Submission Terms
Last updated: 5 August 2026
These terms apply to artwork, photography, poetry, fiction, articles and other creative material submitted to Danse Macabre.
By submitting your work, you confirm that you have read and accepted these terms.

1. Original Work
You must submit only work that you created and have the right to publish.
You must not submit work copied from, based heavily upon, or belonging to another person without their clear permission.
You are responsible for ensuring that your submission does not infringe another person’s copyright, trademark or other rights.

2. No AI-Generated Material
Danse Macabre does not accept work that has been wholly or partly generated using artificial intelligence.
This includes:

• AI-generated artwork or illustration

• AI-generated writing

• AI-generated photography

• Generative fill or AI-created image elements

• AI-generated music, video or voices

• Work substantially rewritten or transformed using generative AI

Basic tools for spelling correction, cropping, resizing, colour correction and ordinary photo editing may be used, provided they do not generate or replace the creative content.
Submissions containing undisclosed AI-generated material may be rejected or removed.

3. Ownership and Copyright
You retain ownership and copyright of your work.
Submitting your work does not transfer ownership to Danse Macabre.
If your submission is accepted, you give Danse Macabre non-exclusive permission to:

• Publish the accepted work on the Danse Macabre website

• Display your name, biography and creator links

• Promote the published feature through Danse Macabre social media and email

• Use reasonable extracts or preview images when promoting the feature

• Resize or crop images where necessary for website and social-media formatting

Because this permission is non-exclusive, you may continue displaying, publishing or submitting your work elsewhere.
Danse Macabre will not sell or license your submitted work to another party without a separate written agreement.

4. Credits and Collaborators
You must provide the names of everyone who should be credited, including photographers, models, writers, artists, makeup artists, costume designers and other collaborators.
You must have permission from identifiable models and collaborators before submitting the work.
Danse Macabre will make reasonable efforts to display the credits supplied with the submission.

5. Editing
Danse Macabre may make minor corrections to spelling, grammar, punctuation and formatting.
Images may be cropped or resized to fit the website or social-media format.
We will contact you before making any substantial change to the meaning, wording or appearance of your work.

6. Selection and Publication
Submitting work does not guarantee that it will be published.
Danse Macabre may accept, decline, postpone or remove a submission at its discretion.
We may contact you if additional information, files, credits or corrections are required.
Accepted work will not be published until it has been reviewed.

7. Payment
Website submissions are currently unpaid.
There is no submission fee, and Danse Macabre does not charge contributors to have accepted work displayed on the website.
Any future paid commission or commercial use will require a separate written agreement.

8. Future Books and Printed Collections
Submitting work to the website does not automatically give Danse Macabre permission to include it in a book, magazine or other item offered for sale.
Contributors selected for a future printed collection will receive a separate invitation and agreement.
Participation in any future printed collection will be optional.

9. Removing Your Work
You may request removal of your work from the Danse Macabre website by contacting us.
We will make reasonable efforts to remove the work from the website. Previously published social-media posts, shared links, cached pages or printed promotional material may not always be removable.

10. Unacceptable Material
Danse Macabre will not accept material that:

• Is unlawful

• Promotes hatred, harassment or discrimination

• Contains stolen or plagiarised material

• Exploits or sexualises anyone under 18

• Breaches another person’s privacy

• Contains undisclosed AI-generated material

• Is considered unsuitable for the Danse Macabre community
   

11. Contributor Information
Your contact details will be used to review your submission and communicate with you.
Your email address and legal name will not be publicly displayed unless you have given permission.
Your chosen artist name, pen name, biography, website and social-media links may be displayed if your work is accepted.

12. Agreement
By submitting your work, you confirm that:

• You have read and accepted these terms

• The information you provided is accurate

• You created the work and have the right to submit it

• The submission contains no AI-generated creative material

• All required permissions and collaborator approvals have been obtained