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Tools & AI

Writing tools, including AI, may question, cut, or challenge the writing. They may not draft the piece for you. Substantive drafting by a tool is not permitted — those submissions will be declined. If you used a tool in a permitted way, disclose it below. Disclosure does not disqualify the work.

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The writer’s covenant

The Rules are constraints, not aesthetics. By submitting, I am saying that I entered them in good faith.

I am not trying to imitate the voice of RADIX.
The experience and perspective in this piece are genuinely mine.
I have not used another person’s authority as a substitute for my own thinking.
I am not using this piece to sell myself, a product, a company, or a cause.
I have tried to leave the reader perspective rather than instruction.
I understand that the editor may ask me to remove language I am most attached to.
I understand that entering editorial development does not require me to accept an edit, and does not require RADIX to publish the piece.
I understand that participation in the practice does not entitle the work to publication.

I have read the Rules of RADIX and enter this practice in good faith.

Submission terms

By submitting this work to RADIX, a publication of Null Ventures LLC (referred to below as “RADIX”), I confirm that:

Ownership

I own the rights necessary to submit this work, or I have obtained any permission required to do so.

I retain ownership of my work. Submission itself does not transfer copyright or publication rights to RADIX.

Originality and responsibility

The submission is my work and, to the best of my knowledge, does not unlawfully infringe another person’s copyright, privacy, or other rights.

I remain responsible for the factual claims, experiences, and representations contained in it.

Consideration

I understand that submission does not guarantee review, feedback, selection, editorial development, or publication.

RADIX may decline a submission for any reason and is not obligated to provide an explanation.

Editorial development

If I am invited to develop my submission with Alexander or another RADIX editor, that invitation means the piece has been selected for further editorial consideration. It does not guarantee publication.

Editorial suggestions may include questions, cuts, restructuring, or proposed changes in language. I retain control of my work and may decline changes or withdraw the piece before publication.

Publication

No submission will be published without a separate acceptance for publication and contributor agreement.

I will have the opportunity to review and approve the final manuscript before publication.

Compensation

There is no submission fee and no monetary compensation for participation or publication.

Published contributors will receive a signed copy of RADIX as a thank-you.

Privacy

My submission will be used for editorial review and program administration.

I understand that I should not submit confidential information or private information about another person that I do not have the right to disclose.

I have read and agree to the Submission Terms.

Electronic signature

By typing your legal name below, you are signing the Submission Terms electronically. Your signature, the terms version, and the date are recorded with your submission.

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