Submission Opportunities Calendar for Fiction

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January 2025

• 20 Jan 2025 07:59 UTC Macrame Literary Journal (Gold Star Program): Fiction (closes in 9 hours, 49 minutes)
• 20 Jan 2025 07:59 UTC Macrame Literary Journal (Gold Star Program): Micro-Fiction (closes in 9 hours, 49 minutes)
• 21 Jan 2025 04:59 UTC Waffle Fried (Gold Star Program): Print Issue #1 (closes in 1 day, 6 hours)
• 26 Jan 2025 23:59 UTC Retreat West First Chapter Competition (Gold Star Program): Novels (Charges fees.)
• 26 Jan 2025 23:59 UTC Retreat West First Chapter Competition (Gold Star Program): Novel First Chapters (Charges fees.)
• 31 Jan 2025 23:59 UTC Sunspot Literary Journal (Gold Star Program): Novella-length fiction, CNF, or graphic novel (Charges fees.)
• 31 Jan 2025 23:59 UTC Sunspot Literary Journal (Gold Star Program): Geminga: $100 for Authors/Artists (Charges fees.)
• 31 Jan 2025 23:59 UTC Write Track Competition (The Writer's Workout): 1.1 Flawed Character

February 2025

• 01 Feb 2025 02:59 UTC Space and Time (Gold Star Program): FICTION for for #149 Fall/Winter Issue
• 01 Feb 2025 04:59 UTC Cypress Review: Issue II: poetry, fiction, art, photography
• 01 Feb 2025 04:59 UTC Bothered Stories (Gold Star Program): Erotic Short Story
• 01 Feb 2025 04:59 UTC Bothered Stories (Gold Star Program): Just the Sex
• 01 Feb 2025 05:59 UTC Y2K Quarterly: Fiction - Volume 2: Issue 1
• 01 Feb 2025 07:59 UTC Wandering Aengus Press: Wandering Aengus and Trail to Table Book Awards (Charges fees.)
• 02 Feb 2025 04:59 UTC Hedge Apple Magazine (Hedge Apple: The literary magazine of Hagerstown Community College): Hedge Apple General Submissions
• 02 Feb 2025 04:59 UTC Hedge Apple Magazine (Hedge Apple: The literary magazine of Hagerstown Community College): Hedge Apple: Labyrinth theme
• 09 Feb 2025 04:59 UTC Meat for Tea: The Valley Review: Hot Dog (Charges fees.)
• 13 Feb 2025 05:59 UTC The Shallot: Journal of Mental Health, Art, and Literature (The Layered Onion): Theme - The Elements
• 15 Feb 2025 23:59 UTC Sunspot Literary Journal (Gold Star Program): Novelette length fiction, CNF, graphic novel (Charges fees.)
• 15 Feb 2025 23:59 UTC National Flash Fiction Day Anthology (Gold Star Program): Theme: Seasons (Flash Fiction up to 500 words)
• 16 Feb 2025 04:59 UTC wildscape. literary journal (Gold Star Program): Issue #2 (Spring 2025 publication)
• 16 Feb 2025 04:59 UTC Luna Station Quarterly (Gold Star Program): Issue 062
• 20 Feb 2025 23:59 UTC WayWords Literary Journal (The Writer's Workout): Issue 18: Kids Write!
• 20 Feb 2025 23:59 UTC Fiction Potluck Contest (The Writer's Workout): 25-Q1: Eggs
• 21 Feb 2025 05:59 UTC Furrow: Short Fiction
• 26 Feb 2025 04:59 UTC Digital Publications (Metatron Press) (Gold Star Program): Digital Publication - Season 3 (Charges fees.)
• 28 Feb 2025 22:59 UTC Heartwarming Short Stories (The Brussels Review) (Gold Star Program): A Mother's Love
• 28 Feb 2025 23:59 UTC Sunspot Literary Journal (Gold Star Program): Supernova: very long fiction, CNF, graphic novel (Charges fees.)
• 28 Feb 2025 23:59 UTC Magi (CafeLit) (Gold Star Program): 2025 Anthology Magi

