Lunchbreak Review

This project is believed to be defunct. (August 2026)

About

Lunchbreak seeks to promote the valuable connections that are formed in the most likely of places - which are often the most overlooked. You meet a man, the cashier at your Ohio grocery store, who tells you his story of falling off a mountain in Colorado. You meet a woman while shopping for coffee mugs in a Texas antique store whose sons attended your college in Vermont. You are named for a hiker your parents met while backpacking the Appalachian Trail.
We look for writing and artwork with a vision of intimacy, promoting the ordinary in order to highlight the remarkable.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2025

Publication Media & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published 52 x per year
Print Publication Print Publication: Unknown publication frequency

AI Policy

Unknown AI policy

Collapse section Fiction Believed Defunct

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: No specific word count limits known (our definition: up to 1000 words).
Short Story: No specific word count limits known (our definition: 1000 to 7500 words).

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Other: May vary, See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

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Essay: No specific word count limits known.
Narrative Nonfiction: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Personal.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Other: May vary.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known; Up to 5 pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Other: May vary, See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

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Artwork:

Art Media:

Open to all/most Art Media.

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Other: May vary.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Image.

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Lunchbreak Review Submission Statistics

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Accuracy

We have received 21 reports from 21 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

14 min | 60.1 mean avg | 68.5 median | 146 max days (36.2 std dev)

Responses

33.33 %

Acceptances:

9.52 % of submissions accepted (70.0 avg. days per acceptance) | 9.52 % of submitters accepted

Rejections:

23.81 % (69.4 avg. days per rejection) | 60.0 % personal, 40.0 % form, 0.0 % unspecified

Non-Responses

14.29 %

Lost/Returned:

Never Responded:

14.29 % (109.0 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)

Withdrawals

52.38 % (42.7 avg. days per withdrawal)

Pending

34 responses are pending (64 min | 117.2 mean avg | 112.0 median | 229 max days waiting | 42.7 std dev) from 34 different members

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 30 days. (76.2 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 30 days.)
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 25 Apr 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 16 Feb 2026.
Date compiled: 07 Oct 2026 19:32 UTC (5 hours, 59 minutes ago).

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Last Updated: 24 Aug 2026