| Theme | Publication | Deadline | Days 'Til |
| "Hot" poems | Umbrella | 10 May 2008 | 0 |
| Comedy of Errors: poems about the hilarious ways things sometimes go wrong | Umbrella | 10 May 2008 | 0 |
| Man Walks Into A ... | Writer's Digest "Your Story" | 10 May 2008 | 0 |
| Abuse | Outercast | 15 May 2008 | 5 |
| Summer Heat | MysteryAuthors.com | 15 May 2008 | 5 |
| Menage and More Anthology | Samhain Publishing | 15 May 2008 | 5 |
| How do you pace yourself? | Tiny Lights "Searchlights & Signal Flares" | 15 May 2008 | 5 |
| Sand dunes (flash fiction under 150 words) | Mslexia | 16 May 2008 | 6 |
| Ethiopia | Faces Magazine | 19 May 2008 | 9 |
| The Right Issue | Rivet Magazine | 20 May 2008 | 10 |
| Fame and Fortune | Liars' League | 23 May 2008 | 13 |
| Reversals | 14 by 14 | 28 May 2008 | 18 |
| Queer horror tales | Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet | 30 May 2008 | 20 |
| Babies: Journey to Life | Odyssey | 30 May 2008 | 20 |
| Women's Writing and Voodoo | Women Writers: A Zine | 30 May 2008 | 20 |
| Rumi in Love: A tribute to Contemporary Love Poetry | Arabesques Review, The | 30 May 2008 | 20 |
| Water | qarrtsiluni | 31 May 2008 | 21 |
| Tickle My Fantasy Anthology (humorous paranormal romances) | Samhain Publishing | 31 May 2008 | 21 |
| Maiden Mother Crone (erotica) | Maiden Mother Crone Anthology | 31 May 2008 | 21 |
| WaBoPs – Wandering Body Parts | CoolStuff4Writers.com Contest | 31 May 2008 | 21 |
| Men Write For Quality Women's Fiction | Quality Women's Fiction (QWF) | 31 May 2008 | 21 |
| Found | On The Premises | 31 May 2008 | 21 |
| Halloween in Harvest Hill, TN | Harvest Hill | 31 May 2008 | 21 |
| Utopia/Dystopia | Trespass Magazine | 01 Jun 2008 | 22 |
| Red, White and Blue-Collar Crime | Crime and Suspense | 01 Jun 2008 | 22 |
| Tales from the Shadows Anthology (paranormal, 20-25k words) | Lyrical Press | 01 Jun 2008 | 22 |
| The Senses | EMG-Zine | 01 Jun 2008 | 22 |
| Forward-looking political writing | Tin House | 01 Jun 2008 | 22 |
| Venganza (erotica, 10k-30k words) | Ocean’s Mist Press | 01 Jun 2008 | 22 |
| Mother Nature | Frame Lines | 01 Jun 2008 | 22 |
| The spirit, ideas, and philosophies contained in the works of Robert A. Heinlein | Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Short Story Contest | 01 Jun 2008 | 22 |
| Food | 52nd City | 01 Jun 2008 | 22 |
| Conflict | Shakespeare's Monkey Revue | 02 Jun 2008 | 23 |
| Myth and Legends | Whistling Shade | 10 Jun 2008 | 31 |
| Bugs | Mslexia | 13 Jun 2008 | 34 |
| Hot Nights (erotica, 10k-30k words) | Ocean’s Mist Press | 14 Jun 2008 | 35 |
| Give your inner critic a makeover. | Tiny Lights "Searchlights & Signal Flares" | 15 Jun 2008 | 36 |
| Ekphrastik Ekstravaganza | Hiss Quarterly, The | 15 Jun 2008 | 36 |
| Prophet | Moondance | 15 Jun 2008 | 36 |
| The Literary Magazine at 100 | Mississippi Review, The | 15 Jun 2008 | 36 |
| Sex in the Time of VHS | Polluto | 15 Jun 2008 | 36 |
| It Came from Planet Mars | It Came from Planet Mars Anthology | 15 Jun 2008 | 36 |
| Near-future, realistic lunar settlements | Return to Luna Anthology | 15 Jun 2008 | 36 |
| The world of communication | Frame Lines | 15 Jun 2008 | 36 |
| Communion | Ruminate | 15 Jun 2008 | 36 |
| Once Upon a Midnight Clear Anthology (paranormal, 20-25k words) | Lyrical Press | 15 Jun 2008 | 36 |
| Science in the City | Odyssey | 16 Jun 2008 | 37 |
| Water | Faces Magazine | 16 Jun 2008 | 37 |
| Saints & Sinners | Liars' League | 20 Jun 2008 | 41 |
