For women’s history month, we’re unlocking “In McDonald’s”, a gripping short story by June Glass from our 34th issue. With raw vulnerability and wit, Glass’ story offers vivid details of trans life in Appalachia.
Read the “In McDonald’s” through the link in our bio!
Epiphany's annual breakout prize is open for submissions, we're thrilled to announce this year's judges: Cynthia Cruz in poetry and Alexandra Kleeman in prose!
If you want our judges to read the work you’re most proud of, go to the link in our bio to submit to the Breakout Prize!
Before we depart #AWP2026 (until next year!), we wanted to share some generative writing prompts from fellow writers like @kahamilton.bsky.social from the book fair!
Whether these prompts inspire a sentence, a playful poem, or a submission to our Breakout Prize contest, be proud for writing today!
Epiphany 🩷 our former contributors who have visited us at Booth T328! Come join us for our offsite reading tonight (link in bio to RSVP) and some author signings tomorrow with Asa Drake (10-11AM) and Sarah Stern (2:30-3:30PM)! #AWP2026
Day two in Baltimore for #AWP2026! Thank you to all our former contributors who came to say hi, including @kahamilton.bsky.social!
There’s still time to join our offsite reading TOMORROW, Friday 3/6 from 7-9PM. RSVP through the link in our bio—don’t forget to stop by our author signings tomorrow!
#AWP2026 is happening now, and we’re excited to announce a lineup of former contributors signing copies of their latest publications.
Come by booth T328 to say hello and get your copies signed!
In a tender review of Darcey Steinke’s new book, “This Is the Door,” writer Brady Huggett shows how our bodies’ inevitable decay can awaken our spiritual consciousness and expand our capacity for care.
Read the full review through the link in our bio.
There’s perhaps no better way to unwind from #AWP2026 than our offsite reading at Peter’s Pour House on Friday, March 6 from 7-9PM with @creamcityreview.bsky.social and @baltimorereview.bsky.social
Dinner is on us, and drinks will be availble from the bar. RSVP through the link in our bio!
Epiphany’s Breakout Prize is open, and it’s not just for students—all writers who haven’t published a full-length book can apply. Winners in each category (poetry and prose) will receive a $1,000 cash prize and publication in our next issue. Apply through the link in our bio!
“Capped,” a short story by Jeffery Renard Allen from our most recent issue, follows the last day of Mbye Otabenga, the Congolese man known as a human zoo exhibit, as he embodies memories of grief, capture, and imperialism.
Read “Capped” in our most recent issue.
Our Open Mic Night was a success! Thank you to all the talented Epiphany readers who came out to read their work, along with Dear Friend Books for giving us their lovely space for the night.
Don't forget to RSVP to our upcoming AWP offsite reading through the link in our bio!
“Papers, Please” by Shivani Gupta interrogates what belonging means in a world of ICE—using a warbler’s cry and manicured lawns to push against government surveillance. What results is a thrilling abstraction of form, resisting federal orders to lay low.
Visit our website to read!
Applications for Epiphany's Breakout Prize opens on March 1 and will close on April 15 (or until we reach 300 submissions in each category). While this prize was formerly just for students, if you're a poetry or prose writer who hasn't published a full-length book yet, you’re now eligible to apply!
“Requiem,” a poem by legendary poet Patricia Smith, is a homage to Black tradition and memory from our Fall/Winter 2016 Issue.
Read “Requiem” on our website, where you can also get a copy of Issue 18 to read more of Smith’s poetry and a diverse range of writing.
We asked Epiphany’s team what concepts and forms they want to see more of from our submissions. Let their answers be an inspiration for your writing and revision process. Behind the Submittable veil, our readers and editors are also writers with a wide range of interests!
Subscribe to our Substack through the link in our bio and immerse yourselves in what Epiphany’s back wall has to offer. (4/4)
Through a portrait of her son’s best friend who died at 25, we are brought into her search for the joy he embodied. As her son’s friend whirls Pearlman around the kitchen after his college graduation, we discover the young man who lingers in the echo of his inviting call: “Hey, man.” (3/4)
Each month, we’ll be unlocking a new piece from our archives—to honor our past contributors and introduce new readers to work that has touched us deeply.
This month, we’ve peeled “Lost Joy” by Edith Pearlman off the back wall from our very first issue. (2/4)
For over 20 years, Epiphany has published literature that guide our readers towards thrilling revelations. While there’s much to admire in our recent work, Epiphany’s archives call us away from modern life’s erratic pace into timeless transcendence. (1/4)
Read the full poem on our website, and check out GRIME, an electric, unflinching elegy for the dirty underbelly of gentrifying San Francisco. (3/3)
It looks alive with people and noise, with rats, light, and blood, but really it’s dying. Its people, even its buildings are crawling to a stop. The call for sleep is irresistable. (2/3)
In honor of her new poetry book GRIME with City Lights Books, we’re reminiscing on Thea Matthew’s “Dez,” published in our Summer 2023 issue. In the poem, Brooklyn is seen through a druggy haze. (1/3)
Stay tuned for the full conversation and read “Yoga Commune” at the link in our bio!
which addresses the breakdown of a relationship between an incarcerated writer and one on the outside. Their conversation explores how incarceration gets pushed to the peripheries of our minds, and how stories about intimacy and sex allow us to engage with what makes us human. (2/2)
In Issue 29, Leigh Sugar graced us with “Yoga Commune,” a poem that engages in the struggle for enlightenment amidst aging, anxiety, and modernity.
Reader and poet Scott LaMascus sat down with Sugar to talk about FREELAND, her debut poetry collection (1/2)
Come to Epiphany’s upcoming Open Mic Night on 2/18 to meet our staff, listen to live readings, and browse rare editions at Dear Friend Books.
While readings are limited only to Epiphany staff, a few of whom are listed here, everyone is welcome. Go to the link in our bio to RSVP!
We’re only three weeks away from #AWP2026! Come to the book fair and say hi to us at booth T328. On March 6, we’ll be hosting a reading at Peter’s Pour House with Baltimore Review and Cream City Review. Go to the link in our bio to RSVP to our offsite event and subscribe to our newsletter for more!
We're hosting an open mic night for our volunteers and staff! Come hear the thoughtful readers of *your* submissions share their own work!
N.B. the only people reading (this time!) will be Epiphany staff + volunteers. Space is limited, so arrive on time to guarantee a seat.
Excited to share new work in the excellent literature journal @epiphanylit.bsky.social
I craved that kind of permanence with Lara, who was the friend I wished were my sister but also the kind of person who might vanish at any minute.
From issue 35, Florida Story by @joannahershon.bsky.social , fraught teen friendship in 80s Miami nightclubs.
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