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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 | | |
| Apparition Lit Flash Fiction Challenge [Apparition Literary Magazine] | House Hunters/Love it or List It/Extreme Home Makeover/Flippers | 14 Jun 2023 | 5 | | 11 |
| Grain Magazine | n/a | 15 Jun 2023 | 6 | | 12 |
| Chicago Review Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 15 Jun 2023 | 6 | | 9 |
| Alaska Quarterly Review TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 24 Jun 2023 | 15 | | 14 |
| Granta: The Magazine of New Writing Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 30 Jun 2023 | 21 | | 16 |
| Pleiades: Literature in Context | n/a | 30 Jun 2023 | 21 | | 12 |
| Lightspeed Magazine TEMP CLOSED | Fantasy Flash Fiction only | 07 Jul 2023 | 28 | | 12 |
| The Cellar Door: A Themed Anthology Series [Dark Peninsula Press] TEMP CLOSED | After Tomorrow | 31 Jul 2023 | 52 | | 16 |
| The First Line [Blue Cubicle Press] | As soon as Harriet entered the building, she headed to the seventh floor | 01 Aug 2023 | 53 | | 9 |
| Apparition Literary Magazine TEMP CLOSED | Reclamation | 31 Aug 2023 | 83 | | 15 |
| The Quarter(ly) [Quarter Press] | Weirder Still | 31 Aug 2023 | 83 | | 10 |
| Black Warrior Review Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 01 Sep 2023 | 84 | | 11 |