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From Mind and Machine

Submit Your Work

Fiction only. Genre is open. Execution is everything.

Before you submit, confirm your piece meets the essentials:

Fiction, any genre, 20,000 words maximum.
Complete and publication-ready — no works in progress.
AI must be used in some part of the process (lightly assisted to fully generated is all fine).
One submission per author per issue. Simultaneous submissions are welcome — just tell us if it's accepted elsewhere.
Include a short note on how AI was used. This is required.

Author name *

Your legal name, for our records.

Publication byline

How you'd like to be credited, if different.

Email *

Story title *

Genre *

Word count *

20,000 words maximum.

Content warnings

Optional. Anything a reader should know going in.

Manuscript *

Upload your complete story as .docx, .pdf, .rtf, .odt, or .txt.

How AI was used *

A short, honest account of the tools and process behind the piece. Required for every submission.

Cover letter / notes

Optional. A brief introduction or anything you'd like the editor to know.

Please confirm

This is a complete, publication-ready work — not a draft or work in progress.

This is my only submission for the current issue, submitted under one name.

AI was used in some aspect of this work's creation.

I retain full copyright and grant non-exclusive digital publication rights if selected. Selected work may appear in future print editions.

This work complies with all applicable laws and platform policies.

This is a simultaneous submission — I'll notify you promptly if it's accepted elsewhere.