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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 2,200 future themes and deadlines across all categories: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art.
| Project | Theme | Deadline | Days Left | | |
| Monsters, Movies, and Mayhem Anthology [Wordfire Press] FLEDGLING | Monsters, Movies, and Mayhem | 31 Oct 2019 | 17 | | 17 |
| The End of Our World Short Story Contest [Aftermath Online Magazine] | The End of Our World 2.0 | 31 Oct 2019 | 17 | | 12 |
| American Short Fiction Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 31 Oct 2019 | 17 | | 43 |
| Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest | Weird Christmas | 02 Nov 2019 | 19 | | 17 |
| Liars' League NYC [Liars' League] | Intimacy & Isolation | 04 Nov 2019 | 21 | | 17 |
| Granta Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 13 Nov 2019 | 30 | | 31 |
| One Story | n/a | 14 Nov 2019 | 31 | | 39 |
| The Iowa Review Charges fees for some submissions | n/a | 30 Nov 2019 | 47 | | 45 |
| Ninth Letter | n/a | 30 Nov 2019 | 47 | | 35 |
| Slice Magazine | Persistence | 01 Dec 2019 | 48 | | 22 |
| Apparition Lit Flash Fiction Contest [Apparition Literary Magazine] | The Apparition Test | 15 Dec 2019 | 62 | | 14 |
| Copper Nickel | n/a | 15 Dec 2019 | 62 | | 45 |