| Infinite Space, Infinite God II | Infinite Space, Infinite God II | 30 Jun 2008 | 51 |
| Festival | Transmission | 30 Jun 2008 | 51 |
| Borders | Arabesques Review, The | 30 Jun 2008 | 51 |
| Epics and Myths in Postmodern Literature | Arabesques Review, The | 30 Jun 2008 | 51 |
| Magic rites | Dark Distortions | 30 Jun 2008 | 51 |
| Hecale Print Anthology | Hecale | 30 Jun 2008 | 51 |
| Hand-written poetry, fiction, or anything else literary | Keyhole Magazine | 30 Jun 2008 | 51 |
| Dossier: Letters | Court Green | 30 Jun 2008 | 51 |
| The Best Place on Earth | sub-TERRAIN | 01 Jul 2008 | 52 |
| In the Heat of the Night | Centrifugal Eye, The | 01 Jul 2008 | 52 |
| Unprepared for adventure | THEMA | 01 Jul 2008 | 52 |
| Dance | Descant (Canada) | 01 Jul 2008 | 52 |
| Muses | EMG-Zine | 01 Jul 2008 | 52 |
| Technologies | WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly | 02 Jul 2008 | 53 |
| Bread: Feeding the World | Odyssey | 07 Jul 2008 | 58 |
| Octoberfest 2008 (10-40k words; paramormal romance) | Cobblestone Press | 10 Jul 2008 | 61 |
| Indonesia | Faces Magazine | 14 Jul 2008 | 65 |
| Tainted: An Anthology of Terror & the Supernatural | Tainted: An Anthology of Terror & the Supernatural | 15 Jul 2008 | 66 |
| Inspired by the cover art | Niteblade Lost Innocence Anthology | 15 Jul 2008 | 66 |
| Have you learned anything from rejection? | Tiny Lights "Searchlights & Signal Flares" | 15 Jul 2008 | 66 |
| Winners & Losers | Liars' League | 25 Jul 2008 | 76 |
| Interracial erotica; hope and freedom | Coming Together : At Last | 31 Jul 2008 | 82 |
| All Fantasy Issue | Flash Me Magazine | 31 Jul 2008 | 82 |
| The Carbon Connection | Odyssey | 01 Aug 2008 | 83 |
| Noir | Trespass Magazine | 01 Aug 2008 | 83 |
| Hard-boiled detective meets ________ | Chicago Overcoat | 01 Aug 2008 | 83 |
| First line: Roy owned the only drive-thru funeral business in Maine. | First Line, The | 01 Aug 2008 | 83 |
| Press (see their site for details) | Matter | 01 Aug 2008 | 83 |
| Back to the Grind | Crime and Suspense | 01 Aug 2008 | 83 |
| Tales from the Couch | Workers Write | 01 Aug 2008 | 83 |
| HALLOWEEN-08— I'm Going to Tell You One More Time (reprints only) | Wrong World | 05 Aug 2008 | 87 |
| What subject is taboo? | Tiny Lights "Searchlights & Signal Flares" | 15 Aug 2008 | 97 |
| The Fallen | MysteryAuthors.com | 15 Aug 2008 | 97 |
| Icons | Succour | 20 Aug 2008 | 102 |
| Crime & Punishment | Liars' League | 22 Aug 2008 | 104 |
| The Sublime & Beautiful in Children's Reality | Arabesques Review, The | 30 Aug 2008 | 112 |
| Overture (erotica, 5-18k words) | Phaze | 31 Aug 2008 | 113 |
| Outlaw (erotica, 5-18k words) | Phaze | 31 Aug 2008 | 113 |
| Obey (erotica, 5-18k words) | Phaze | 31 Aug 2008 | 113 |
| Obsession (erotica, 5-18k words) | Phaze | 31 Aug 2008 | 113 |
| Oz (erotica, 5-18k words) | Phaze | 31 Aug 2008 | 113 |
| Oh! Oh! Oh! (erotica, 5-18k words) | Phaze | 31 Aug 2008 | 113 |
| North Carolina Drama | North Carolina Literary Review | 31 Aug 2008 | 113 |
| Bull Riding | This Ain't No Rodeo | 31 Aug 2008 | 113 |
| The Fabric of Appalachia | Now & Then | 31 Aug 2008 | 113 |
| Engaged Dharma — Legacy and Future | Turning Wheel | 01 Sep 2008 | 114 |
| Cruel & Unusual | 52nd City | 01 Sep 2008 | 114 |
| The Halloween Issue | Lucrezia Magazine | 01 Sep 2008 | 114 |
| 12 Days of Christmas 2008 (10-40k words; Christmas romance) | Cobblestone Press | 01 Sep 2008 | 114 |
| Government | Whistling Shade | 01 Sep 2008 | 114 |
| Swimming with the Sharks | Odyssey | 03 Sep 2008 | 116 |
