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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 2,900 future themes and deadlines across all categories: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art.
Project | Theme | Deadline | Days Left | | |
National Flash Fiction Day Anthology [National Flash Fiction Day] | Seasons | 15 Feb 2025 | 9 | | 9 |
Hiding Under the Leaves: A Folk-Horror Anthology [The Slab Press] TEMP CLOSED | Folk Horror | 23 Feb 2025 | 17 | | 10 |
The Paris Review | n/a | 28 Feb 2025 | 22 | | 26 |
Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 01 Mar 2025 | 23 | | 18 |
Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn Anthology [Middle West Press] | Monsters in the 21st century American Midwest | 03 Mar 2025 | 25 | | 8 |
Cosmic Horror Monthly TEMP CLOSED | Special tribute issue to Shirley Jackson | 07 Mar 2025 | 29 | | 12 |
The Other Stories [Hawk & Cleaver] | Rot | 01 Apr 2025 | 54 | | 14 |
West Branch | n/a | 01 Apr 2025 | 54 | | 19 |
The Threepenny Review | n/a | 15 Apr 2025 | 68 | | 17 |
The Other Stories [Hawk & Cleaver] | World Horror | 01 May 2025 | 84 | | 8 |
New England Review (NER) TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for some submissions | n/a | 01 May 2025 | 84 | | 31 |
Boulevard Magazine Charges fees for some submissions | n/a | 01 May 2025 | 84 | | 21 |