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 Jamel 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

BUDGET & FUNDRAISING DIRECTOR
Bruce Morrow

FUNDRAISER & EVENTS COORDINATOR
Ona Hauert

ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
Lucille Whittier

FRESH VOICES FELLOW
Sidney Logan Echevarria

INTERN
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

FRIENDS OF EPIPHANY
Andree Lockwood, Alexandra Dell, Vicky Bijur Literary Agency, Heleny Cook, Marian Fontana, Philip Schultz & Monica Banks, J, Cynthia Weiner, Bennett Windheim, Oliver Will, Kim Beck,  Andrea Lewis, Susan Raymond, Betsy Weis, Giffuni, Nancy Shapiro, Justin Alvarez, Karen Sara Schneider, Roxana Robinson, Mary Norris, Bruce Morrow, Elizabeth England, Jennifer Egan, Deborah Halbfoster, Diana Maddison, Jon Fox, Andres Echevarria, Leslie Findlen, Sheila Lieber, Kim Cushman, Helena Rozier, Stoddard Sennott, John Condon, Christopher Falcinelli, Ryan Angulo, Michael Hoffman, Gina Vergel, Amy Latham, Jose G. Medina, Kim Horton, Julia Loy, Rae Cline, Elisa Winokur, Carol Nicholson, Elaine Giguere, Jennifer Lue, Laura Cronk, Lynn Parkerson, Michael Reynolds, Robin Nixon, Vieve Price, Willard Boepple, Yassaira Torres

PATRONS
Agnes Gund, Jennifer Blackman, Mary Kathryn Burke, John & Brooke Cook, Warren & Brammie Cook, The Cook Family Fund, Brittney Inman Cooke, Eiko Fukuda, Jeffrey Gustavson, Remy Kothe, Sarah Lutz & John van Rens, Arlene McKay, Yoojin Na, Pamela Painter, Karen Rosenkrantz,  Kristin Vukovic, Andy Ranley, The Lucretia Philanthropic Foundation, Gabrielle Chaiban, Dorset Fund, David McConnell, Nora Steele, Doug Crowell, Neil Schwed, Emily Kirven, Taylor Marriott Family Fund, Russell Ledbetter, The Franklin Fund

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

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

SPONSORS & IN-KIND DONATIONS AND GRATIUDE
The Urbane Arts Club, Europa Books, Liz’s Book Bar, Curious Elixir, The Salmagundi Club, Elizabeth England College Coaching, The Litchfield Distillery, MASS MOCA, Just Buffalo Literary Center, LITNYS, Girls Write Now, CLMP, Sixpoint Brewery. Books are Magic, The White Hart Inn. The New School Creative Writing Program. Reuters.

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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