NOTE: Do not use "B" in top ribbon of Microsoft word
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
SEND ONLY FULLY EDITED MANUSCRIPTS
GENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
DO NOT USE ANY FORMATTING (CLEAR ALL FORMATTING)
DO THIS BY SELECTING ALL AND THEN CHOOSING CLEAR ALL FORMATTING
DO NOT USE:
HEADERS or FOOTERS
PAGE NUMERS
TABLES or FRAMES
USE;
PAGE BREAK AT THE END O EACH CHAPTER
IF YOU USE COPY AND PASTE USE THE OPTION DESTINATION THEME (Unformatted mss)
FONT: Use a 11 point Franklin Gothic Book for text
14 pt Franklin Gothic Demi for Chapter Titles
NOTE* All text should be chosen from dropdown font menu
SPACING: Single space your document using the 'no spacing' on the top ribbon tab in microsoft word documents.
INDENTATIONS: For fiction and non fiction,Indent your paragraphs by 1 tab space in. Also indent the first line of all dialogue, unless it is the same character speaking after short descriptive text.
TEXT ALIGNMENT: Distribute your text evenly by clicking top ribbon tab "Select All" and then "Justify Ctrl+J ) or simply use ribbon tab stating the same.
CHAPTERS: Begin each chapter on a new page, and start with Chapter heading 8 spaces down. A correctly formatted manuscript also includes the chapter NUMBER (not alphabet text) Example CHAPTER 6 - And start chapter text 2 spaces down from Chapter Heading
REMEMBER
- DO NOT USE ANY FORMATTING other than set out above
- DO NOT USE HEADERS OR FOOTERS
- DO NOT NUMBER PAGES
- USE PAGE BREAK
- DO NOT USE TABLES OR FRAMES
- IF YOU USE COPY AND PASTE ENSURE YOU CHOOSE DESTINATION FORMAT
- AND REMEMBER
- BEFORE YOU START YOUR MSS CLEAR ALL FORMATTING
- BEFORE YOU START YOUR MSS CLEAR ALL FORMATTING
- DO NOT USE RIBBON "B" "I" "U" only use font choices from drop down menu. this is vitally important as any other use of fonts will NOT embed in the pdf document and we need them to be embeddable.
COVER PAGE: Include a cover page with your manuscript. Include the manuscript title, your name, agent contact information if applicable, your contact information, and the word count. Center this information with a space in between each line.
COVER LETTER: Please submit a brief overview of the story, and a bio and curriculum of the author and geographical residential location.
SUBMIT QUERY TO: info@silverbowpublishing.com