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"After Hours is a semi-annual literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, art, and photography from Chicago-area writers and artists."

"After Hours is a semi-annual literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, art, and photography from Chicago-area writers and artists."

Vibe

Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

4 months

Acceptance Rate

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  • Payment

    No

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    Yes: Payment is one contributor's copy and a year subscription to the magazine.

  • Examples online

    No

  • Active on social media

    No

Accepted genres

5 genres

Fiction

1 - 3 pieces of short prose, 6 page maximum per piece; no style limitations, typed, doublespaced, 12 pt minimum font size. Pages should be n...

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Poetry: 3 – 5 poems, no length or style limitations, typed, no more than one poem on a page, each page should have the poet’s name, address,...

Translation

Looking for Spanish translations specifically. Should include both English and Spanish translations.

Art

Art in color is accepted, but must be transferrable to black and white.

Photography

Art in color is accepted, but must be transferrable to black and white.

Fiction

1 - 3 pieces of short prose, 6 page maximum per piece; no style limitations, typed, doublespaced, 12 pt minimum font size. Pages should be n...

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

Poetry: 3 – 5 poems, no length or style limitations, typed, no more than one poem on a page, each page should have the poet’s name, address,...

Translation

Looking for Spanish translations specifically. Should include both English and Spanish translations.

Art

Art in color is accepted, but must be transferrable to black and white.

Photography

Art in color is accepted, but must be transferrable to black and white.

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Track submission

13

Total submissions tracked

94 days

Average response time

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Average acceptance rate

10 days

Fastest response time

195 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

Email to submissions@afterhourspress.com

Cover letters

Please include a cover letter with short bio, as well as a statement about your connection to the city of Chicago.

Eligibility

Creators from a specific location / ethnic group

Formatting

Use Microsoft Word attachments ONLY, otherwise please copy and paste into an email message.

Rights for published work

This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

Additional info

About the Magazine

Founded in 2000 | United States

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Albert DeGenova

Editor-in-Chief

P. Hertel

Editor

Examples

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