EPOCH publishes fiction, poetry, essays, comics, and graphic art. In continuous publication since 1947, the magazine is edited by students and faculty of the MFA Program in Creative Writing, in Cornell University’s Department of Literatures in English.

Editors Emeritus
Baxter Hathaway, Founding Editor, 1947-1976
James McConkey and Walter Slatoff, 1976-1983
C. S. Giscombe, 1983-1989
Michael Koch, 1989-2022

Editor
J. Robert Lennon

Managing Editor
Heidi E. Marschner

Koch Editor in Poetry, 2023-24
Elizabeth Rogers

Koch Editor in Fiction, 2023-24
Lanre Akinsiku

Assistant Editors
Aishvarya Arora, Natasha Ayaz, Matthew Bettencourt, Arpita Chakrabarty, Derek Chan, Meredith Cottle, Susanna Cupido, Maz Do, Juan Miguel Harmon, Esther Kondo Heller, Sarah Iqbal, Chioma Iwunze-Ibiam, Mai Mageed, Jayden McClam, Samantha O’Brien, Imogen Osborne, Ngoc Pham, Sean Sam, Em Setzer, Jiachen Wang, Hana Widerman, Sol X. Wooten, Charity Young, Winniebell Xinyu Zong

Senior Advisors
Nancy Couto, Lamar Herrin, Edward Hower, Joe Martin

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EPOCH is published twice a year, in February and September. Individual issues prior to Volume 70 cost $7 a copy, postpaid, or $5 for a PDF download (recent issues only). Volume 70 and after cost $10 postpaid, $7 for a PDF. Individual issues and subscriptions can be bought via the shop. Due to changes in postal rates, we can no longer ship outside the United States.

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EPOCH has been a consistent source of funding for Cornell’s first-year MFA graduate students for more than thirty years. The magazine pays students a living wage as they begin their editorial and creative careers, helps fund their travel to the annual AWP conference, and provides valuable professional experience. Your gift helps our students and strengthens our mission to publish great new writing every year.

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EPOCH Magazine
250 Goldwin Smith Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-3201