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Duotrope's Theme & Deadline Calendar lists the upcoming themes and deadlines of journals, magazines, contests, anthologies, and other publications. Track the deadlines that matter to you. Learn more.
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Here is a small sampling from our current Theme & Deadline Calendar for fiction. We list over 2,300 future themes and deadlines across all categories: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art.
| Project | Theme | Deadline | Days Left | | |
| Haunts & Hellions: A Gothic Romance Anthology [HorrorAddicts.net] | Gothic Romance Horror | 31 Oct 2020 | 1 | | 17 |
| Cemetery Gates Flash Horror Anthology [Cemetery Gates Media] | Campfire Macabre: Cemetery Chillers / Spook Houses / Supernatural Slashers / Witchcraft / Within the Woods | 31 Oct 2020 | 1 | | 15 |
| The First Line [Blue Cubicle Press] | First line: "Loud music filled the room, making it hard to hear anything else." | 01 Nov 2020 | 2 | | 34 |
| Granta Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 11 Nov 2020 | 12 | | 40 |
| One Story | n/a | 14 Nov 2020 | 15 | | 51 |
| In Darkness, Delight Anthology Series [Corpus Press] | Fear the Future | 15 Nov 2020 | 16 | | 30 |
| Apparition Lit Flash Fiction Contest [Apparition Literary Magazine] TEMP CLOSED | Margaret Nazon: Milky Way Starry Night | 15 Nov 2020 | 16 | | 15 |
| The Iowa Review Charges fees for some submissions | n/a | 30 Nov 2020 | 31 | | 37 |
| To Live Again Anthology [Antimony and Elder Lace] | Resurrection | 25 Dec 2020 | 56 | | 23 |
| American Short Fiction Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 31 Dec 2020 | 62 | | 43 |
| Crazyhorse Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 31 Dec 2020 | 62 | | 34 |
| Ploughshares Charges fees for some submissions | n/a | 15 Jan 2021 | 77 | | 50 |