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Short Story Theme Contests
The following comes from Duotrope’s newsletter. Click on the underlined theme title for more information. And if you do submit something, please drop us a line and let us know!
10/1/2008: Christmas – Twisted Tongue
10/1/2008: Illustrators and imagination – Frame Lines
10/1/2008: Roar (erotica, 5-18k words) – Phaze
10/6/2008: Journaling the Apocalypse – qarrtsiluni
10/10/2008: Pirate Package – Writer’s Digest "Your Story"
10/15/2008: As a writer, who do you steal from? – Tiny Lights "Searchlights & Signal Flares"
10/15/2008: The shared world of New Ceres – New Ceres: The Anthology
10/17/2008: Property Lines – MAKE: A Chicago Literary Magazine
10/20/2008: Demons, exorcisms, real-life vampires or real-life zombies – SNM Horror Magazine
10/20/2008: Music Around the World – Faces Magazine
10/24/2008: War & Peace – Liars’ League
10/30/2008: Let’s Play! The Biology of Fun – Odyssey
10/31/2008: Color Wheel: Cultural Heritages in the Twenty-First Century – Crab Orchard Review
10/31/2008: Dia de los Muertos – Dia de los Muertos Anthology
10/31/2008: Lovelorn Anthology – New Concepts Publishing
10/31/2008: Masques – Masques
Upcoming Writing Contests: Short Fiction
The links provided go to Duotrope’s website where this information was gathered. Consider membership as this is a wonderful site for writers. If you do submit to any of these magazines, please drop us a line and let us know. Good luck!
Upcoming Themed Publication Deadlines:
9/10/2008: Horror and Dark Fantasy – Strange, Weird, and Wonderful Magazine
9/15/2008: 25 Beautiful Girls – New Moon Magazine for Girls
9/15/2008: Cold Shoulders and Evil Eyes (experiences with exclusion, ostracism or stigma) – Wising Up Anthologies
9/15/2008: Ekphrasis – Mississippi Review, The
9/15/2008: Food – Shakespeare’s Monkey Revue
9/15/2008: I am the Walrus – Hiss Quarterly, The
9/15/2008: Queer & Loathing in Wonderland – Polluto
9/15/2008: Reverie – Ruminate
9/15/2008: Sovereign – Moondance
9/15/2008: The "Religion" Issue – sub-TERRAIN
9/15/2008: The Power of the Center: The Power to Include – Wising Up Anthologies
9/15/2008: Where does humor come from? – Tiny Lights "Searchlights & Signal Flares"
9/19/2008: The Four Elements – Mslexia
9/20/2008: Ghosts/hauntings, supernatural events, or something involving Halloween – SNM Horror Magazine
9/22/2008: Poetry featuring the semicolon – CRIT Journal (Crossing Rivers Into Twilight)
9/25/2008: Horror contest – Demonic Tome
9/25/2008: Sabotage – Diet Soap
9/26/2008: Jekyll and Hyde – Liars’ League
9/30/2008: Bloom Memorial Hospital – Malpractice: An Anthology of Bedside Terror
9/30/2008: Cybernetic Anthology – New Concepts Publishing
9/30/2008: Revelation: One or more characters discover that something believed to be true is actually false. – On The Premises
9/30/2008: Wicked Rogue Anthology – New Concepts Publishing
Contests
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Currently there are a few upcoming contests you might be interested in with fast approaching deadlines. Read the rest of this entry »
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