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Triage Incoming Manuscript Submissions With AI Screening
Handle the slush pile faster — screen manuscript submissions against your guidelines, summarize each, and route promising ones to editors.
difficulty Advancedsetup 40 minresult Editors spend time only on submissions worth reading, with an AI summary to speed decisions.—
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Receive Submissions
Add a
Gmail Triggernode on your submissions inbox and extract the query and sample. - 2
Screen Against Guidelines
Add an
OpenAInode checking genre fit and quality signals, and summarizing the premise. - 3
Route the Promising Ones
Add an
IFnode forwarding fits to editors and sending polite declines to clear misses. - 4
Log to the Pipeline
Add a
Notionnode recording each submission with its summary and status. - 5
Activate and Test
Activate the workflow and submit a test manuscript. Confirm screening and routing work.
Frequently asked questions
Won't AI reject good writing?
Use it to prioritize, not to auto-reject the borderline — humans still read anything with potential.
Can I personalize declines?
Send a gracious, standard decline for clear misses and reserve personal notes for near-fits.
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