After Happy Hour

Open now for fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, other work, and poetry.

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After Happy Hour is a literary magazine currently accepting contest submissions for its “unhinged” print issue in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, suites, and hybrid or cross-genre work.

Response time info: generally less than 6 weeks

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Submission calls

fictionLiteraryFee (amount not stated)Pays: Contest winners and honorable mentions split percentages of entry fees; published non-winning work receives $10.

Contest submissions are open for an “unhinged” issue. Send one short story or up to three flash or micro pieces under 1,000 words each in one document; there is no upper limit for a single story. All submissions are considered for publication; published non-winning work receives $10.

flashLiteraryFee (amount not stated)Pays: Contest winners and honorable mentions split percentages of entry fees; published non-winning work receives $10.

Contest submissions are open for an “unhinged” issue. Send up to three flash or micro pieces, each under 1,000 words, in a single document; flash may also be submitted as part of a fiction or creative nonfiction submission.

nonfictionLiteraryFee (amount not stated)Pays: Contest winners and honorable mentions split percentages of entry fees; published non-winning work receives $10.

Contest submissions are open for an “unhinged” issue. Send one short creative nonfiction work or up to three flash or micro pieces under 1,000 words each in one document. The editors seek creative nonfiction, not scholarly essays about literary genres or subgenres.

otherLiteraryFee (amount not stated)Pays: Contest winners and honorable mentions split percentages of entry fees; published non-winning work receives $10.

Contest submissions are open for an “unhinged” issue. Suites may contain up to five linked poems or flash or micro-length prose works, with each prose work under 1,000 words. Hybrid and cross-genre work is welcome.

poetryLiteraryFee (amount not stated)Pays: Contest winners and honorable mentions split percentages of entry fees; published non-winning work receives $10.

Contest submissions are open for an “unhinged” issue. Send up to three individual poems with no line or word limits. All submissions are considered for publication; published non-winning work receives $10.

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