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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 2,050 future themes and deadlines across all categories: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art.
| Project | Theme | Deadline | Days Left | | |
| Glimmer Train Fiction Open [Glimmer Train] Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 31 Aug 2018 | 11 | | 19 |
| Ecotone | n/a | 01 Sep 2018 | 12 | | 25 |
| Black Warrior Review Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 01 Sep 2018 | 12 | | 24 |
| Apparition Lit Flash Fiction Contest [Apparition Lit] TEMP CLOSED | Emily Dickinson’s Because I could not stop for Death | 15 Sep 2018 | 26 | | 14 |
| Grimm, Grit, and Gasoline [World Weaver Press] | Grimm, Grit, and Gasoline: Dieselpunk and Decopunk Fairy Tales | 30 Sep 2018 | 41 | | 10 |
| Tin House TEMP CLOSED | n/a | 30 Sep 2018 | 41 | | 50 |
| The Last Line [The First Line] | Last line: I will visit again if I am ever back this way. | 01 Oct 2018 | 42 | | 10 |
| Apparition Lit Flash Fiction Contest [Apparition Lit] TEMP CLOSED | You can see the bone | 15 Oct 2018 | 56 | | 17 |
| The First Line | First Line: As she trudged down the alley, Cenessa saw a small ___. | 01 Nov 2018 | 73 | | 11 |
| THEMA | The Critter in the Attic | 01 Nov 2018 | 73 | | 11 |
| The Kenyon Review TEMP CLOSED | n/a | 01 Nov 2018 | 73 | | 24 |
| One Story TEMP CLOSED | n/a | 14 Nov 2018 | 86 | | 30 |