The phrase "a submission from" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a document, entry, or piece of work that has been sent or presented by someone, typically in a formal context.
Example: "We received a submission from the student for the annual writing competition."
Alternatives: "an entry from" or "a contribution from".
When this possibility was put to his entourage it might have been a submission from an alien planet.
The bill also drew a submission from a retired Victorian judge, Stephen Charles SC, on behalf of his daughter, Lucy Hamilton, and Linda Cusworth.
A sad document reached me this week: One Nation Labour, Black Representation Across The Party; a submission from councillors and activists to the high command.
She told reporters that it would be unfair to "positively solicit" a submission from Livingstone because he is facing a separate investigation that could result in his expulsion from the party.
Professor Possingham has also just co-authored a submission from the centre of excellence for environmental decisions that has been submitted to the commonwealth marine reserve review, which was launched late last year.
The site includes a submission from a woman who recalls sitting on a bus, aged 14, in her school uniform, alongside a middle-aged man who was looking at Page 3.
True, sometimes a submission arrives from an agent in publishable or nearly publishable shape.
A brilliant submission from last year featured a pumpkin that shot silly string when triggered by motion sensors, while simultaneously cackling like a goblin, and updating its own twitter after targeting a victim.
A few months back a lady named Sara Naim sent us a photo submission from Dubai.
I decided it was appropriate to accept that information on a confidential basis and not invite a further submission from the applicant".
Yet there was a time not too long ago, when it was common for an editor to get an exclusive submission from agents or be among a small group to get first crack at a work.
