Prose, Poetry, Screenplay, Graphic Novel, Academic, Picture Book, Grants, Self-Pub — each mode has its own specialist editors. Scout matches you to 500+ real venues. Opus Target writes your submission package. First run free — up to 500 words, no card needed.
Most writing tools treat every kind of writing the same way. We don't. Poetry gets a Sound & Form editor. Screenplays get Story Structure. Grants get a Needs Statement editor. Pick your mode, get specialists who actually understand the medium.
40+ genres from literary fiction to investigative journalism. Scout matches to 290+ markets: Paris Review, Granta, Sun Magazine, Longreads, Creative Nonfiction, Kenyon Review, trade publications, and more.
19 poetic forms. Scout matches to 47 real poetry venues: Poetry Magazine, Rattle, The Adroit Journal, Ploughshares, Kenyon Review, Copper Nickel, 32 Poems, Tupelo Press, National Poetry Series, Walt Whitman Award.
Format-aware editors that know Final Draft standards. Scout matches to 22 real contests & fellowships: Nicholl Fellowship, Austin Film Festival, Sundance Labs, PAGE Awards, BlueCat, Launch Pad, Warner Bros TV Workshop, Disney ABC.
Panel flow, page composition, script format compliance. Scout matches to 16 real publishers: First Second, Drawn & Quarterly, Fantagraphics, Image Comics, Top Shelf, Oni Press, Dark Horse, Scholastic Graphix.
Needs-statement-driven editors that understand funder priorities. Scout matches to 24 real grants: NEA, NEH, Guggenheim, MacArthur, Whiting, Lannan, Creative Capital, PEN America, MacDowell, Yaddo, Ucross.
Book description, metadata, sales copy editors. Opportunity Scout matches to 31 marketing venues: BookBub, NetGalley, Kirkus Indie, ACX, Findaway Voices, BookTok, Kindle Vella, Substack, Draft2Digital, IngramSpark, PubMatch.
IMRaD structure, citation checker, methodology editor, academic style. Scout matches to 53 real journals: Nature, Science, PNAS, PMLA, Critical Inquiry, American Historical Review, JAMS, PLOS ONE, Aeon, JSTOR Daily.
32-page structure, read-aloud rhythm, age-vocabulary editors. Scout matches to 19 children's publishers: Scholastic, Candlewick, Chronicle Books (unagented!), Peachtree, Charlesbridge, Lee & Low, Holiday House, Highlights Magazine.
Reads your work first. Catalogs your voice, identifies every rule you broke on purpose.
Structure and pacing. Narrative arc, transitions, opening hook, closing impact.
Fact-checking, logic, internal consistency.
Grammar and punctuation - but reads the Voice Memo first. Your deliberate choices? Untouched.
Formatting, white space, paragraph rhythm, visual reading flow.
The only editor who rewrites. Takes all four reports - Voice Memo is law.
Compares the rewrite to your original. Any change that flattened your voice gets reverted.
Proofread, corrections list, and the Author's Note for submissions.
Market Scout checks your work before recommending publications. If our editors found significant grammar or factual issues, Scout will flag them and recommend you address the corrections first. We put our name on every submission package we build — we won’t send you somewhere you’re not ready for.
A writer pastes 400 words of literary fiction. Here is a snapshot of what the pipeline returns.
“This writer uses sentence fragments as rhythm breaks — deliberate, not accidental. The second-person address is a stylistic choice. Do not flatten to third person. The run-on in paragraph three mirrors the character’s panic. Protect it.”
She walked to the door slowly → She drifted toward the door
Category: Word choice · Voice Memo: approved
Full runs include all 9 editors, 10-12 Scout matches, corrections review, and optional email delivery.
Try any of the 8 modes free. One run, up to 500 words, no card required. Magic-link sign-in. Same account upgrades to paid whenever you're ready.
The Tool is an editorial pipeline with 5-9 specialized editors that read your voice FIRST, then protect it. Grammarly catches typos. ProWritingAid flags passive voice. The Tool understands you write confessional poetry or screenplay pilots or grant proposals, then gives you targeted feedback from the right specialists for that medium. It also finds real publications/venues to submit to — 500+ across eight writing modes.
Paste a piece up to 500 words. Enter your email. Click the magic link. Run the full pipeline once — all 5-9 editors, Scout matches to real publications, voice protection, the whole thing. No credit card. Your account stays even after your trial, and upgrades seamlessly to any paid tier.
Eight modes: Prose (literary fiction, genre fiction, memoir, journalism, essays, trade writing), Poetry (19 forms from free verse to chapbook manuscripts), Screenplay (features, TV pilots, shorts), Graphic Novel/Comics (scripts & pitches), Academic (peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, conference papers), Picture Book (ages 2-8), Grants (fellowships & foundation proposals), Self-Pub (indie author marketing & distribution).
Scout doesn't submit — you do. What Scout does is match your piece to 10-12 real, currently-accepting publications with exact pay rates, reading periods, response times, and submission links. For fiction/nonfiction: Paris Review, Granta, Longreads, One Story, Electric Literature, The Sun. For poetry: Poetry Magazine, Rattle, Kenyon Review, Ploughshares. For screenplay: Nicholl Fellowship, Austin Film Festival, Sundance Labs. For grants: NEA, NEH, Guggenheim, MacArthur. Each match includes why it fits your work.
When Scout finds a publication match you love, Opus Target has Claude Opus read your entire manuscript and write a custom submission package for THAT specific publication: a deep investigation of the editor and reading window, two cover letter versions (your voice + advocate voice), a formatted manuscript header, and exact submission instructions. Costs 1 Ink per 10K words of manuscript.
Only the corrections you approve. The Director editor reads your work first and creates a Voice Memo documenting every deliberate choice you made (fragments, dialect, unusual punctuation, broken rules). The Voice Memo is LAW for every downstream editor. The Advocate editor reverts any change that flattens your voice. You review every correction and check the ones you want applied.
Yes — Poetry mode has its own specialized editors: Voice & Tradition (checks lineage, volta, unearned moves), Sound & Form (meter, rhyme, sonic patterns), Image & Allusion (precision, dead metaphors, sensory balance), Line & White Space (line breaks doing work, typography). Scout matches to 47 real poetry venues.
Yes — Grants mode has a Needs Statement editor (problem definition, specificity, logic chain), Methodology & Budget editor, Grant Language editor (passive voice, hedging, grandstanding), Proposal Structure editor. Scout matches to 24 real grants and fellowships including NEA, NEH, Guggenheim, MacArthur, Whiting, Creative Capital, PEN America, and residencies with stipends.
Self-Pub mode doesn't submit to editors — you're past that. It matches you to marketing, distribution, and revenue opportunities you might not know about: BookBub featured deals, NetGalley reviewer tours, ACX audiobook production, BookTok campaigns, Kindle Vella serialization, Substack newsletters, foreign rights through PubMatch. Editors help with book description, Amazon metadata, sales copy, and launch timing.
Trial runs cap at 500 words. Paid tiers cap at 1,500 words (Spark), 5,000 words (Draft), or 15,000 words (Forge). For longer pieces, submissions automatically use batch mode (Anthropic Batch API, 50% off) and deliver results by email. Opus Target handles manuscripts up to 100K+ words.