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Submission Policy
New Priory Press Style and Submission Criteria
An author’s manuscript should conform to these standards:
1. A manuscript should be submitted in digital form, as a Microsoft WORD .docx file. (MS Office 2008 or later).
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2. The entire manuscript should be submitted as one file with page and footnote numbers beginning from 1.
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3. The front matter: Title Page, Foreword, Table of Contents, Introduction, do not need to be specially formatted - simple base text is sufficient (see #6 below).
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4. The page size should be the standard "8½ by 11” page, using normal 1”margins on all four sides.
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5. It need not be double-spaced. Single spaced, or 1.5 spacing would be acceptable.
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6. The base text should be in a standard serif type-font, e.g 12 pt Times New Roman, Bodoni, Cambria or Garamond.
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7. Use only the Normal style for all base text, including titles, sub-titles and paragraph headings.
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8. Titles and sub-titles should NOT be in all caps.
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9. Notes (either footnotes or endnotes) should use the automatic formatting of the Word program, preserving the hyperlinks between the automatic numbering and the note itself.
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10. Text lines should be left-justified, without full justification.
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11. Use a single space between a period ending a sentence and the beginning of the next sentence.
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12. Never format text with strings of spaces. Use tabs. If using multiple periods in a row ("...") do not put spaces in between the periods.
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13. Do not use Word’s “column” formatting for side by side lists. Use tables formatting instead.
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14. Automatic or “curly” quotes should be set.
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15. Do not use automatic hyphenation, or “conditional hyphens.”
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16. Bullet or numbered lists may be formatted manually or automatically.
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17. Run the spell-checker before submitting.
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18. The Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed.) and the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary (11th) are standards for spelling and style.
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19. Photos and illustrations should not be embedded in the .docx text, but saved separately as large, higher resolution individual graphic files: .png, .tif, or .jpeg. Their place should be “saved” with a distinctive tag.
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20. Obtaining all necessary permissions for the use of extensive quotations, or use of photos and graphics are the responsibility of the author.
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