Submission Guidelines
All Submissions
- All submissions must be related to the gospel and comply with Church doctrine. If you are not LDS, you may still submit using a principle found in both your religion and ours, such as service.
- Send your submission to fec527@hotmail.com with "Mormon Light submission" as the subject of the email. In the body of the email, include your name and anything you would like to say about your submission.
- Please allow a few days for a reply. Rejection replies will include an explanation. Acceptance replies will include any editorial changes you must make to your submission before publishing.
- Choose any gospel principle. Avoid deep doctrine and controversial issues; the focus of this blog is the basics of the gospel.
- Cite all sources you use: scriptures, talks, etc. Include any Internet links.
- Maximum word length is 500 words.
- Save the submission as a Word document with your name as the file's name. Make sure your name is in the document as well. Attach the document to the email.
- Write about an experience you had in relation to a gospel principle, such as something you would read in the Ensign.
- Cite all sources you use: scriptures, quotes, etc. Include any Internet links.
- Maximum word length is 500 words.
- Save the submission as a Word document with your name as the file's name. Make sure your name is in the document as well. Attach the document to the email.
- Your poem may be about a scripture verse or story, be a personal reflection or experience, or teach a gospel principle. Any poetic format is acceptable. Hymns (without music, of course) are also acceptable.
- Maximum length is one page (single-spaced) for poems and three verses for hymns.
- Save the submission as a Word document with your name as the file's name. Make sure your name is in the document as well. Attach the document to the email.
- The photo may be of anything as long as you can easily tie it to the gospel. Anything inappropriate will automatically be deleted.
- In the body of your email, explain the photo with a simple description (ex: my family at General Conference 2010) or with a scripture or quote.
- Save the submission as a JPEG (.jpg) with your name as the file's name. Attach the file to the email.



