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

Deadline

September 15, 2023

Table of contents

Introduction

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 / 13 days
Average acceptance rate
50%

Types of Submissions Accepted

5 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Translations

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

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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

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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

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Photography

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

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Art

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

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Translations

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

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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

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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

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Photography

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

Need to know for submitting

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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 & Eligibility

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    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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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