We hope that when you read Epiphany: A Literary Journal, you'll get a sense of the great variety of stories, poems, essays, and genre-bending work that we like, and the recurring themes to which we keep returning. We hope that you'll enjoy and connect with the work of your fellow writers, and that you'll feel you're a valued part of our community, rather than another lonely writer sending your beloved work into the unsympathetic void. We hope you'll see what makes us different. We hope you'll feel you have a stake in our endeavor.
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Submissions for our Fall/Winter print issue are open May 1–June 15. Submissions for our Spring/Summer print issue are open Nov 1–Dec 15. Applications for our Fresh Voices Fellowship are open November 1–December 1. Submissions to our Breakout! Prize are open March 1–April 15. Submissions for online exclusives open periodically. To stay up to date on when our submission windows open sign up for our mailing list and be sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Bluesky, and Threads.
Before submitting to Epiphany, familiarize yourself with recent work we have published. Digital subscriptions are available here, which includes access to the current issue. Print subscriptions and individual print and digital issues are available here.
The Fresh Voices Fellowship supports one emerging Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, or other writer of color who does not have an MFA or advanced degree in creative writing or a related field, and who is not currently enrolled in a degree-granting program. Applicants must be living in the United States during the twelve-month fellowship.
One Writer, in Prose or Poetry, Will Receive:
- A $2000 stipend
- A twelve-month editorial fellowship at Epiphany, which entails the opportunity to participate in the editorial and publication process of a small non-profit literary magazine, and to build close relationships with the editorial team
- Publication in a print issue of Epiphany
- A one-year subscription to Epiphany
- A Q&A to be published on Epiphany’s website
Because this opportunity is designed to support writers currently working outside traditional literary and academic systems, applicants must not have an advanced degree (MA, MFA, PhD) in creative writing or English and must not be enrolled at the time of application in any degree-granting program. Applicants must also not have published or be contracted to publish a full-length book (excluding self-publication).
Application Requirements:
1) Work Sample: Please include a 5-page sample (double-spaced) of work you feel most represents you, your interests, and your literary style. (If you’re sending a novel excerpt, please include a short synopsis of the novel and an explanation of where, in the story, the excerpt falls.) This sample need not be unpublished.
2) Cover Letter: Please tell us a bit about yourself as an artist, your relationship to the mainstream literary/publishing world, and what you are hoping to gain by working in a literary magazine environment for a year.
Any work that uses AI in its creation must be identified as such.
All applicants will receive 40% off the first year of a subscription to Epiphany. The code to access this subscription will be found in the receipt email for each submission.
There is no fee for applications to the Fresh Voices Fellowship.
GENERAL SPRING / SUMMER SUBMISSIONS will be open from November 1st through December 15th, 2025.
Please submit your photography or artwork to be considered for an Epiphany issue cover, or as art for inside the magazine. Submit up to five images at a time.
The cover will be printed in full-color with the magazine’s logo in overprint, and will be reproduced on the magazine’s website and electronic publications.
If your work is selected for use on our cover, we will ask you to grant us a one-time use of your image. You will also need to provide a high-resolution scan of the artwork (300 dpi), at the inch dimensions of our issue, for print-quality reproduction.
In the cover letter, feel free to provide any information about your artwork that we should know. Low-res images are acceptable for submissions, as long as high-res images can be provided when necessary. Please also specify if you are submitting art intended for inside the magazine or for the cover. Compensation offered for licensing this art is $100 for art inside the issue, $300 for a cover, and a copy of the journal.
Any work that uses AI in its creation must be identified as such.
Everyone who submits will receive 40% off the first year of a subscription to Epiphany. The code to access this subscription will be found in the receipt email for each submission.
We typically respond to submissions within five to six months, and aim for much faster. Please be patient: we give thoughtful and thorough consideration to each submission. We look forward to receiving your work!