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After Hours

After Hours

Posted on April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 by Every Writer

    After Hours

     

    WEBSITE

    http://www.afterhourspress.com

    From the Editor

    After Hours is a semi-annual literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, art, and photography from Chicago area writers and artists (this includes Chicago expats). The magazine was launched in June of 2000 and has published consistently twice per year since then featuring such Chicago writers as Stuart Dybek, Rane Arroyo, Marc Smith, Cin Sallach, Charlie Newman, Norbert Blei, and many other notables. We believe that the “Chicago” voice, though that can be as diverse as our city, carries the honesty and individuality of jazz or blues music.
    WHAT TYPE OF SUBMISSIONS ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

    From their site: We have quite a legacy … Nelson Algren, Carl Sandburg, Richard Wright, Sandra Cisneros, Stuart Dybek, Gwendolyn Brooks, Saul Bellow, Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway (if he hadn’t left town), and so many others. These are writers in whose words you could hear the roar of the el passing behind your apartment, could smell the lake, could see the tired souls who work their way through life. These are writers who shed the illusions spun from ivory towers and took up the sound and fury of neighborhood taverns, back yards and front stoops.

    Submissions

    We are open to all styles, but our editorial tastes do not lean toward the overly experimental. We are most interested in new and/or established voices filled with passion and sincerity.

    After Hours is seeking submissions for ongoing issues. Please read the following guidelines carefully.

    Deadline for submissions:
    March 31/Summer Issue
    September 30/Winter Issue.

    Manuscripts received after the deadline and accepted for publication will be held for inclusion in following issues.

    Please see their submission guidelines before submitting: http://www.afterhourspress.com/submissions.html

    Information 

    FACEBOOK

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/After-Hours-Press/153147654706491

    EDITORS NAME

    Albert DeGenova

    PRINT PUBLICATION?

    Yes

    MAILING ADDRESS:

    After Hours Press 538 N. Kenilworth Oak Park, IL 60302

    EMAIL

    editor@afterhourspress.com

    CIRCULATION

    SUBMISSION GUIDELINES URL

    http://www.afterhourspress.com/After_Hours/Submissions.html

    APPROX. RESPONSE TIME?

    3 months

    HOW OFTEN DO YOU PUBLISH?

    Twice per year, June and February

    YEAR FOUNDED?

    2000

    DO YOU PAY?

    NO

    DO YOU TAKE ONLINE SUBMISSIONS?

    Yes

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Magazine Name

    After Hours

    Twitter

    Facebook

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/After-Hours-Press/153147654706491

    Website

    http://www.afterhourspress.com

    Editors Name

    Albert DeGenova

    Print publication?

    Yes

    Mailing Address:

    After Hours Press 538 N. Kenilworth Oak Park, IL 60302

    Email

    editor@afterhourspress.com

    Circulation

    Submission Guidelines URL

    http://www.afterhourspress.com/After_Hours/Submissions.html

    Approx. Response Time?

    3 months

    How often do you publish?

    Twice per year, June and February

    Year Founded?

    2000

    Do you pay?

    NO

    Do you take online submissions?

    Yes

    Information about your publication

    After Hours is a semi-annual literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, art, and photography from Chicago area writers and artists (this includes Chicago expats). The magazine was launched in June of 2000 and has published consistently twice per year since then featuring such Chicago writers as Stuart Dybek, Rane Arroyo, Marc Smith, Cin Sallach, Charlie Newman, Norbert Blei, and many other notables. We believe that the “Chicago” voice, though that can be as diverse as our city, carries the honesty and individuality of jazz or blues music.

    What type of submissions are you looking for?

    We are open to all styles, but our editorial tastes do not lean toward the overly experimental. We are most interested in new and/or established voices filled with passion and sincerity.
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    1 thought on “After Hours”

    1. Kim Atherfold says:
      September 29, 2020 at 6:44 pm

      I have written a short original article on the work of emerging Detroit Artist Felicia Forte. Here is the introduction.
      “Immerse yourself in the work of a talented Detroit artist. A virtuoso dynamically projecting representational paintings into the realm of contemplative art.”
      I am happy for you to publish it.

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