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Fiction, poetry, essay, comics, etc., “yrs in quality literature” since 1947. www.epochliterary.com

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@epochliterary.comOct 6, 2026, 10:19 AM

Micaela Kaibni Raen has made a video reading of her poem “tessellated earth” from Volume 73, number 2...check it out on the blog

@epochliterary.comSep 18, 2026, 4:57 PMReposted by @epochliterary.com

Something you may not know, all our issues since volume 54 are available as high-quality PDFs to read on your tablet or e-ink device, for just a few bucks. If you want to support us, this is a great way...these are terrific magazines at an unbeatable price, and you get them immediately

@epochliterary.comSep 18, 2026, 4:57 PM

Something you may not know, all our issues since volume 54 are available as high-quality PDFs to read on your tablet or e-ink device, for just a few bucks. If you want to support us, this is a great way...these are terrific magazines at an unbeatable price, and you get them immediately

@epochliterary.comSep 18, 2026, 4:53 PM

Also, you can snail-mail us anytime but keep in mind our editors' reading periods are Feb-Mar and Sept-Oct. If you submit in April or November you might not hear for a long time, unless our EIC gets some free time to clear the decks. (If he likes it, he'll save it for the next reading period)

@epochliterary.comSep 18, 2026, 4:52 PM

Hello, a couple of notes about submissions! First, we are getting a lot of snail-mail subs without SASE included, and also a lot of emails asking why we haven't responded to subs sent last year. These are correlated! We really need the SASE or a stamped postcard if you want a response.

@epochliterary.comAug 15, 2026, 7:27 PM

Psssst epoch.submittable.com/submit

epoch.submittable.comEPOCH Magazine Submission ManagerWe are open for electronic submissions twice a year, beginning August 1 and January 1, and remaining open until the month's end or until we meet our cap, whichever comes first. Each submission costs $...
@epochliterary.comAug 12, 2026, 1:29 PM

We have reached our paid submissions cap for issue 74.1! The free weekend, however, is still to come. I wonder if it will be the weekend soon. I wonder if that will be the one...

@epochliterary.comAug 10, 2026, 1:55 PM

We are just shy of 100 subs away from our cap...this is the fastest we've ever experienced. If you want to submit for 74.1, today's the day...or you could check back to see if next weekend is the free weekend!

EEPOCH@epochliterary.comAug 6, 2026, 1:37 PM

We are already more than halfway to our cap for this cycle, so if you have something for us, send it along! The free weekend (coming soon...maybe?) has its own separate cap, so, don't worry that you might miss it. Although that will also fill up fast...

epoch.submittable.comEPOCH Magazine Submission ManagerWe are open for electronic submissions only during the months of August and January. Each submission costs $3, and a portion of each fee, after processing costs, is donated to the Cornell Prison Educa...
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@shanejoaquin.bsky.socialAug 8, 2026, 5:03 AMReposted by @epochliterary.com

Got a new story coming out in the great @epochliterary.com

EEPOCH@epochliterary.comAug 3, 2026, 4:35 PM

Volume 73, Number 2, our fall issue, is out! Subscribers and contributors should be receiving their copies soon; click through to buy a print copy for ten bucks or a PDF for seven. www.epochliterary.com/shop

Four copies of EPOCH 73.2 standing upon an open box of same, with issues from the 1940s and 1950s in the background
@jeffbondnyc.bsky.socialAug 10, 2026, 9:38 AMReposted by @epochliterary.com

Check out @epochliterary.com V73 No.2 which includes my short story “Little Wow” (link in comments)

Front cover of EPOCH literary journal V73 No. 2Snapshot of opening paragraph to Jeff Bond’s short story “Little Wow”
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@efghannon.bsky.socialAug 10, 2026, 12:48 PMReposted by @epochliterary.com

I wrote this when my twins were 4 months old, writing with with a blanket over the computer screen to keep the room dark while they slept. Thanks so much to @epochliterary.com for picking up this story.

