Epiphany Lit Journal
@epiphanylit.bsky.social
Semiannual publication & independent nonprofit 501c3. In Joyce's words, an epiphany is the moment when “the soul of the commonest object… seems to us radiant."
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November 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Announcing our 2025 @pushcartprize.bsky.social nominees!
You can read Ananya and Mazi's stories in Issue 35: Desire & Dread epiphanyzine.com/buy/epiphany.... The rest of our noms will feature in our upcoming issue, out in December!
You can read Ananya and Mazi's stories in Issue 35: Desire & Dread epiphanyzine.com/buy/epiphany.... The rest of our noms will feature in our upcoming issue, out in December!
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Announcing our 2025 @pushcartprize.bsky.social nominees!
You can read Ananya and Mazi's stories in Issue 35: Desire & Dread epiphanyzine.com/buy/epiphany.... The rest of our noms will feature in our upcoming issue, out in December!
You can read Ananya and Mazi's stories in Issue 35: Desire & Dread epiphanyzine.com/buy/epiphany.... The rest of our noms will feature in our upcoming issue, out in December!
Announcing our 2025 Best of the Net nominees!
You can read all the pieces on our website epiphanyzine.com
You can read all the pieces on our website epiphanyzine.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Announcing our 2025 Best of the Net nominees!
You can read all the pieces on our website epiphanyzine.com
You can read all the pieces on our website epiphanyzine.com
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I got to interview author Terese Svoboda about her new memoir, Hitler and My Mother in Law, for @epiphanylit.bsky.social!
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I love interviews :') I want to do more of them!
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I love interviews :') I want to do more of them!
Memoir, Reinvented: The Pursuit of Truth with Terese Svoboda - Interviewed by Christa Lei — Epiphany Magazine
A conversation with Terese Svoboda about her latest book, writing through uncertainty, and using humor to face the unbearable truths that history leaves behind.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I got to interview author Terese Svoboda about her new memoir, Hitler and My Mother in Law, for @epiphanylit.bsky.social!
epiphanyzine.com/features/ter...
I love interviews :') I want to do more of them!
epiphanyzine.com/features/ter...
I love interviews :') I want to do more of them!
Subs are now open for our next issue. Send us your best work, now through December 15!
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November 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Subs are now open for our next issue. Send us your best work, now through December 15!
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I can’t wait to read your poems! Submissions open tomorrow ✨
Submissions for issue 36 open in three days, and we are delighted to announce that the poetry for this issue will be edited by esteemed poet @camillerankine.bsky.social. So poets, send us your best!
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I can’t wait to read your poems! Submissions open tomorrow ✨
Submissions for issue 36 open in three days, and we are delighted to announce that the poetry for this issue will be edited by esteemed poet @camillerankine.bsky.social. So poets, send us your best!
October 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Submissions for issue 36 open in three days, and we are delighted to announce that the poetry for this issue will be edited by esteemed poet @camillerankine.bsky.social. So poets, send us your best!
closing on Nov 1!
Applications are OPEN for our 2026 Fresh Voices Fellowship!
FV supports one emerging writers of color who do not have an advanced writing degree. Winner receives:
- $2000 & publication
- A year-long editorial fellowship at Epiphany
Submit below. Apps close 11/1!
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FV supports one emerging writers of color who do not have an advanced writing degree. Winner receives:
- $2000 & publication
- A year-long editorial fellowship at Epiphany
Submit below. Apps close 11/1!
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
Applications are Open for the 2026 Fresh Voices Fellowship! — Epiphany Magazine
This is a year-long fellowship that supports one emerging writers of color who do not have an advanced writing degree. Fellows receive: A $2000 stipend A year-long editorial fellowship at ...
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October 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
closing on Nov 1!
Applications are OPEN for our 2026 Fresh Voices Fellowship!
FV supports one emerging writers of color who do not have an advanced writing degree. Winner receives:
- $2000 & publication
- A year-long editorial fellowship at Epiphany
Submit below. Apps close 11/1!
