Copytext Magazine departs from the conventional practice of publishing only a polished final text. For Issue Three, the editors request a triptych: an Early Draft, a Middle Draft, and the final Publication version of a single work of fiction. This structure foregrounds process as a legible artistic record, inviting readers and jurors to trace the decisions—structural, tonal, syntactic—that shape a story from its earliest iteration to its ultimate form. The magazine's editorial stance is archival and pedagogical rather than merely presentational; it treats revision as a primary literary act. The submission is no-fee, and the deadline is exact: November 2, 2026. There is no cash prize or residency attached; the reward is publication in Issue Three, alongside the editorial team's curation of your drafts. Because the magazine publishes these three versions together, the accepted writer receives a rare platform: not just a final story, but the visible record of its making. The editors explicitly recommend using the magazine's Submission Template and reviewing previous issues to understand the range of genres and approaches they have featured. The curatorial vision is one of radical transparency. The editors state that they want "authentic records of your process" and that contributors should "resist the urge to post-hoc edit or polish" any draft. They emphasize that the Early Draft may be the second version you created, and the Middle Draft the seventh or thirteenth—there is no prescribed chronology beyond the sequence itself. The story your revisions tell is as important as the story in the final text. This is a call for writers willing to expose the vulnerable, messy, and meaningful stages of composition.