Applications are Open for the 2026 Fresh Voices Fellowship!
The 2026 Fresh Voices Fellowship is currently OPEN for applications and will close on November 1st, 2025.
The Fresh Voices Fellowship supports one emerging Black, Indigenous, or other writer of color who does not have an advanced writing degree and is not currently enrolled in a degree-granting creative writing program. Our fellows have gone on to sign with agents, publish books, win prizes, and develop their careers in writing and publishing.
One writer, in poetry or prose, will receive:
A $2000 stipend
A year-long 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
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. A BA in Creative Writing or English is acceptable, as is a Masters or PhD in an unrelated field. Applicants must also not have published or be contracted to publish a full-length book (excluding self-publication). Applicants must also be based in or be living in the United States during the twelve-month fellowship.
Application Requirements:
1) Work Sample: Please include a 5-page, double-spaced sample 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 This sample need not be unpublished.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.
