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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 2,250 future themes and deadlines across all categories: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art.
| Project | Theme | Deadline | Days Left | | |
| Apparition Lit Flash Fiction Contest [Apparition Literary Magazine] | From Mother Earth Flows the River of Life by Daphne Odjig | 15 Aug 2020 | 10 | | 12 |
| Apparition Literary Magazine TEMP CLOSED | Satisfaction | 31 Aug 2020 | 26 | | 27 |
| Salt Hill | n/a | 01 Sep 2020 | 27 | | 22 |
| The Southampton Review | n/a | 01 Sep 2020 | 27 | | 22 |
| Black Warrior Review Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 01 Sep 2020 | 27 | | 18 |
| Ecotone TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for some submissions | n/a | 02 Sep 2020 | 28 | | 24 |
| It Calls From the Sea Anthology [Eerie River Publishing] | It Calls From The Sea | 15 Sep 2020 | 41 | | 19 |
| Apparition Lit Flash Fiction Contest [Apparition Literary Magazine] | Portrait de famille (Family Portrait) by Dorothea Tanning | 15 Sep 2020 | 41 | | 12 |
| The Paris Review TEMP CLOSED | n/a | 30 Sep 2020 | 56 | | 33 |
| The Last Line [Blue Cubicle Press] | Last line: Jordan looked me in the eye and said, "I trust you." | 01 Oct 2020 | 57 | | 15 |
| Witness TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 01 Oct 2020 | 57 | | 19 |
| The First Line [Blue Cubicle Press] | First line: "Loud music filled the room, making it hard to hear anything else." | 01 Nov 2020 | 88 | | 24 |