February 27, 2025

Notes from the Editor’s Desk: February 2025

Publisher Charges $23 for Contest Entries, Then Cancels Cash Award; New "Human Authored" Certification; NEA Grants Affected by Trump Administration; 3 Publishing Opportunities; Subscriber Success Stories

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June 3, 2024

32 Themed Submission Calls and Contests for June 2024

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November 27, 2023

47 Romance Publishers Open to Direct Submission

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May 2, 2022

46 Themed Submission Calls for May 2022

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March 7, 2022

39 Themed Calls for Submissions for March 2022

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April 5, 2021

33 Themed Calls for Submissions for April 2021

33 themed calls for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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March 1, 2021

20 Themed Submission Calls for Writers in March 2021

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January 18, 2021

20 Speculative Fiction Markets Open in January 2021

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April 6, 2020

30 Themed Submissions Calls for April 2020

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December 2, 2019

25 Themed Calls for Submissions – December 2019

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February 1, 2018

18 Themed Calls for Submission

These are submission calls for fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. Themes include Gothic stories about lost souls and about artificial intelligence, steampunk, war on Christmas, and themes of social justice. Many of these pay writers.

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June 30, 2017

19 Calls for Themed Submissions (Fiction, Poetry, and Essays)

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