Poetry: “Fireside Chat” by John F. Buckley and Martin Ott

Fireside Chat The fireplace has been replaced by a TV cracked open like a dinosaur egg, the blue flame flickering inside the screen. President Smunchner, half-ruined face still swoonworthy from the right, patiently waits for the drums to subside, for children to return to parents’ sides. The purple mountains proudly wear their scars and even […]

From the Archives: “Grown” by Janelle Adsit

we choose familiar places for goodbye places with trees, twigs hardly fastened, and geese droppings like paste beneath us which we avoid so as not to stay or take the place with us. the bed of water holds the green—only green—so not even our reflections can remind us. Originally published in Winter 2009.

From the Archives: “The Night Keeps” by Bryce Thornburg

Cool and leaves Find like parts To line the yard Each tree rather Unclung to A departure The fenced-in Quality throws me

Spring 2014 Cover Contest

Euphony Journal is putting together its Spring 2014 issue, and we are on the search for a new cover. Send along your favorite photographs and visual arts projects for consideration! Please email your images to euphonyjournal@gmail.com by Friday, April 4th. You are welcome to submit multiple entries. Browse through our website to look through our past issues for inspiration. […]

From the Archives: “Black Cat” by C. L. O’Dell

I grabbed film to catch it, black cat in a grazing field, stalking birds, a buoy in an ocean, a miserable dis- coloration piled loose in a stairwell of thought, un- photographable in its place. Originally published in Spring 2008.

From the Archives: “A Mom Reads Kipling” by Elizabeth Bastos

I am the many-armed goddess of the market-going and market-coming-back-from, a sacred balloon tied to each child’s wrist. Death of shrimp. In the middle of the night, you better believe I am the mongoose. Beside me lies the lump of Man, unconscious, who does not hear (and maybe could never hear) the stirrings of Nag, […]

Winter 2014 Issue

It’s here! Click the image to download a PDF. For those of you near the University of Chicago Campus on March 10th, stop by Cobb Hall to pick up a print copy and enter our raffle for a $25 Seminary Co-op Gift Card. For details, click here.

Coming Soon: Our Winter 2014 Issue

Don’t forget! Our latest issue will be released this upcoming Monday. For those near the University of Chicago Campus, we’ll be distributing our issues on campus. Stop by to pick up a copy, grab a cookie, and enter for a chance to win a $25 gift card to the Seminary Co-op Bookstore. For more details, […]

From the Archives: “Mirror” by Robin Kish

You can do it in a bathroom, curtains drawn, lights out. Any room where there’s a mirror. Some recommend the use of candles, but the best results can only be achieved in total darkness. Make sure the glass is clean. You don’t want to mistake dust or scratches for anything more than what they are. […]

Updated Release Date: 3/10

Due to a minor printing delay, Euphony will be delaying its upcoming issue by one week, from 3/3 to 3/10. Mark your calendars! For those of you who will be near the University of Chicago Campus on March 10th, stop by Cobb Hall to pick up a free print copy and enter our raffle for […]