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Project & ThemeOpeningDeadlineDays Left foofaraw Updated in the past 7 days Has Restrictions Theme: Monstrously Massive March (reprints only) 08 Nov 20262* 4 Space & Time Magazine [Authortunities Press] Added in the past 7 days Theme: Read the Hidden Script 09 Nov 20263 2 Hot Flash Literary Theme: Burning the candle at both ends 01 Oct 202612 Nov 20266* 1 Raconteur Press Anthology Series [Raconteur Press] Theme: Deep Blue 12 Nov 20266* 1 PodCastle [Escape Artists] Theme: Undercity Magic 13 Nov 20266.9 2 The Toe Rag Theme: Signs & Symbols 26 Oct 202613 Nov 20266* 0 The Chimes Theme: The Labyrinth of Suffering 13 Nov 20267* 3 PHIL LIT Journal [PHIL LIT] Theme: Impressions & Inheritance 01 Sep 202613 Nov 20267* 0 Dorveille Literary Magazine FLEDGLING Theme: Eternal 15 Nov 20268* 1 Apofenie Magazine Theme: Absence 15 Nov 20268* 0 Fiction Potluck Contest [The Writer's Workout] Theme: A Special Place 01 Oct 202615 Nov 20268.9 0 Flame Tree Book of Horror Anthology Series [Flame Tree Publishing] Added in the past 7 days Theme: Hungry Spirits 15 Nov 20268* 6 Flame Tree Publishing Beyond & Within Anthology Series [Flame Tree Publishing] Theme: Art is Horror 15 Nov 20268* 5 Litro Magazine Theme: Breaking Borders II 15 Nov 20268* 1 Thorn & Bloom [redrosethorns journal] Added in the past 7 days Theme: Kith & Kin 15 Nov 20268* 0 Alaska Women Speak Theme: Narrowing Runway of Winter 15 Nov 20269* 0 Anomaly Poetry Rituals & Tidings Anthology Series [Anomaly Poetry] Theme: Tidings 01 Sep 202615 Nov 20269* 1 Boudin [The McNeese Review] Theme: Hope/solar/punk 15 Nov 20269* 1 Hidden Villains Anthology Series [Inkd Publishing] Theme: Enigma 01 Aug 202615 Nov 20269* 1 Hushmarrow Press FLEDGLING Theme: What we hide, what we lose, what we refuse to confront, and what refuses to stay buried 15 Nov 20269.1 3 My Galvanized Friend Theme: The Immoral of the Story 01 Jul 202615 Nov 20269* 1 Phosphorescent Lit Theme: Fever 15 Nov 20269.1 0 Sinister Wisdom Theme: On Our Backs 15 Nov 20269* 0 Timeless Reflections Anthology [Diamante Lavender Blog] Theme: The Depths of Desire 15 Nov 20269* 1 Ugly People Literary Magazine FLEDGLING Theme: Body 01 Sep 202615 Nov 20269* 2 Empyrean Literary Magazine Theme: Annihilation 15 Nov 20269.2 0 Agita Magazine [Agita Publishing] Theme: Ekphrasis 18 Nov 202612* 3 The Markaz Review Theme: Mis/Translation 20 Nov 202613.9 0 WayWords Literary Journal [The Writer's Workout] Theme: City 01 Oct 202620 Nov 202613.9 1 Emerald City Ghosts Theme: Christmas Ghost Stories 20 Nov 202614* 3 Rosetta Literary Theme: Constellation 20 Nov 202614* 2 Shared Grief Journal Theme: Grief and the Holidays 20 Nov 202614* 1 Sinking City Theme: Re-Imaginings 20 Nov 202614.1 0 Moonflake Press Online [Moonflake Press] Theme: After Midnight 25 Nov 202618* 0 Agita Magazine [Agita Publishing] Updated in the past 7 days Limited Demographic Theme: Ekphrasis (LGBTQIA+, disabled, or BIPOC authors only) 17 Oct 202625 Nov 202619* 3 Quotidian Bagatelle [foofaraw Press] Has Restrictions Theme: Drabbles relating to events in 2026 15 Oct 202625 Nov 202619* 2 Pure Slush Great Cities Anthology Series [Pure Slush] Theme: Rome 01 Oct 202630 Nov 202623* 1 GossamerWight Literary Magazine Theme: Deep Roots 01 Oct 202630 Nov 202623.9 1 Morgen 'with an E' Bailey 50-word Story Competition [Morgen 'with an E' Bailey Blog] NEW! Added in the past 7 days Theme: Alone But Not Lonely 01 Nov 202630 Nov 202623.9 0 3Elements Literary Review Theme: Black hole, duct tape, stream 30 Nov 202624* 1 Catalogue Zine Theme: People, Places, Things! 