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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 2,850 future themes and deadlines across all categories: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art.
| Project | Theme | Deadline | Days Left | | |
| Ploughshares TEMP CLOSED Charges fees for some submissions | n/a | 20 Jan 2025 | | | 39 |
| The Cellar Door: A Themed Anthology Series [Dark Peninsula Press] | Phantom Worlds | 31 Jan 2025 | 10 | | 13 |
| Triangulation Anthology Series [PARSEC Ink] | Dark Hearts: Female Anti-Heroes | 31 Jan 2025 | 10 | | 9 |
| Last Girls Club | Lost at Sea | 01 Feb 2025 | 11 | | 13 |
| The Other Stories [Hawk & Cleaver] | The Workplace | 01 Feb 2025 | 11 | | 13 |
| Hiding Under the Leaves: A Folk-Horror Anthology [The Slab Press] TEMP CLOSED | Folk Horror | 23 Feb 2025 | 33 | | 9 |
| The Paris Review TEMP CLOSED | n/a | 28 Feb 2025 | 38 | | 19 |
| Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 01 Mar 2025 | 39 | | 17 |
| The Other Stories [Hawk & Cleaver] | Rot | 01 Apr 2025 | 70 | | 13 |
| West Branch | n/a | 01 Apr 2025 | 70 | | 18 |
| The Threepenny Review | n/a | 15 Apr 2025 | 84 | | 18 |
| Passages North Charges fees for some submissions | n/a | 15 Apr 2025 | 84 | | 17 |