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
FV supports one emerging writers of color who do not have an advanced writing degree. Winner receives:
- $2000 & publication
- A year-long editorial fellowship at Epiphany
Submit below. Apps close 11/1!
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
Applications are Open for the 2026 Fresh Voices Fellowship! — Epiphany Magazine
This is a year-long fellowship that supports one emerging writers of color who do not have an advanced writing degree. Fellows receive: A $2000 stipend A year-long editorial fellowship at ...
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September 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Applications are OPEN for our 2026 Fresh Voices Fellowship!
FV supports one emerging writers of color who do not have an advanced writing degree. Winner receives:
- $2000 & publication
- A year-long editorial fellowship at Epiphany
Submit below. Apps close 11/1!
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
FV supports one emerging writers of color who do not have an advanced writing degree. Winner receives:
- $2000 & publication
- A year-long editorial fellowship at Epiphany
Submit below. Apps close 11/1!
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
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From 1968, Georgia O'Keeffe by Arnold Newman.
September 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
From 1968, Georgia O'Keeffe by Arnold Newman.
We are having a fall reading and you're invited!
Please join us on Thursday, October 16th, 8pm at Liz's Book Bar (315 Smith Street, Brooklyn) featuring Emily Skillings, Ananya Pandya, June Glass, and Alice Liang
Please join us on Thursday, October 16th, 8pm at Liz's Book Bar (315 Smith Street, Brooklyn) featuring Emily Skillings, Ananya Pandya, June Glass, and Alice Liang
September 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
We are having a fall reading and you're invited!
Please join us on Thursday, October 16th, 8pm at Liz's Book Bar (315 Smith Street, Brooklyn) featuring Emily Skillings, Ananya Pandya, June Glass, and Alice Liang
Please join us on Thursday, October 16th, 8pm at Liz's Book Bar (315 Smith Street, Brooklyn) featuring Emily Skillings, Ananya Pandya, June Glass, and Alice Liang
An online exclusive from our latest issue: Waiting Ghazal by
@asaldrake.bsky.social. Click the link below to hear the poet read her work!
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@asaldrake.bsky.social. Click the link below to hear the poet read her work!
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Waiting Ghazal by Asa Drake — Epiphany
Wait for enough things at the same time, and every action becomes an effect.
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August 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
An online exclusive from our latest issue: Waiting Ghazal by
@asaldrake.bsky.social. Click the link below to hear the poet read her work!
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
@asaldrake.bsky.social. Click the link below to hear the poet read her work!
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Breakout! Prize are Julia Oschwald Tilton in prose, and Alice Liang in poetry!
Thank you to this year’s prize judges: Hilary Leichter (prose) and Victoria Chang (poetry)!
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Thank you to this year’s prize judges: Hilary Leichter (prose) and Victoria Chang (poetry)!
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
2025 Breakout! Writers Prize Winners — Epiphany
Winners of the 2025 Breakout! Writers Prize: Julia Oschwald Tilton in prose, and Alice Liang in poetry
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August 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Breakout! Prize are Julia Oschwald Tilton in prose, and Alice Liang in poetry!
Thank you to this year’s prize judges: Hilary Leichter (prose) and Victoria Chang (poetry)!
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
Thank you to this year’s prize judges: Hilary Leichter (prose) and Victoria Chang (poetry)!
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
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Representing @epiphanylit.bsky.social at the One Story Writers' Conference in NYC. Honored to be quoted on their Instagram! Congrats to @onestorymag.bsky.social for organizing an excellent event.
August 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Representing @epiphanylit.bsky.social at the One Story Writers' Conference in NYC. Honored to be quoted on their Instagram! Congrats to @onestorymag.bsky.social for organizing an excellent event.
Congratulations to Helen Benedict whose 2024 novel The Good Deed is a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize! Our 2024 interview with Helen is linked below.
