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Duotrope's Theme & Deadline Calendar lists the upcoming themes, openings, and deadlines of journals, magazines, contests, anthologies, and other publications. Track the themes and dates 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 2,700 future themes and deadlines across all categories: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art.
ProjectThemeDeadlineDays Left 
Myths, Gods & Immortals Anthology Series [Flame Tree Publishing]Morgana le Fay22 Sep 20246  9
Kenyon Reviewn/a30 Sep 202414  42
The Cincinnati Reviewn/a30 Sep 202414  17
Granta: The Magazine of New Writing Charges fees for all submissionsn/a30 Sep 202414  13
The Iowa Review Charges fees for some submissionsn/a01 Oct 202415  27
Flame Tree Publishing Beyond & Within Anthology Series [Flame Tree Publishing]This Way Lies Madness13 Oct 202427  13
Passages North Charges fees for some submissionsn/a15 Oct 202429  12
The First Line [Blue Cubicle Press]The parking lot was empty01 Nov 202446  10
New England Review (NER) Charges fees for some submissionsn/a01 Nov 202446  16
SpeKulative Stories Anthology Series [Omicron World Entertainment]Train Stories30 Nov 202475  13
SpeKulative Stories Anthology Series [Omicron World Entertainment]Aliens Among Us30 Nov 202475  12
Apparition Lit Flash Fiction Challenge [Apparition Literary Magazine] TEMP CLOSEDFast or Feast14 Dec 202489  10