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Description - The Mormon Literature Database includes references to and maintains profiles of any and all periodicals that have published Mormon writings of a literary nature, including institutional Mormon periodicals (those published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--listed here); and independent Mormon periodicals (those largely directed toward Mormon audiences or markets--also listed below). This databse also includes records for periodicals unaffiliated with Mormonism officially or culturally, but which have published Mormon authors or works with Mormon themes (click "View List of included periodicals" above for a complete list of all periodicals in the database).

Institutional Mormon Periodicals

Each of these periodicals has included literary writings in various genres by and about Mormons. See the record for each periodical for more information, including a complete listing of works from that periodical found within this database.

Periodical Dates Spanned The Evening and Morning Star 1832-1834
Times and Seasons 1839-1846
The Millennial Star 1840-1970
The Juvenile Instructor 1866-1930
The Woman's Exponent 1872-1914
The Contributor 1879-1896
Young Woman's Journal 1889-1929
The Improvement Era 1897-1970
The Children's Friend 1902-1970
The Relief Society Magazine 1915-1970
The Instructor 1930-1970
The New Era 1970-present
The Friend 1970-present
The Ensign 1970-present

Independent Mormon Periodicals

These periodicals and journals, which are academic or cultural in nature, are not officially sponsored or published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but have regularly featured Mormon subject matter or Mormon authors within various literary genres.

Periodical Dates Spanned

Wye 1939-1974
BYU Studies 1959-present
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 1966-present
Exponent II 1974-present
Journal of Mormon History 1974-present
Kula Manu 1975-present
Sunstone 1975-present
Century II 1976-1981
This People 1979-1998
Inscape 1981-present
Sunstone Review 1981-1984
Literature and Belief 1981-present
The Leading Edge 1981-present
Insight 1984-present
The Restored Gospel and Applied Christianity 1987-present
Wasatch Review International 1992-1996
Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 1992-present
Irreantum 1999-present