Content rules

Draft text with open fields in [brackets]. It is not yet in force.

What is refused

Fiction may go anywhere its subject requires. Two things are refused outright: material that is unlawful in Germany, and material that depicts the sexual abuse of children.

What is declined

Beyond that, work is declined on craft grounds, against the published rubric, and for no other reason. Plagiarism — passing off a human author’s text as your own — is declined and, where a piece is already published, removed.

Disclosure

A disclosure that is knowingly false is grounds for removal. An incomplete record is not.