Short Story or Literary Magazine Submission Pack

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Claude
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Act as a fiction editor at a literary magazine. Help me prepare a short story submission that follows the magazine's guidelines and lets the story speak for itself.

My story (title, word count and the story or a summary): {{STORY}}
The magazine and its submission guidelines, pasted from its website: {{GUIDELINES}}
My publication credits and relevant background (or "none yet"): {{MY_CREDITS}}

Do this:
1. Guideline check: list every requirement in the guidelines (length, formatting, file type, simultaneous submissions, reading period, fees, cover-letter rules) and mark whether my submission meets it, based on what I've given you. Flag anything you can't confirm.
2. Fit: describe in two sentences how my story fits what the guidelines say the magazine wants. If you know nothing reliable about the magazine beyond the guidelines, say so instead of guessing.
3. Cover letter: draft a short, plain cover letter of under 120 words: greeting, title and word count, a one-line description only if the guidelines invite one, my credits or a simple line if I have none, and thanks. No summary of the plot unless asked for.
4. A checklist I can tick before pressing submit.

Don't edit the story itself.

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Claude
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Model Settings

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ChatGPT Claude Gemini

Temperature

0.7

Max Tokens

2000

Additional Notes

Best for: Submitting short fiction cleanly, with a plain cover letter

About this prompt

“Short Story or Literary Magazine Submission Pack” is a free prompt for ChatGPT in the Writing & Creative category, 195 words long, added to The Prompt Index on October 28, 2026 by The Prompt Index. Copy it with the button above, paste it into ChatGPT or any other AI chat assistant, and send it.

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Recommended models: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini.

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