After Brunch Journal

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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After Brunch Journal is an online, volunteer-based journal publishing experimental, haunting fiction, poetry, essays, and hybrid work.

Response time info: typically within a week; average response time is 40–45 days; query after seven weeks if there is no reply

Read the full guidelines at afterbrunchjournal.com↗

Submission calls

fictionCloses Dec 1

Experimental, haunting prose, including short stories and flash fiction; submit multiple pieces in one document. Up to 1,000 words for flash and up to 2,000 words for short stories. No prose about being a poet. Submissions are capped. Submission periods are March 1–June 1 and September 1–December 1.

nonfictionCloses Dec 1

Experimental, haunting essays and hybrid forms; up to 2,000 words for essays. Submissions are capped. Submission periods are March 1–June 1 and September 1–December 1.

poetryCloses Dec 1

Strange, experimental poetry and hybrid forms; up to 1,000 words. No lyrical poetry or poetry about being a poet. Submissions are capped. Submission periods are March 1–June 1 and September 1–December 1.

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