After Brunch Journal

Submit Work

Send us your most experimental, haunting work by following these guidelines:

  • Multiple pieces are welcomed! Please submit each piece as a new submission form. Do not submit multiple works on the same document.
  • Please keep each submission (each piece) to a maximum of 5 pages.
  • Please do not submit more than 5 pieces of work.
  • Written works must be in a legible font (Times New Roman, Arial, etc) and no smaller than size 10.
  • Written works must be sent in a doc, docx, or pdf form. No screenshots or images please!
  • Visual artworks must be sent in a pdf, jpg, or png form. No screenshots please!

WHAT WE ACCEPT:

  • Prose (short stories, flash fiction, etc)
  • Poetry
  • Visual art (traditional, digital, any other medium, etc)
  • Anything else that we missed that adheres to the guidelines!
  • After brunch journal does not allow any works by AI in any way shape or form
A thick, open journal with rough-edged cream pages lies on a dark walnut desk, its handwritten lines dissolving into tiny ink drawings of moons, strange plants, and impossible staircases that become more detailed toward the page edges. Around the journal, scattered fountain pens, a single black candle burned low, and a glass of water with condensation suggest a long night of writing. Soft, cool window light from the left mingles with the faint amber glow of the candle, creating deep, thoughtful shadows. Photographic realism, shot at eye level with a shallow depth of field so the center of the page is in razor-sharp focus while the rest of the desk recedes into a velvety blur, evoking a sophisticated, speculative, and slightly haunting atmosphere.

Use this form to ask about submissions or send collaboration questions to the After Brunch editors.

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THE COFFEE TRADER A novel by David Liss on a table with beans.

Submission Guidelines & Themes

Send us your strangest poems, fictions, essays, and hybrid forms. Simultaneous submissions are welcome; please notify us if accepted elsewhere. We request first serial rights and respond within 24 hours.

After Brunch Journal is volunteer-based, so unfortunately we are not able to offer payment to our contributors at this time; however, we do our best to promote all writers, and you will always have bragging rights.

Pieces are accepted on a rolling basis.

  • Simultaneous and previously published submissions are permitted; however, please let us know where the first place of publication was so we can give credit where credit is due.
  • Accepted contributors retain full ownership of their work. By submitting to After Brunch Journal, you grant us the right to publish, distribute, and display your work in our digital publication and on social media.
  • Age, background, experience, or location are not restrictions for submission.

NOMINATIONS:

  • We nominate for the Pushcart Prize, Best Fiction, and Best Micro-fiction! All works are eligible for nominations, granted our editers have offered to publish them.

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