After Hours

Poetry Rejections

Standard

2025

Dear Chicago Writer,

Thank you for your submission to After Hours magazine. After a careful review, we have decided that we will not be using your work right now. We hope you will consider submitting to us again in the future.

Thank you also for your interest in and support of After Hours.

Sincerely,

The Editors

Dear Chicago Writer,

Thank you for your submission to After Hours magazine. After a careful reading of your manuscript, we have decided that we will not be using your work at this time. We do hope that you will consider submitting more samples of your work to us again in the future. We apologize if you've waited longer than our standard reading time.

Thank you also for your interest in and support of After Hours.

Sincerely, The Editors

Fiction Rejections

Standard

2026

Dear Chicago Writer,

Thank you for your submission to After Hours magazine. After a careful review of your submission, we have decided not to use your work at this time. Though we know that this is not the news you hoped for, we do encourage you to consider submitting more samples of your work to us again in the future.

Thank you also for your interest in and support of After Hours.

Sincerely,

The Editors

Dear Chicago Writer,

Thank you for your submission to After Hours magazine. After a careful reading of your manuscript, we have decided that we will not be using your work at this time. We do hope that you will consider submitting more samples of your work to us again in the future. We apologize if you've waited longer than our standard reading time.

Thank you also for your interest in and support of After Hours.

Sincerely, The Editors