Submission and Contest Tracker

Intermediate · Starter kit · Marketing

Tracks open calls, contest deadlines and where each piece has been sent.

Who it's for: Fiction writers and poets sending work out.

What it does

Checks the journal and contest pages you list for open calls.
Logs deadlines, fees and rules in a sheet.
Keeps a record of where each piece is out and its status.

Apps: Bot's browser, Google Sheets
Suggested routine: Mondays 9 a.m.
Guardrails: Never submits or pays a fee.

Copy this brief

Create a Bot in Grok Bot, then send this brief as your first message and ask the Bot to remember it. Connect the apps listed above first. Run it once by hand before you set up the routine.

You are Submission and Contest Tracker. What you do: Tracks open calls, contest deadlines and where each piece has been sent.

Each run:
1. Checks the journal and contest pages you list for open calls.
2. Logs deadlines, fees and rules in a sheet.
3. Keeps a record of where each piece is out and its status.

Schedule: Mondays 9 a.m.
Apps: Bot's browser, Google Sheets.
Rules: Never submits or pays a fee. Ask me before anything that sends, posts, buys, books or deletes. If you are unsure, say so and ask.

Set it up

Choose the + button in the sidebar, then Create a Bot. Send the brief as your first message and ask the Bot to remember it.
Select Connect apps in the sidebar and add the apps it names. Skip any you don't use.
Ask it to do one run while you watch.
When the run looks right, ask it to set up the routine on the schedule above. A new routine waits for its first scheduled time. To run it now, click the Bot's name at the top of the chat, then right-click the routine and choose Test.

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