantum

The Association for Mormon Letters is delighted to announce that after a five-year hiatus we have re-launched our literary magazine Irreantum as an online-only publication in 2018. You can read the latest submission guidelines here.

The Association for Mormon Letters started Irreantum in 1999. The name comes from a Book of Mormon term meaning “many waters”: it was chosen to show that the journal would welcome many different types of writing by, for, or about Mormons. Over the years, Irreantum has published poetry, essays, short stories, plays, reviews, and literary criticism—in a variety of styles, from historical to speculative, realistic to surreal.

Since the journal’s founding in 1999, advances in technology have made it easier for writers of Mormon literature in all its forms to find each other and an audience. As we move Irreantum’s publication online, we hope you’ll join us by submitting your work, finding pieces you enjoy, and sharing with friends.

Irreantum will feature a rotating cast of issue and department editors. This will not only help avoid staff burnout and lead to a more sustainable publication, but it will also allow for different editorial interests and voices to be guide the magazine, which we hope will lead to Irreantum attracting a wide variety of voices and narrative forms. We invite you to be one of those voices. William Morris is the first Managing Editor and Issue 16.1 editor, and Sarah Dunster is the current poetry editor.

While we’re limiting the first issue to just the short story, poetry, and essay forms, we hope to include more narrative art forms and a variety of genres in future issues, including the possibility of themed issues.

We hope you’ll join us in this next phase of Irreantum. 

Have questions? Please contact the editorial team at irreantum.editor@gmail.com.

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Irreantum was founded by Christopher Bigelow in March 1999, succeeding the AML Newsletter, which was published 1977-1998. Christopher Bigelow and Benson Parkinson were the first managing editors. The magazine was subtitled Magazine of the Association for Mormon Letters, and was published quarterly. Parkinson stepped down after Summer 2000, and Bigelow continued as managing editor until 2004. Laraine Wilkins was editor from 2004, renamed the magazine Irreantum: A Review of Mormon Literature and Film, and changed the publication schedule from four issues to three, and then to two, annually. Wilkins died in September 2006 from injuries sustained in an auto accident. Valerie Holladay and Scott Hatch were co-editors from October 2006. In April 2008 Holladay stepped down, and Hatch soon followed her. Angella Hallstorm became the editor by early 2009. In 2010 Jack Harrell joined Hallstorm as editor, and they alternated issues. In 2011 Hallstorm stepped down, and Josh Allen joined Harrell as an editor. The journal ceased publication in 2013. Available back issues are found below. We will post others as time permits.

• Irreantum, Volume 1, No. 1, March 1999
• Irreantum, Volume 1, No. 2, June 1999
• Irreantum, Volume 1, No. 3, September 1999
• Irreantum, Volume 1, No. 4, Winter 1999-2000
• Irreantum 2011-2012 Contest Winners
• Irreantum, Volume 2, No. 1, Spring 2000
• Irreantum, Volume 2, No. 2, Summer 2000
• Irreantum, Volume 2, No. 3, Fall 2000
• Irreantum, Volume 2, No. 4, Winter 2000-2001
• Irreantum, Volume 3, No. 1, Spring 2001
• Irreantum, Volume 3, No. 2, Summer 2001
• Irreantum, Volume 3, No. 3, Autumn 2001
• Irreantum, Volume 3, No. 4, Winter 2001-2002
• Irreantum, Volume 4, No. 1, Spring 2002
• Irreantum, Volume 4, No. 2, Summer 2002
• Irreantum, Volume 4, No. 3, Autumn 2002
• Irreantum, Volume 4, No. 4, Winter 2002-2003
• Irreantum, Volume 5, No. 1, Spring 2003
• Irreantum, Volume 5, No. 2, Summer 2003
• Irreantum, Volume 5, No. 3, Autumn 2003
• Irreantum, Volume 5, No. 4/Volume 6, No. 1, Winter 2003/Spring 2004
• Irreantum, Volume 6, No. 2, October 2004
• Irreantum, Volume 7, No. 1, 2005
• Irreantum, Volume 7, No. 2, 2005
• Irreantum, Volume 7, No. 3, 2005
• Irreantum, Volume 8, No. 1, 2006
• Irreantum, Volume 8, No. 2, 2006
• Irreantum, Volume 9, No. 1, 2007
• Irreantum, Volume 9, No. 2, 2007; Volume 10, No. 1, 2008
• Irreantum, Volume 10, No. 2, 2008
• Irreantum, Volume 11, Nos. 1&2, 2009
• Irreantum, Volume 12, No. 1, 2010
• Irreantum, Volume 12, No. 2, 2010
• Irreantum, Volume 13, No. 1, 2011
• Irreantum, Volume 13, No. 2, 2011
• Irreantum, Volume 14, No. 1, 2012
• Irreantum, Volume 14, No. 2, 2012
• Irreantum, Volume 15, No. 1, 2013