AI Submission Policies for Literary Magazines and Writing Contests

"We will not consider any submissions written, developed, or assisted by these tools. Attempting to submit these works may result in being banned from submitting works in the future."

"Apex Magazine does not accept submissions of any kind that were written, developed or assisted by tools such as ChatGPT."

"We will not consider any submissions written, developed, or assisted by these tools. Attempting to submit these works may result in being banned from submitting works in the future."

"Submissions must not be originated, written or edited by artificial intelligence."

"Submissions must not be originated, written, edited or translated by artificial intelligence."

"Spell check, basic grammar check, and AI-generated prompts that you then wrote your own story from are fine, but we are not interested in any story where AI apps or generators wrote or drafted or edited any portion of its text."

"Brevity does not accept submissions of AI-generated work, which includes writing that was partially created with or assisted by LLM technology."

"Entries generated or co-created using artificial intelligence (AI) tools, including but not limited to text generators or image creators, are strictly prohibited and will be disqualified."

"CRAFT does not consider or review AI-generated work. Submissions utilizing AI tools will be automatically declined."

"We will not accept or publish works generated or modified with artificial intelligence."

"AI is not accepted."

"We will not accept any submission or pitch written or edited using generative AI tools such as ChatGPT."

"Valnet is committed to producing premium content, and we therefore require all our contributors to adhere to our Editorial Standards, including a prohibition on using Artificial Intelligence."

"Palette Poetry does not consider or review AI-generated work. Submissions utilizing AI tools will be automatically declined."

"So, we want to be clear that we only publish writing created entirely by humans."

"We do not accept any work created or altered by generative artificial intelligence programs such as, but not limited to Midjourney, Dall-E, Grok, and ChatGPT."

"We will not consider any submissions translated, written, developed, or assisted by these AI tools. Attempting to submit these works may result in being banned from submitting works in the future."

"Do not under any circumstances submit something created – or assisted by – AI."

"We will not consider any submission written, developed, or assisted by artificial intelligence “AI” writing tools or machine software or large language models “LLMs” such as ChatGPT or Sudowrite’s Story Engine."

"Please note that Uncanny Magazine does not accept any submissions written with artificial intelligence or similar technologies."

"Submissions must be solely the work of the author and may not contain any AI-generated content."

"Authors will be banned from the program if we detect AI drafts."

"No AI-generated material, please."

"We cannot accept or pay for material that has been copied, paraphrased, translated, or generated from existing online sources, including AI tools."

"We get it, tools like ChatGPT are useful for brainstorming or outlining. But when it comes to the actual writing, we ask that you be the author."

"We do not accept work produced via generative AI"

"We will not consider pitches (or any other copy) generated by artificial intelligence."

"AI-generated stories will not be accepted for submission."

"Any entries found to be AI-generated will be disqualified."

"Work generated by AI will be automatically disqualified."

"Hippocampus Magazine is rooted in human truth and authenticity; we do not publish creative work that has used generative AI."

"In regard to writing, we don’t accept AI-written stories (and use AI checkers when necessary)."

"Please do not send us AI-generated work; at present, we are only considering original work written by humans."

"The Oxford American does not accept or review submissions created with the use of generative AI."

"Please note that we DO NOT accept any kind of Ai/LLM-generated work, and we also ask you don’t use such tools to write your cover letter."

"Therefore, we do not accept articles or content entirely generated by AI systems."

"Stories translated or written using LLMs/AI."

"AI-generated work is prohibited."

"If you used AI to write/create your piece, you must disclose this fact in your cover letter."

"If artificial intelligence has been used to generate any portion of your submission, you must disclose your usage in specific detail within the piece and in your cover letter."