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50 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for October 2026
▾ Filter listings Fiction Poetry Contest Essay ✕ Showing all These are themed submission calls and contests for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some call themes are: leave the light on; biopunk; transformation; humorous stories; superheroes, super problems; faeries; America; Iran (translations); human accounts of beastly encounters; what you worship; heartsick; human capital; antiquities; grit &…
Ten Publishers Open to Direct Submissions in October 2026
Established publishers and small presses accepting manuscript submissions. No agent required.