{"id":12267,"date":"2026-09-05T13:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/?page_id=12267"},"modified":"2026-09-05T13:18:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T17:18:30","slug":"themes-and-dates-for-2027","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/themes-and-dates-for-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Themes and Dates for 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

2027 is coming, and with it, a whole new batch of Shousetsu Bang*Bang issues! Here’s what you need to know about what lies ahead:<\/p>\n

To make sure you don\u2019t miss a single deadline,\u00a0click here for our Google calendar with the dates pre-loaded<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Issue 125: Dressed to Kill<\/strong>
\n* issue date: Monday, February 22
\n* text deadline: Tuesday, February 9
\n* art deadline: Saturday, February 20
\nWe’re talking stilettos\u00a0and<\/em> stilettos for this dangerously fashionable first issue of the year!<\/p>\n

Issue 126: DIY\u00a0<\/strong>
\n* issue date: Monday, April 26
\n* text deadline: Tuesday, April 13
\n* art deadline: Saturday, April 24
\nStart your solo projects and crafty collaborations! When you want something done right, you know how you have to do it.<\/p>\n

Issue 127: Midsummer Night<\/strong>
\n* issue date: Monday, June 28
\n* text deadline: Tuesday, June 15
\n* art deadline: Saturday, June 26
\nYou are cordially invited to rub elbows with the fey and the fancy in a magical issue that’ll make you sweat.<\/p>\n

Issue 128: Attract Mode<\/strong>
\n* issue date: Monday, August 30
\n* text deadline: Tuesday, August 17
\n* art deadline: Saturday, August 28
\n\u2191\u2191\u2193\u2193\u2190\u2192\u2190\u2192SSBB START<\/span><\/p>\n

Issue 129: It Came From Outer Space<\/strong>
\n* issue date: Monday, October 25
\n* text deadline: Tuesday, October 12
\n* art deadline: Saturday, October 23
\nHorrors from beyond the stars arrive to shock and seduce in our traditionally spooky October issue!<\/p>\n

Issue 130: Theme Free<\/strong>
\n* issue date: Monday, December 27
\n* text deadline: Tuesday, December 7 [note that this is a week earlier than usual!]<\/em>
\n* art deadline: Saturday, December 25
\nAnd of course we’ve got our year-end theme-free big bang, where everything’s on the table and the sky’s the limit when it comes to word count.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2027 is coming, and with it, a whole new batch of Shousetsu Bang*Bang issues! Here’s what you need to know about what lies ahead: To make sure you don\u2019t miss a single deadline,\u00a0click here for our Google calendar with the dates pre-loaded. Issue 125: Dressed to Kill * issue date: Monday, February 22 * text […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12267","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12267"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12269,"href":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12267\/revisions\/12269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}