| Queer & Loathing in Wonderland | Polluto | 15 Sep 2008 | 128 |
| Sovereign | Moondance | 15 Sep 2008 | 128 |
| The "Religion" Issue | sub-TERRAIN | 15 Sep 2008 | 128 |
| I am the Walrus | Hiss Quarterly, The | 15 Sep 2008 | 128 |
| Reverie | Ruminate | 15 Sep 2008 | 128 |
| Where does humor come from? | Tiny Lights "Searchlights & Signal Flares" | 15 Sep 2008 | 128 |
| Jekyll and Hyde | Liars' League | 26 Sep 2008 | 139 |
| Wicked Rogue Anthology | New Concepts Publishing | 30 Sep 2008 | 143 |
| Cybernetic Anthology | New Concepts Publishing | 30 Sep 2008 | 143 |
| Roar (erotica, 5-18k words) | Phaze | 01 Oct 2008 | 144 |
| As a writer, who do you steal from? | Tiny Lights "Searchlights & Signal Flares" | 15 Oct 2008 | 158 |
| Music Around the World | Faces Magazine | 20 Oct 2008 | 163 |
| War & Peace | Liars' League | 24 Oct 2008 | 167 |
| Let's Play! The Biology of Fun | Odyssey | 30 Oct 2008 | 173 |
| Lovelorn Anthology | New Concepts Publishing | 31 Oct 2008 | 174 |
| First line: While not the intended effect, the outcome was surprisingly satisfying. | First Line, The | 01 Nov 2008 | 175 |
| In Kay's kitchen | THEMA | 01 Nov 2008 | 175 |
| The Valentine Monologues 2009 (10-40k words; romantic comedy) | Cobblestone Press | 15 Nov 2008 | 189 |
| Lenses on Reality | Chrysalis Reader, The | 15 Nov 2008 | 189 |
| A Mysterious Holiday | MysteryAuthors.com | 15 Nov 2008 | 189 |
| There's been an accident. Your creativity's in critical condition. How do you bring it back to life? | Tiny Lights "Searchlights & Signal Flares" | 15 Nov 2008 | 189 |
| Lost and Found | Liars' League | 21 Nov 2008 | 195 |
| Techno Travel: Getting Around in the Future | Odyssey | 28 Nov 2008 | 202 |
| High Stakes Anthology | New Concepts Publishing | 30 Nov 2008 | 204 |
| Opening chapters of unfinished novels | Beginnings - A Novel | 30 Nov 2008 | 204 |
| Raw (erotica, 5-18k words) | Phaze | 01 Dec 2008 | 205 |
| Interpretations of the Epic of Gilgamesh | In the Footsteps of Gilgamesh | 01 Dec 2008 | 205 |
| TEACHERS—Reading, Writing and Repeating | Wrong World | 05 Dec 2008 | 209 |
| How do you get started? | Tiny Lights "Searchlights & Signal Flares" | 15 Dec 2008 | 219 |
| The Artist in Wartime | Fiction International | 15 Dec 2008 | 219 |
| Passages | Ruminate | 15 Dec 2008 | 219 |
| Science & Art | Liars' League | 26 Dec 2008 | 230 |
| Our Story: A Cast of Humans | Odyssey | 30 Dec 2008 | 234 |
| 7th Annual SFReader Short Story Contest | SFReader Short Story Contest | 31 Dec 2008 | 235 |
| Primeval Anthology | New Concepts Publishing | 31 Dec 2008 | 235 |
| Tempted Anthology | New Concepts Publishing | 31 Dec 2008 | 235 |
| Shame and/or Glory | Green Mountains Review | 02 Jan 2009 | 237 |
| What's the worst thing you can say to a writer? | Tiny Lights "Searchlights & Signal Flares" | 15 Jan 2009 | 250 |
| Einstein: The "E" Factor | Odyssey | 29 Jan 2009 | 264 |
| Rebound (erotica, 5-18k words) | Phaze | 01 Feb 2009 | 267 |
| Is it ever okay to compromise your work? | Tiny Lights "Searchlights & Signal Flares" | 15 Feb 2009 | 281 |
| Put it in your pocket, Lillian | THEMA | 01 Mar 2009 | 295 |
| Rush (erotica, 5-18k words) | Phaze | 01 Apr 2009 | 326 |
| Raven (erotica, 5-18k words) | Phaze | 01 Jun 2009 | 387 |
| Appalachia in North Carolina Literature | North Carolina Literary Review | 31 Aug 2009 | 478 |
| Rebel (erotica, 5-18k words) | Phaze | 01 Sep 2009 | 479 |
| Poetry featuring the semicolon | CRIT Journal (Crossing Rivers Into Twilight) | 22 Sep 2009 | 500 |