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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
Average acceptance rate
Types of Submissions Accepted
Translations
Looking for Spanish translations specifically. Should include both English and Spanish translations.
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, and email address
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 numbered and each page should have the author’s name, address and email address
all
Photography
Art in color is accepted, but must be transferrable to black and white.
Art
Art in color is accepted, but must be transferrable to black and white.
Translations
Looking for Spanish translations specifically. Should include both English and Spanish translations.
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, and email address
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 numbered and each page should have the author’s name, address and email address
all
Photography
Art in color is accepted, but must be transferrable to black and white.
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
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Details
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How to submit 🏗️
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Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
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Awards
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Demographics & Eligibility06
Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
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
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
12
Average acceptance rate
50%
Average response time
13 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
13/13 days
Fastest response time
13 days
Slowest response time
13 days