March 2025

• 01 Mar 2025 04:59 UTC Front Strike Press (Gold Star Program): FSP Contest: Post Election Emotional Turmoil
• 01 Mar 2025 04:59 UTC The Echo: Teen Art & Lit Mag (Gold Star Program): Bittersweet 2024-2025
• 01 Mar 2025 05:59 UTC Scribeworth: a literary magazine (Scribeworth: a literature & arts magazine) (Gold Star Program): Call for Submissions for Summer 2025 Issue
• 01 Mar 2025 07:59 UTC The Metaworker Literary Magazine (Gold Star Program): General Call for The Metaworker
• 01 Mar 2025 07:59 UTC Micro, Art, & Miscellaneous Call for The Metaworker Literary Magazine (Gold Star Program): Micro Call for The Metaworker
• 01 Mar 2025 07:59 UTC Micro, Art, & Miscellaneous Call for The Metaworker Literary Magazine (Gold Star Program): Art & Misc Call for The Metaworker
• 02 Mar 2025 07:59 UTC The Crossroads Review: The Crossroads Review - Spring Issue
• 08 Mar 2025 04:59 UTC The Scop: Literary and Fine Arts Magazine for King's College: Call 85
• 16 Mar 2025 23:59 UTC Instant Noodles (Current Words Publishing) (Gold Star Program): Volume 5, Issue 1 theme: CURRENT
• 17 Mar 2025 23:59 UTC Sunspot Literary Journal (Gold Star Program): Long form fiction, CNF, poetry, graphic novel (Charges fees.)
• 24 Mar 2025 23:59 UTC Sunspot Literary Journal (Gold Star Program): Short stories, nonfiction (Charges fees.)
• 31 Mar 2025 21:59 UTC TBR Collections (The Brussels Review) (Gold Star Program): TBR DARK Competion
• 31 Mar 2025 23:59 UTC Sunspot Literary Journal (Gold Star Program): Flash, poetry, graphic novels, art (Charges fees.)
• 31 Mar 2025 23:59 UTC The Plentitudes: Call for Fiction for Summer 2025 Issue (Charges fees.)
• 31 Mar 2025 23:59 UTC The Plentitudes: Call for Flash for Summer 2025 Issue (Charges fees.)

April 2025

• 02 Apr 2025 03:59 UTC The Orison Prizes in Poetry & Fiction (Orison Books): 2025 Orison Fiction Prize (Charges fees.)
• 02 Apr 2025 03:59 UTC Still Point Arts Quarterly (Shanti Arts LLC): Summer—Writing Submission
• 06 Apr 2025 22:59 UTC Opening Lines Competition - Spring 2025 (Retreat West) (Gold Star Program): Novel Opening Lines (Charges fees.)
• 16 Apr 2025 03:59 UTC Consequence: Fiction
• 16 Apr 2025 03:59 UTC Consequence: Flash Fiction

May 2025

• 01 May 2025 05:59 UTC FreeFall Magazine Prose & Poetry Contest: Prose - Canada (Charges fees.)
• 01 May 2025 05:59 UTC FreeFall Magazine Prose & Poetry Contest: Prose - International (Charges fees.)
• 18 May 2025 23:59 UTC Instant Noodles (Current Words Publishing) (Gold Star Program): Volume 5, Issue 2, theme: SANCTUARY

June 2025

• 02 Jun 2025 04:59 UTC History Through Fiction Short Stories (History Through Fiction Press) (Gold Star Program): Short Stories (Charges fees.)

July 2025

• 02 Jul 2025 06:59 UTC Still Point Arts Quarterly (Shanti Arts LLC): On the Road: Writing Submission

September 2025

• 01 Sep 2025 04:59 UTC History Through Fiction Press (Gold Star Program): Full-Length Manuscript Submissions

October 2025

• 02 Oct 2025 06:59 UTC Still Point Arts Quarterly (Shanti Arts LLC): Vintage—Writing Submission

November 2025

• 02 Nov 2025 23:59 UTC Instant Noodles (Current Words Publishing) (Gold Star Program): Volume 5, Issue 3, theme GRAVY
• 22 Nov 2025 06:59 UTC Quills and Cosmos Press (Gold Star Program): Sci-fi OR Fantasy novels
• 25 Nov 2025 07:59 UTC JAKE: The Anti Literary Magazine: General Submissions

