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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.
ProjectThemeDeadlineDays Left 
National Flash Fiction Day Anthology [National Flash Fiction Day]Seasons15 Feb 20259  9
Hiding Under the Leaves: A Folk-Horror Anthology [The Slab Press] TEMP CLOSEDFolk Horror23 Feb 202517  10
The Paris Reviewn/a28 Feb 202522  26
Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts Charges fees for all submissionsn/a01 Mar 202523  18
Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn Anthology [Middle West Press]Monsters in the 21st century American Midwest03 Mar 202525  8
Cosmic Horror Monthly TEMP CLOSEDSpecial tribute issue to Shirley Jackson07 Mar 202529  12
The Other Stories [Hawk & Cleaver]Rot01 Apr 202554  14
West Branchn/a01 Apr 202554  19
The Threepenny Reviewn/a15 Apr 202568  17
The Other Stories [Hawk & Cleaver]World Horror01 May 202584  8
New England Review (NER) TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for some submissionsn/a01 May 202584  31
Boulevard Magazine Charges fees for some submissionsn/a01 May 202584  21