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On Crossing Borders: An Interview with Helen Benedict — Epiphany
“Writing fiction is like controlled daydreaming, whereas writing nonfiction is more like putting together a complicated three-dimensional puzzle.”
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July 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Congratulations to Helen Benedict whose 2024 novel The Good Deed is a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize! Our 2024 interview with Helen is linked below.
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
We're proud to announce that former Epiphany contributor Cora Lewis has published Information Age with Joyland! In honor of her first book, we are re-posting "Fluff Piece," which was published with us back in 2020.
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"Fluff Piece" by Cora Lewis — Epiphany
“That’s why I quit politics,” a teen says into his cellphone, juuling with his free hand.”
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July 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We're proud to announce that former Epiphany contributor Cora Lewis has published Information Age with Joyland! In honor of her first book, we are re-posting "Fluff Piece," which was published with us back in 2020.
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may 31st, last day of short story month: "shit plate," by....me!
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originally pub'd in @epiphanylit.bsky.social & soon to appear in my forthcoming debut book. it's about syracuse + the early 2000s + dead malls + becoming aware of class differences when you're a kid.
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originally pub'd in @epiphanylit.bsky.social & soon to appear in my forthcoming debut book. it's about syracuse + the early 2000s + dead malls + becoming aware of class differences when you're a kid.
May 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
may 31st, last day of short story month: "shit plate," by....me!
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
originally pub'd in @epiphanylit.bsky.social & soon to appear in my forthcoming debut book. it's about syracuse + the early 2000s + dead malls + becoming aware of class differences when you're a kid.
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
originally pub'd in @epiphanylit.bsky.social & soon to appear in my forthcoming debut book. it's about syracuse + the early 2000s + dead malls + becoming aware of class differences when you're a kid.
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Thank you to Ashna Ali, Heather Gluck, and the entire editorial team at @epiphanylit.bsky.social for their care and dedication in the production process, and for featuring “Bolaji Badejo” in their Spring Summer 2025 issue, Desire & Dread! 🙏🏽😍🥹👽
Big congratulations to Epiphany contributor Kami Enzie (@yungwerther.bsky.social), named a finalist for the Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship! We're thrilled to celebrate this recognition. Read his poem from our pages here: epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
BOLAJI BADEJO by Kami Enzie — Epiphany
I put on my suit every day for work. It takes three hours.
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June 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Thank you to Ashna Ali, Heather Gluck, and the entire editorial team at @epiphanylit.bsky.social for their care and dedication in the production process, and for featuring “Bolaji Badejo” in their Spring Summer 2025 issue, Desire & Dread! 🙏🏽😍🥹👽
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BIG EXCITING NEWS in the lit mag world! Contributor @saralippmann.bsky.socia is now the EDITOR-IN-CHIEF of @epiphanylit.bsky.social!
June 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
BIG EXCITING NEWS in the lit mag world! Contributor @saralippmann.bsky.socia is now the EDITOR-IN-CHIEF of @epiphanylit.bsky.social!
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!!! All hail @saralippmann.bsky.social!
Please join us in welcoming Sara Lippmann as Epiphany’s new Editor-in-Chief! A longtime teacher, editor, writer, and literary co-conspirator, Sara shares our passion for collective work and championing bold, original voices.
As she says: “We are better in conversation, in collaboration.”
As she says: “We are better in conversation, in collaboration.”
June 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
!!! All hail @saralippmann.bsky.social!
#ICYMI: Our Spring/Summer 2025 (Issue 34) is now available in print!
Featuring stunning cover art by Tschiegg and work that explores the full spectrum of desire and dread.
Our last issue sold out—grab your copy while you can: epiphanyzine.com/buy/epiphany...
Featuring stunning cover art by Tschiegg and work that explores the full spectrum of desire and dread.
Our last issue sold out—grab your copy while you can: epiphanyzine.com/buy/epiphany...