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@epochliterary.comAug 6, 2026, 1:37 PM

We are already more than halfway to our cap for this cycle, so if you have something for us, send it along! The free weekend (coming soon...maybe?) has its own separate cap, so, don't worry that you might miss it. Although that will also fill up fast...

epoch.submittable.comEPOCH Magazine Submission ManagerWe are open for electronic submissions only during the months of August and January. Each submission costs $3, and a portion of each fee, after processing costs, is donated to the Cornell Prison Educa...
@statcrux.bsky.socialAug 5, 2026, 2:36 AMReposted by @epochliterary.com

Check out my story “Peacebone.” It’s got brothers on a road trip, mystical visions, the afterlife, and possibly Taylor Swift

EEPOCH@epochliterary.comAug 3, 2026, 4:35 PM

Volume 73, Number 2, our fall issue, is out! Subscribers and contributors should be receiving their copies soon; click through to buy a print copy for ten bucks or a PDF for seven. www.epochliterary.com/shop

Four copies of EPOCH 73.2 standing upon an open box of same, with issues from the 1940s and 1950s in the background
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@epochliterary.comAug 3, 2026, 4:35 PM

Volume 73, Number 2, our fall issue, is out! Subscribers and contributors should be receiving their copies soon; click through to buy a print copy for ten bucks or a PDF for seven. www.epochliterary.com/shop

Four copies of EPOCH 73.2 standing upon an open box of same, with issues from the 1940s and 1950s in the background
@efghannon.bsky.socialAug 3, 2026, 2:43 PMReposted by @epochliterary.com

I got a lil something in this one!

EEPOCH@epochliterary.comJul 17, 2026, 5:37 PM

...and check out our homepage for a look at the cover and TOC of our new issue, 73.2, out in a couple of weeks www.epochliterary.com

@epochliterary.comAug 3, 2026, 1:52 PM

As an alarming number of writers have already noticed, we are open for submissions to issue 74.1! Subs continue through August but we are racing towards our paid sub cap of 1250. Send us something good!

epoch.submittable.comEPOCH Magazine Submission ManagerWe are open for electronic submissions only during the months of August and January. Each submission costs $3, and a portion of each fee, after processing costs, is donated to the Cornell Prison Educa...
@duotrope.comAug 1, 2026, 12:08 PMReposted by @epochliterary.com

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Literary Flash Fiction feat. @epochliterary.com @theiowareview.bsky.social @westbranchmagazine.bsky.social @littleengines.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

duotrope.comSmart Search List of the DayThe Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Literary Flash Fiction feat. @epochliterary.com @theiowareview.bsky.social @westbranchmagazine.bsky.social @littleengines.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/paying-literary-flash-fiction-dtQTdu2X
@epochliterary.comJul 21, 2026, 1:32 PM

...and here's a new craft piece from assistant poetry editor Samantha Samakande. "If listlessness or boredom threatens to make a meal of you, stare into its dank, gaping mouth, and even if it means letting it have its course."

epochliterary.comOne Poet’s Pep Talk to Herself — EPOCHRembrandt, Seated Young Woman Reading, c. 1639-40 Courage might mean sitting in solitude for hours, with nothing to do but have faith that somewhere on a back burner in your mind, an idea isbrewing....
@epochliterary.comJul 21, 2026, 1:30 PM

Two new posts up on the blog today, as we prepare for our August submission period! First, assistant fiction editor Fia Zhang Swanson interviews novelist Banana Yoshimoto. "Writing novels is neither fun nor therapy for me."

epochliterary.comInterview: Banana Yoshimoto — EPOCH“If you depict the sensory world deeply enough, there is a place where everyone stands on the same horizon. There, the reader is alone, yet sharing the same sensations as the author. This can ease the...
@epochliterary.comJul 17, 2026, 5:37 PM

...and check out our homepage for a look at the cover and TOC of our new issue, 73.2, out in a couple of weeks www.epochliterary.com

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