About Us

Epiphany is a semiannual print and online literary journal and an independent nonprofit 501(c)(3) that supports practicing writers at every stage of their careers. We publish two print magazines a year and publish essays, fiction, and poetry online on a rolling basis. With our Breakout contest and Fresh Voices Fellowship we honor both student writers and writers of color who exist outside the literary establishment. For over 20 years we have championed work that transcends convention and demonstrates literary mastery. We are proud to have published generation-defining voices over the years, including Jamal Brinkley, Jennifer Egan, Lydia Davis, Sara Ahmed, Elena Ferrante, Robert Pinsky, Fanny Howe, and Rae Armantrout.

Our name derives from the Joycean idea that an epiphany is the moment when “the soul of the commonest object… seems to us radiant.” Like the semicolon in our logo, an epiphany is a pause followed by a shift. Like the semicolon, an epiphany can consist of a confluence between two ideas. Like the semicolon, an epiphany is both a part of language and outside of it.

So send us your best work. Work that both resists and embraces language. Work that draws connections where we never thought to look. Work that evokes or examines or simply mirrors for us this strange condition of being human. Fill us up; leave us wondering.

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PUBLISHER
Willard Cook

EDITOR IN CHIEF
Sara Lippmann

MANAGING EDITOR
Heather Gluck

POETRY EDITOR
Ashna Ali

FICTION EDITOR
Jeff Bond

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Michele Lent Hirsch

FUNDRAISER & EVENTS COORDINATOR
Ona Hauert

ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
Lucille Whittier

FRESH VOICES FELLOW
Sidney Logan Echevarria

INTERNS
Gina Gidaro, Lexi Byers

READERS
Addison Zeller, Alana Saab, Alexander Rivera, Allison Theresa, Amanda Emilio, Andrea Bryan-Campos, Andrea Victorian, Ashley Collins, Ashley Grubstein, Audrey Rose, Bea Mendoza, Blue Guldal, Bri Stokes, Chris Barton, Cornelia Mars, Dawn Angelicca Barcelona, Deb y Felio, Devlin Cooper, Doug Crowell, Elias Diakolios, Ella Torres, Emily Mathis, Eneida Alcalde, Evelina Sadovica, Gail Ansel, Hanna Villegas, Hannah Burns, Heidi VanderVelde, Iva Moore, Ivan Zhao, Jade Jemison, Jeff Bond, Julia Levy, Katherine Williams, Katie O’Connor, Kaushik Shridharani, Krystle Mae Statler, Leonardo Chung, M. Sullivan, Malia Chung, Marianne Villanueva, Marie Biondolillo, Maureen Boyd, Michael Lutz, Morgan Cronin, Nicole Kugel, Ogochukwu Bibiana, Oscar Rasin, Paige Kaptuch, Pegah Ouji, Robin Seiler, Ryan Jantz, Samantha Marrah, Sami Bhusal, Scott Hunter, Scott LaMascus, Sharon Dilworth, Shou Jie Eng, Solange Azor, Susan Holcomb, Terese Svoboda, Tiffany Promise, Whitney Porter

PATRONS
Justin Alvarez, Una Baker, The Eric and Barbara Carle Foundation, John & Brooke Cook, The Cook Family Fund, Counterpoint Press, Alexandra Dell, Louise Eastman, George Franklin, Stephen Henderson & James LaForce, Elizabeth Grey,Literary Hub, Sarah Lutz & John van Rens, Deborah McAlister, Karen Rosenkrantz, Vijay Seshadri, Dorothy Spears, Laura Stone, Kristin Vukovic

FRIENDS OF EPIPHANY
Elsie Aidinoff, Christopher Baker, Sallie Bingham, Vicky Bijur Literary Agency, Kenneth & Nina Bryant, Vicky Bjur Literary Agency, Heleny Cook, Rebecca J. Cook, Warren & Brammie Cook, Don Cummings, Lisa Dierbeck, Elizabeth England, Marian Fontana, Yoko Fukuda, Haruko Fukuda, Eiko Fukuda, Ann Goldstein, Jeffrey Gustavson, Odette Heideman, Michele Herman, Edward Hirsch, Lisa Kaufman, Etgar Keret, Andre Lockwood, Elizabeth Macklin, Wendy Mark, Susie Marples & Nelson Young, Domingo Martinez, Jerry & Naomi Neuwirth, Mary Norris, Edith Pearlman, Whitney Porter, Monica Racic, Roxana Robinson, Halee Sage & David Friedman, Vicki Scher & John Hecht, Philip Schultz & Monica Banks, Jay & Bonnie Stockwell, Wendy Weaver, Cynthia Weiner, John Edgar Wideman, Bennett Windheim, Oliver Will & Kim Beck.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Justin Alvarez, Mary Kathryn Burke, Gaby Chaiban, Willard Cook, Brittney Inman Cooke Alexandra Dell, Zack Graham.

ADVISORY BOARD
Vicky Bijur, Elizabeth England, Nadia Owusu, John Reed, Roxana Robinson, Phillip Schultz, Vijay Seshadri, David Updike, Mary South

WEB DESIGN
Rachel Lyon

Epiphany is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

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