Independent online & print journal based in Pittsburgh, PA (USA) that publishes writing & art from anywhere in the world, in all genres (& blends, blurs, or hybrids thereof). Run by a workshop group, the editors often work with authors to polish work they love into its best form.
Highlights
- Vibe:We're just chilling here
- Response time: 60 days after submission*/Editor reported data22 days*Chill Subs tracker stats
- Acceptance rate: 2%*/Editor reported data10.31%*Chill Subs tracker stats
Publication
Accepts simultaneous submissions
What's that?
When you can submit your work to multiple magazines at the same time
Accepts previously published
From the editors
Anthologies, Blogs, Defunct Mags, Only Appeared In Print, Other Lit Mags, Personal Websites, Social Media
What's that?
When the magazine wants to publish your previously published work. Requirements vary
Nominates for prizes
From the editors
Best New Poets, Best Of The Net, Pushcart
Active on social media
Available in print
Provides contributor copies
Has examples online
How to submit
Processs
Submittable
Cover letter
We read blind so please remove all identifying information from your submission.
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Use standard manuscript format (12-point Serif font, standard margins and spacing). It’s not like we’ll reject you for a bad font (probably) but it makes it easier to read, and that makes us happy. Exceptions are experimental prose or poetry that uses non-standard formatting for stylistic reasons. Straightforward prose writers have no excuse.
Author's rights
After Happy Hour requests first-publication rights on acceptance. You can do whatever you like after that, however we do also ask for permission to potentially re-print your work again in the future and to use it in an audiobook format. Of course, we will let you know if we do.
Additional info
Tracker statistics
124
Total submissions tracked
22 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
1 days
Fastest response time
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About
The Hour After Happy Hour workshop was founded in October 2013 by a group of creative writers who met in the basement of the Big Idea Bookstore every other week to encourage each other’s craft. As the group grew, they had the thought to publish some pieces from the workshop alongside local and natio...
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Masthead
Jess Simms
Editor-in-Chief
Nathan Kukulski
Editor
Shawn Maddey
Poetry Editor
Liz Abeling
Nonfiction Editor
Daniel Parme
Fiction Editor