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Project & ThemeOpeningDeadlineDays Left The Green Sheaf Has Restrictions Theme: The Crone: for female-identifying & gender fluid writers over age 50 21 Aug 202618 Sep 20262* 4 Spark Flash Fiction Theme: Love, Camera, Action 21 Aug 202618 Sep 20262* 3 Emerald City Ghosts Theme: Ghost Hunting 20 Sep 20264* 3 The Mollie Savage Memorial Writing Contest [Toasted Cheese Literary Journal] TEMP CLOSED Theme: Science Fiction/Fantasy 18 Sep 202620 Sep 20264.8 2 Neon & Smoke Charges fees for some submissions Theme: This Time Make it Smoky 16 Aug 202620 Sep 20264.8 0 Still Life Fiction FLEDGLING Theme: Masks 08 Aug 202620 Sep 20264.8 4 Friends Journal Theme: Nontheist Friends 21 Sep 20265* 0 Strange Pilgrims TEMP CLOSED Theme: Leonard Cohen Reading Period 21 Sep 202621 Sep 20265* 1 Cold Mountain Review Theme: Encountering Other Animals 01 Aug 202622 Sep 20266* 2 Little Fruits Magazine Added in the past 7 days Theme: Fairytale Replants 15 Sep 202622 Sep 20266* 0 Dark Matter Theme: Prayer 25 Sep 20269* 0 Kreatif Magazine Theme: Unsilenced 05 Aug 202625 Sep 20269* 1 The Markaz Review Theme: Comedy 22 Aug 202625 Sep 20269.5 0 Paperboats Zine Theme: Nature as Library 25 Sep 20269* 0 Flame Tree Publishing Beyond & Within Anthology Series [Flame Tree Publishing] Theme: Knock on Wood: Tales of Superstition 27 Sep 202611* 7 Are You Everything Alright [Air and Nothingness Press] NEW! Theme: Apocalypse stories with hopeful endings 01 Sep 202630 Sep 202614* 5 Audience Askew Literary Journal [Nat 1 Publishing] Theme: Bollywood 01 Jul 202630 Sep 202614* 0 Aurealis Limited Demographic Australian writers and all Subscibers 15 Mar 202630 Sep 202614* 1 Bethlehem Writers Roundtable Theme: Odd and Even 01 Jul 202630 Sep 202614* 1 Blood & Bourbon Theme: Power 30 Sep 202614* 1 Crescendo Magazine Theme: Fire 30 Sep 202614* 1 Didcot Writers Writing Competition [Didcot Writers] Charges fees for some submissions Theme: Hot 30 Sep 202614* 1 Dragon Soul Press Short Story Anthologies [Dragon Soul Press] Theme: A Winter in Love 30 Sep 202614* 2 The Echo Theme: Exploration 30 Sep 202614.8 0 Flash Fiction Online Theme: Human-shaped 01 Sep 202630 Sep 202614* 3 Galactic Mindsea Empire Anthology [Infernal Museum] Theme: Wonderdomes 01 Jan 202630 Sep 202614* 1 Generation Gap FLEDGLING Theme: Why worry? 30 Sep 202614* 0 Han Bando Review FLEDGLING Theme: Encounters 30 Sep 202614* 1 The Ilanot Review Charges fees for some submissions Theme: Time, History, Eternity 15 Aug 202630 Sep 202614* 0 Rat Bag Lit Charges fees for some submissions Theme: Haunted Technology (100 word drabble) 01 Sep 202630 Sep 202614.8 3 ScreaminMamas Contests [ScreaminMamas] Theme: Magical Fiction 01 Jul 202630 Sep 202614* 0 Sein und Werden Theme: Auto-Portrait 30 Sep 202614* 0 Space Ace Anthology [Farlands Fiction] Theme: Space Ace 30 Sep 202614* 2 SQUID Literary & Art Magazine Theme: Air 15 Jul 202630 Sep 202614* 0 Tiny Revolutions [Fresh Words] NEW! Added in the past 7 days Theme: Small-scale rebellion, resistance, choice, transformation, courage, or change 30 Sep 202614* 0 Trailblazer Contest Theme: Zuihitsu 01 Sep 202630 Sep 202614* 0 The Words Faire Quarterly [The Words Faire Press] Added in the past 7 days Theme: Incertitude 30 Sep 202614* 0 About Place Journal [Black Earth Institute] Theme: The Power of Art in a Changing World 01 Oct 202615* 0 Delirious Doubles [Nomadic Delirium Press] Theme: Pirates 01 Oct 202615* 1 Folklore Review Theme: The Harvest | Nightmares 01 Oct 202615.6 1 The Last Line Literary