30 Nov 202624* 0 Cola Literary Review Charges fees for some submissions Limited Demographic BIPOC Writers only 01 Nov 202630 Nov 202624* 0 CrayfishMag [Furnace Run Press] Theme: Creatures 01 Sep 202630 Nov 202624.1 1 Dragon Soul Press Short Story Anthologies [Dragon Soul Press] Theme: Next Door 30 Nov 202624* 1 The Haiku Shack Magazine Theme: Night 30 Nov 202624.1 1 Hobbyhorse Magazine FLEDGLING Theme: Obsession 30 Nov 202624* 9 Interrobang Lit Theme: An animal can hear human thoughts 01 Nov 202630 Nov 202624* 2 Polyphony Lit Contests [Polyphony Lit] Charges fees for some submissions Theme: Nostalgia 30 Nov 202624* 0 NonBinary Review [Zoetic Press] Theme: Redemption 01 Nov 202630 Nov 202624.2 3 The Broken City Magazine Theme: Down the rabbit hole 01 Dec 202625* 0 diaCRITICS Limited Demographic Theme: What does it mean to be Vietnamese or Southeast Asian in the South? 01 Dec 202625* 0 Eternal Haunted Summer Has Restrictions Science Fiction 01 Nov 202601 Dec 202625* 4 The Heart of Fear [Cross the Teas Publishing] Theme: Love-themed horror 01 Dec 202625* 2 Infrarrealista Review [Plancha Press] Theme: I Got Issues: The Heavy-Handed Mental Health Issue 01 Dec 202625* 2 MSU Libraries Short Édition [Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries] Theme: Epiphany 01 Dec 202625* 0 The Reprise [Inésmeow Creative Studios] Theme: Vigil 01 Dec 202625* 0 Saddlebag Dispatches [Roan & Weatherford] Theme: Kansas City, Missouri 01 Dec 202625* 1 Sterncastle Magazine [Sterncastle Publishing] Theme: Neighbors 01 Dec 202625* 0 Utopia Science Fiction Magazine Theme: Mystery 01 Dec 202625* 5 inScribe Theme: Music 05 Oct 202605 Dec 202628* 0 Forevermore Theme: Poison 06 Dec 202629* 2 The Love Letter Added in the past 7 days Theme: Marginalia 07 Dec 202630* 0 Trembling With Fear [The Horror Tree] Theme: Christmas 07 Dec 202630* 3 Statement Magazine Theme: Wilderness & Cultivation 07 Dec 202631* 0 Water Your Cellphone Theme: Flowers 08 Dec 202632* 0 Wild Greens Magazine Theme: Plenty 08 Dec 202632* 0 The Dream Shard Grimoire [Cinnabar Press] FLEDGLING NEW! Theme: Death as a precursor to rebirth 09 Dec 202633* 1 Superpresent Magazine Theme: Noir 10 Dec 202634* 1 Dually Noted [F(r)iction] Theme: A Thrift Shop of Tricky Trinkets 05 Oct 202611 Dec 202635.2 0 Sage Magazine Added in the past 7 days Theme: Marginalia (in nature) 14 Dec 202638* 0 Mammon Fiction Prize [Mammon] FLEDGLING NEW! Theme: Fiction about corporate work in any register — realist, Bernhardian, maximalist 20 Oct 202615 Dec 202639* 2 Raconteur Press Anthology Series [Raconteur Press] Theme: A Clinician’s Guide to Cryptid Medicine 18 Dec 202642* 0 Tendrils Journal Added in the past 7 days Theme: Trauma and the Government 19 Dec 202643* 1 Speck Magazine Theme: Masks 22 Sep 202621 Dec 202645 4 Friends Journal Theme: Ecology and Eco-Spirituality 21 Dec 202645* 1 123 * 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. 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