I usually put my suggested page count and pages of text below the title.Īs I mentioned in a previous post, I support and suggest breaking your picture book manuscript into spreads and pages. This is in case your manuscript gets dropped, they’ll know if pages are missing and to which manuscript a stray page may belong.īegin the text one third to one half the way down again with the title centered. In the header upper right put page numbers with the exception of the first page. On the first page of your manuscript in the header in the top left put your name – brief title. Don’t include clip art or any form of pictures on this page. This can be 14-point font though nothing fancy. One third to one half of the way down in the middle of the page place the Title in Caps and Bold if you’d like. Create a title page with your name, address, phone number, email and web address in the left upper corner. Don’t adjust these to squeeze in more text. Create one inch margins on each page and stick to it. More importantly, they may not read it if its in a different format. Editors read all day long and this is easiest on their eyes. Once you’ve written your killer picture book manuscript, tightened it, strengthened it, had it critiqued, rewritten it several times and feel it’s ready to send, now it’s time to put it in the correct submission format.Īlways use Times Roman Numeral 12-point font and double space your text. This is the reason you are submitting to a publisher in the first place. The third item to include in your full proposal submission for a picture book is your mighty manuscript. Picture Book Submissions – The Mighty Manuscript
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