Journal [Blue Cubicle Press] Theme: Last line: It was after midnight when we finally made it home 01 Oct 202615* 5 Lit Shark Magazine Theme: Spooky (Teeth) 01 Oct 202615* 1 Macabre Magazine Theme: Winter Holiday Ghost Stories 01 Oct 202615.8 3 MOUTHFEEL FLEDGLING Theme: Vintages 01 Oct 202615* 0 The Neurodiversiverse Anthology Series [Thinking Ink Press] Theme: Bridging Worlds: encounters between neurodivergent people and neurodivergent aliens 31 Mar 202601 Oct 202615* 3 Potomac Review Theme: Water 01 Jul 202601 Oct 202615* 3 Rawhead Theme: Halloween issue: Rawhead & Bloody Bones 01 Oct 202615* 3 Runestone Literary Journal Theme: Into the Deeps 01 Apr 202601 Oct 202615* 0 Still Point Arts Quarterly [Shanti Arts LLC] Theme: Meeting the Insurmountable 01 Oct 202615.8 1 Tales from the Moonlit Path Theme: Halloween 01 Oct 202615* 1 Talk Vomit Theme: Remember that 01 Oct 202615* 1 The Way Back to Ourselves Literary Journal Theme: Rooted 01 Sep 202601 Oct 202615* 0 Raconteur Press Anthology Series [Raconteur Press] Theme: The Wyrd, Wyrd, World of Sports 02 Oct 202616* 2 The Woolf Added in the past 7 days Theme: Hide/Seek 02 Oct 202616.5 0 Myths, Gods & Immortals Anthology Series [Flame Tree Publishing] Theme: Icarus 04 Oct 202618* 6 Myths, Gods & Immortals Anthology Series [Flame Tree Publishing] Theme: Pandora 04 Oct 202618* 6 Prosetrics Theme: Brume 05 Oct 202619* 0 OTHERSIDE TEMP CLOSED Limited Demographic Theme: Exploration theme: Trans, BIPOC, and/or disabled authors only 07 Oct 202621.8 1 Space & Time Magazine [Yuriko Publishing] TEMP CLOSED Theme: Leave the Light On 01 Oct 202608 Oct 202622.8 3 Navy Pen Theme: Noise 10 Oct 202624* 0 Trash Cat Lit TEMP CLOSED Added in the past 7 days Theme: Biohazard Horror 27 Sep 202611 Oct 202625.6 0 Panorama Theme: Time 15 Aug 202614 Oct 202628* 0 100-Foot Crow Theme: Transformation 15 Sep 202615 Oct 202629* 3 100-Foot Crow Theme: Bars 15 Sep 202615 Oct 202629* 1 Bat City Review Added in the past 7 days Theme: Bread & Circuses 08 Sep 202615 Oct 202629* 0 Blink-Ink Theme: Coyote Stories 01 Sep 202615 Oct 202629* 0 Carmina Magazine Theme: Monsters & Cryptids 15 Oct 202629* 3 Consequence [Consequence Forum] Theme: Special feature on America 15 Jul 202615 Oct 202629.8 0 Cosmic Daffodil Journal Theme: Mosaic 15 Oct 202629.8 0 Kaidankai Themed Contests [Kaidankai] Theme: What Walks With Us in the Dark Days of Winter? 15 Oct 202629* 4 The Panacea Review [Wacissa Press] Theme: Southern Lit 15 Sep 202615 Oct 202629* 0 The Panacea Review [Wacissa Press] Theme: Travel in a Foreign Land 15 Sep 202615 Oct 202629* 1 Saros Speculative Fiction [Fusion Fragment] Theme: Biopunk 15 Oct 202629* 5 Superheroes, Super Problems [WordFire Press] NEW! Theme: Superheroes, Super Problems 01 Sep 202615 Oct 202629* 4 Table Salt Press FLEDGLING Theme: Homesick 15 Oct 202629.7 2 123 * An asterisk indicates that we do not know the time/zone for the deadline, so we cannot be precise. The actual deadline could be up to a day before or after that date in your time zone. We recommend submitting early to avoid disappointment. indicates the theme/deadline was added in the past 7 days, while indicates it was updated in the past 7 days. indicates a theme. indicates a limited demographic. indicates other restrictions may apply. Cookie Consent: This site uses secure first-party cookies for essential, preference-setting, and statistical purposes. We do not use any marketing, advertising, or third-party cookies. Read our full cookie policy. Accept All Cookies Allow Essential Cookies Only