No Deadline

• Apple in the Dark (Gold Star Program): 2025 Flash Fiction Contest (Charges fees.)
• Bright Flash Literary Review (Gold Star Program): Flash and Short Fiction, Memoir, Rolling Submissions, No Theme
• Bristol Noir (Gold Star Program): Flash Fiction (Charges fees.)
• Bristol Noir (Gold Star Program): Short Stories (Charges fees.)
• The Brussels Review (Gold Star Program): Fiction
• CafeLit (Gold Star Program): Ongoing submissions
• Call For Works In The Area Of Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy-Manuscripts (FlowerSong Press): Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy-Manuscripts
• Children's Books for ages 7-10 (CafeLit) (Gold Star Program): Children#s 7-10
• Children's Picture Books for writer / illustrator teams (CafeLit) (Gold Star Program): Children's Picture Books
• Children's Picture Books for writers (CafeLit) (Gold Star Program): Children's Picture Books - writers
• The City Key: Open Submissions
• Consequence: Translations
• Dark Harbor Magazine (Gold Star Program): Horror Short Fiction
• Emergent Reader Books for Children (CafeLit) (Gold Star Program): Texts up to 20,000 words
• Fast track for authors published by Bridge House, Chapletown and CafeLit (Gold Star Program): Fast track
• Feisty Women - Fiction (CafeLit) (Gold Star Program): Feisty Women Fiction
• Flash Fiction Collections (CafeLit) (Gold Star Program): Flash Fiction Collections Open Call
• FlowerSong Press: Manuscript Submissions Now Open
• Gavialidae (Gold Star Program): Poetry and Flash Fiction (Charges fees.)
• Gavialidae (Gold Star Program): Fiction and Nonfiction (Charges fees.)
• Generous Press: Romance Novels
• Graveside Press (Paper Angel Press) (Gold Star Program): GRADEside Middle Grade & Young Adult Horror
• Grey Hands Literary Magazine (Gold Star Program): Online Magazine Submissions
• HauntedMTL Originals (Gold Star Program): Horror short story
• Heartwarming Short Stories (The Brussels Review) (Gold Star Program): A Father's Heart: Tales of Love, Sacrifice Legacy
• Hibiscus Magazine: Issue 2
• Midwest Weird (Gold Star Program): Let's Get Weird: Submit to Audio Literary Magazine
• Milk Bag Magazine: Issue 1.1 (Charges fees.)
• Milk Bag Magazine: Milk Tabs 1.1
• Pictura Journal (Gold Star Program): Fiction
• Pink Disco Magazine (Gold Star Program): Fiction
• Pink Disco Magazine (Gold Star Program): Fiction Contest Submissions (Charges fees.)
• Radix Magazine: Fiction
• The Red Telephone YA books (CafeLit) (Gold Star Program): YA Novels 45,000 to 105,000 words
• Renascentia (CafeLit) (Gold Star Program): Renascentia
• The Rumen (Gold Star Program): Fiction
• The Rumen (Gold Star Program): Fiction: Expedited & Personalized Response (Charges fees.)
• Sacramento Literary Review: Fiction
• Saint Katherine Review (St Katherine Review) (Gold Star Program): Fiction
• Salvation South (Gold Star Program): Fiction
• Salvation South (Gold Star Program): Video/film: short narratives
• Sci Phi Journal: General Call for Submissions
• Shanti Arts Publishing (Shanti Arts LLC): Book Publishing—Manuscript Submission
• Single author short story collections (CafeLit) (Gold Star Program): Single author collections
• Slant Books: Manuscript Submission (Charges fees.)
• Tender Masculinities (Purple Ink Press): Fast Decision Submission (Charges fees.)
• Twelve Winters Journal (Twelve Winters Press): Twelve Winters Journal (Charges fees.)
• Who Let The Stories Out? (Witcraft) (Gold Star Program): Open call
• Willows Wept Review: Prose
• Witcraft (Gold Star Program): Not everything has to be serious
• Writing Teacher (CafeLit) (Gold Star Program): Writing teacher