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Before submitting, please review and agree to our submission terms.

By submitting a manuscript to Velum, you confirm that:

You are the original author of the work and hold the rights to submit it.
The manuscript does not infringe copyright or legal rights of others.
The manuscript is not generated by or in any part written by AI.
Submission does not constitute a publishing agreement.
All rights remain with the author unless otherwise agreed in a separate contract.
Velum may review the manuscript for editorial consideration but is under no obligation to publish it.
Submitted manuscripts will be treated as confidential and read only by the editorial staff.
You understand that your manuscript will be read blind, without your identity disclosed.
If your work is accepted, we'll need to verify your identity privately for contracting and payment. This is standard and confidential. Your public anonymity is never affected. Identity information collected for contracting is stored securely and shared with no one outside editorial leadership.

By checking the “I have read and agree” box within the submission form, you agree to these terms.

Submit your manuscript as PDF or DOCX
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Include title only on the manuscript (no name)
Optional: pseudonym for internal tracking
Never include identifying information in the document itself — headers, metadata, file names. We'll handle the rest.