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Q4 open call accepts short stories up to 2,500 words, with longer stories up to 7,500 words also considered; interests include surreal, slipstream, speculative, and strange work. Responses are expected within 21 days. Submissions run October 1–December 31, 2026.

Q4 open call accepts poems and is interested in surreal, slipstream, speculative, and strange work. Submissions run October 1–December 31, 2026, and responses are expected within 21 days.

Open to: Work must have been first published in 2026 by a litmag, anthology, or similar publication and cannot be self-published.

The Foofs accepts nominations for strange fiction published for the first time in 2026 at a litmag, anthology, or similar publication; self-published work is excluded. Writers may nominate three of their own stories. Nominations run November 15, 2026–January 15, 2027.

Standalone print novelettes of 7,500–15,000 words. The call is closed and reopens May 1, 2027; response time is within three months.

The annual anthology accepts fiction, creative nonfiction, and hybrid forms aligned with either a great fuss about something insignificant or excessive decoration. Submissions ran January 1–March 31, 2026.

The annual anthology accepts creative nonfiction and hybrid forms aligned with either a great fuss about something insignificant or excessive decoration. Submissions ran January 1–March 31, 2026.

Themed special issue seeking dinosaur-related stories where something has gone terribly wrong; all genres are accepted. Submissions ran May 1–31, 2026, with flash stories of 250–2,500 words and short stories of 2,500–7,500 words.

Themed special issue seeking poems involving dinosaurs in some form where something has gone terribly wrong. Submissions ran May 1–31, 2026.