Epiphany Spring/Summer 2025: Desire & Dread — Epiphany
Issue 34 includes fiction by Ananya Pandya, Isabelle Qian, June Glass, Kriska Desir, Mazi Kazemi, Meghan Proulx, Miah Jeffra, Nikki Barnhart, Rachel Seo, and Sarah Gouda, poetry A Molotkov, Aditi Bh...
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June 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#ICYMI: Our Spring/Summer 2025 (Issue 34) is now available in print!
Featuring stunning cover art by Tschiegg and work that explores the full spectrum of desire and dread.
Our last issue sold out—grab your copy while you can: epiphanyzine.com/buy/epiphany...
Featuring stunning cover art by Tschiegg and work that explores the full spectrum of desire and dread.
Our last issue sold out—grab your copy while you can: epiphanyzine.com/buy/epiphany...
Please join us in welcoming Sara Lippmann as Epiphany’s new Editor-in-Chief! A longtime teacher, editor, writer, and literary co-conspirator, Sara shares our passion for collective work and championing bold, original voices.
As she says: “We are better in conversation, in collaboration.”
As she says: “We are better in conversation, in collaboration.”
June 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Please join us in welcoming Sara Lippmann as Epiphany’s new Editor-in-Chief! A longtime teacher, editor, writer, and literary co-conspirator, Sara shares our passion for collective work and championing bold, original voices.
As she says: “We are better in conversation, in collaboration.”
As she says: “We are better in conversation, in collaboration.”
We’re still riding the high from this year’s Fête!
Endless thanks to everyone who attended, contributed, or cheered us on from afar—we raised a record-breaking amount that will help keep us going strong into next year.
We truly couldn’t do it without you 💛
Endless thanks to everyone who attended, contributed, or cheered us on from afar—we raised a record-breaking amount that will help keep us going strong into next year.
We truly couldn’t do it without you 💛
June 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We’re still riding the high from this year’s Fête!
Endless thanks to everyone who attended, contributed, or cheered us on from afar—we raised a record-breaking amount that will help keep us going strong into next year.
We truly couldn’t do it without you 💛
Endless thanks to everyone who attended, contributed, or cheered us on from afar—we raised a record-breaking amount that will help keep us going strong into next year.
We truly couldn’t do it without you 💛
LASER by Jackie Sabbagh
“The technician named Jessica tucks away her honey-mustard hair and says Let’s party"
Check out a new poem by Jackie Sabbagh featuring gender-"affirming" medicine and a semi-sadistic technician named Jessica, at the link in our bio
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“The technician named Jessica tucks away her honey-mustard hair and says Let’s party"
Check out a new poem by Jackie Sabbagh featuring gender-"affirming" medicine and a semi-sadistic technician named Jessica, at the link in our bio
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
Laser by Jackie Sabbagh — Epiphany
Cheeks wet with tears, I croak—Jessica, you are the biggest fucking cunt in Somerville. She giggles like a female alien, inhales serenely, and says Thank you.
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June 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
LASER by Jackie Sabbagh
“The technician named Jessica tucks away her honey-mustard hair and says Let’s party"
Check out a new poem by Jackie Sabbagh featuring gender-"affirming" medicine and a semi-sadistic technician named Jessica, at the link in our bio
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
“The technician named Jessica tucks away her honey-mustard hair and says Let’s party"
Check out a new poem by Jackie Sabbagh featuring gender-"affirming" medicine and a semi-sadistic technician named Jessica, at the link in our bio
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
Big congratulations to Epiphany contributor Kami Enzie (@yungwerther.bsky.social), named a finalist for the Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship! We're thrilled to celebrate this recognition. Read his poem from our pages here: epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
BOLAJI BADEJO by Kami Enzie — Epiphany
I put on my suit every day for work. It takes three hours.
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June 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Big congratulations to Epiphany contributor Kami Enzie (@yungwerther.bsky.social), named a finalist for the Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship! We're thrilled to celebrate this recognition. Read his poem from our pages here: epiphanyzine.com/features/202...