Contact/Submissions

Space Monsters Magazine is published bi-annually. We accept unsolicited submissions throughout the year.

Please send your submissions, or ideas to: spacemonsterzmag@gmail.com Attn: Editor

 

Note: We do not accept any submissions which are AI generated. Only human created content is allowed. 

And it goes without saying, but...

No AI content is allowed in the magazine itself.

Space Monsters Magazine will not accept any AI-generated art or text.

As an AI engineer by trade, I can easily spot AI-generated content, and we will not accept it.

As my AI agent, AI Jeannie, would say, "It's all from carbon-based units, you dig!"

 

However, I want to clarify that simply because I'm a leading AI engineer, own Babel Fish AI, and create AI-generated marketing materials for other products and titles, it does not reflect the actual contents of the published material. The magazine cover will be human-created, and all articles, ads, and art within the magazine will be 100% human-created without any AI usage.

 

So, please, if you're going to submit material for the magazine, make sure it is entirely your creation, without any AI usage.

 

Artists and people in general can be an ignorant lot, thinking that just because an ad was created by an AI agent or that promotional materials were generated by an AI agent, or that someone who is an editor of a magazine who also happens to be an AI engineer means AI will be allowed or utilized. This is not the case.

 

Only human-created content, text, and art will be allowed for inclusion in our magazine, as is the case with other products and productions that we promote from other entities.

Our sponsorship and involvement in productions and products using AI in promotional materials does not reflect the content therein. So, don't be fooled into thinking that because I also work in AI, you can use AI in your submissions. You can't. No AI is allowed for the magazine itself, and this includes the creation and deployment of any advertisements, etc.

 

Integrity is a long-forgotten art, but an art that will take you far in life. Having the integrity to handle things in this way enables us to correctly state to our sales outlets, shops, and other parties who carry our product that SM is 100% human-created, unique content, not found anywhere else.

 

Besides, I love AI, but for a project like Space Monsters Magazine, it would take the fun out of creating it. Part of the fun of making a magazine like this is the challenge of doing it all by ourselves. That's why myself, our staff, our publisher, and distributor have all agreed that AI will not be used in the magazine itself.

 

This has not been a problem yet, but I'm nipping it in the bud, as the old saying goes.

 

I have received an article that we rejected because it was AI-generated, and they tried to lie to me and say that they created it. They did not. I can even tell the LLM model they used.

So, I write this for a couple of reasons.

 

One is to point out that Space Monsters Magazine will be 100% human-created in content.

 

And while I can't speak for our sponsors directly, I believe that is their sentiment as well, but that would have to be addressed directly by them.

 

There is a foolish fear of replacement that many humans are feeling, which is sad, but we will overcome this.

 

I am an AI engineer, I specialize in Neural Networks, Deep Learning, and Generative AI. It's what I do. I created AI Jeannie, the world's first fully fleshed-out AI personality. I own Babel Fish AI, Reel Intelligence Brief, and AI Jeannie, and I do in fact do artificial intelligence work in the film industry, but as far as Space Monsters Magazine goes, it must be human-created content from cover to cover, without any usage of artificial intelligence. It must all be genuinely created by talented human beings, because for a magazine like this to make an impact, it takes solid human creativity and ingenuity. If I catch you submitting AI-generated content, I will not accept submissions from you in the future, and your submission will go in the waste basket.

 

But, with that said, the goal of Space Monsters Magazine is to do a good job with human ingenuity within the pages themselves.

 

So, what am I looking for? Well, really, it's a color cover and back with a very nice artistically created cover. I want to harken back to the painted covers of Basil Gogos, for example. Give it that retro but refined feel.

 

The inside pages are black and white with black and white photos and art.

 

The content I am looking for is as follows:

 

• Great ideas for a first issue cover and subsequent covers
• A dedicated column awarded for classic sci-fi and horror films. Focus on the making of and synopsis of the films.
• A dedicated column awarded for independent film productions
• Namely, I want to cover new and upcoming indies in the horror and sci-fi genres that get little to no exposure. I'd like the articles to focus on the making of and synopsis, etc.
• A dedicated column about practical makeup FX. I want a dedicated column geared towards film professionals with interviews of FX artists and also articles about the creation and deployment of practical special makeup FX in classics as well as new and indie productions
• We will also accept filler material for other articles and one-off contributions
• I want an 8-page comic strip for inclusion in every magazine. Something along the lines of Gore Shriek, Heavy Metal, etc. The theme should encapsulate both horror and sci-fi and can be graphic in tone and nature. Entirely human-created, of course. I will give free rein on this; just submit your idea and perhaps script for approval along with an art sample.
• The tone of the magazine should be fun and playful and focus primarily on the art of moviemaking in both classic and new indie releases.
• An in-house critic is an idea, and I will accept submissions for that as well.

 

Each article and comic, along with the ads, will be introduced and closed by an illustration and pun-filled quip by Grimaldi, who is the host of the magazine.

 

To see what I mean, just look at the story intros for old Warren mags like Eerie, Creepy, Vampirella, and the EC comics such as Tales From The Crypt.

 

So, that's the scoop on Space Monsters Magazine, and I covered our AI usage as a whole.

 

There is a business and a newsletter helmed by AI and yeah, it does great promos too! But these other entities, including SM, are not AI. So, make sure to send me your best stuff, make sure that you do not use AI at all. As it would go in the trash bin, and you won't be allowed to submit in the future. Space Monsters Magazine is AI-free from cover to cover.

 

Send submissions to me: Jason @ spacemonsterzmag@gmail.com

Sincerely, Jason Brazeal

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