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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 2,700 future themes and deadlines across all categories: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and visual art.
| Project | Theme | Deadline | Days Left | | |
| Apparition Lit Flash Fiction Challenge [Apparition Literary Magazine] | Mother Earth | 14 May 2024 | 1 | | 8 |
| The Georgia Review Charges fees for some submissions | n/a | 14 May 2024 | 1 | | 32 |
| Apparition Literary Magazine TEMP CLOSED | Anachronism | 31 May 2024 | 18 | | 25 |
| AGNI Charges fees for some submissions | n/a | 31 May 2024 | 18 | | 30 |
| The Sewanee Review Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 31 May 2024 | 18 | | 27 |
| swamp pink Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 31 May 2024 | 18 | | 22 |
| The Cincinnati Review | n/a | 31 May 2024 | 18 | | 20 |
| LitMag Charges fees for all submissions | n/a | 31 May 2024 | 18 | | 20 |
| Conjunctions Charges fees for some submissions | Revenants, The Ghost Issue | 01 Jun 2024 | 19 | | 8 |
| Eternal Haunted Summer: pagan songs & tales | Gardens | 01 Jun 2024 | 19 | | 6 |
| Apparition Lit Flash Fiction Challenge [Apparition Literary Magazine] | Family Binding Feasts | 14 Jun 2024 | 32 | | 12 |
| The Fairy Tale Magazine TEMP CLOSED | Classic Fairy Tales | 22 Jun 2024 | 40 | | 12 |