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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 2,650 future themes and deadlines across all categories: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art.
| Project | Theme | Deadline | Days Left | | |
| The A-Z of Horror Anthology Series [Red Cape Publishing] | L is for Lycanthropes | 30 Sep 2021 | 13 | | 25 |
| Crow Toes Quarterly | Lost | 30 Sep 2021 | 13 | | 10 |
| The Paris Review | n/a | 30 Sep 2021 | 13 | | 34 |
| Passages North Charges fees for some submissions | n/a | 15 Oct 2021 | 28 | | 23 |
| Ninth Letter Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 31 Oct 2021 | 44 | | 23 |
| The First Line [Blue Cubicle Press] | First line: Later that evening, they sat alone in their apartment, wondering if they had made the right decision | 01 Nov 2021 | 45 | | 17 |
| The Iowa Review Charges fees for some submissions | n/a | 01 Nov 2021 | 45 | | 28 |
| Enchanted Conversation: A Fairy Tale Magazine TEMP CLOSED | Healers, Midwives and Cunning Folk | 03 Nov 2021 | 47 | | 19 |
| One Story TEMP CLOSED | n/a | 14 Nov 2021 | 58 | | 24 |
| The A-Z of Horror Anthology Series [Red Cape Publishing] | M is for Medical | 30 Nov 2021 | 74 | | 20 |
| Bloody Rock Anthology [Scary Dairy Press] | Horror stories with rock songs of the 1950s, 60s and 70s | 01 Dec 2021 | 75 | | 12 |
| Copper Nickel Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 15 Dec 2021 | 89 | | 30 |