Guidelines

IN-PERSON AUTHORS: 

Formatting Requirements:

—One (1) page with three (3) loglines

—first 250 words of those three (3) works in progress

——8.5 by 11 inches, 1-inch margins,

——12-point standard font, double-spaced.

—No title page is necessary; text may start immediately.

—Note any trigger warnings on the first page

—Bring eight (8) copies of your logline and corresponding first 250 words

OPTIONAL FOR AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATORS ONLY:

—You may bring a partial dummy of the first 250 words to accompany the manuscript, but the focus will be on the words, not illustrations.

—You are not required to bring illustrations if you don't want to or don't have any

IN-PERSON ILLUSTRATORS:

Formatting requirement:

—One (1) page with three (3) loglines

—three (3) Illustration pages of those three (3) works in progress

—no title page is necessary

—bring copies of your three (3) illustrations

QUESTIONS about guidelines? Email Pamela Morgan

ONLINE AUTHORS: Submit four (4) pages in one multi-page pdf

—Page 1: Identifying information, plus three (3) loglines

—Pages 2-4: Up to 250 words from the corresponding works-in-progress

OPTIONAL FOR AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATORS ONLY:

—You may include a partial dummy of the first 250 words to accompany the manuscript, but the focus will be on the words, not illustrations.

—You are not required to include illustrations if you don't want to or don't have any

 Digital formatting requirements for your single document is as follows:

—Save document as a pdf

—Please format your pages as follows:

——8.5 by 11 inches, 1-inch margins,

——12-point standard font, double spaced

—Your identifying information (name & e-mail) must be at the top of Page 1. Optional: you may add a link to your professional website

—Note any trigger warnings on first page

—Page 2-4: up to 250 words from the corresponding works-in-progress, each on their own page.

—This completes your 4-page Pitch Package.

—Name your file using the following format: LAST_First.pdf.

ONLINE FOR ILLUSTRATORS: Submit 4 pages, including 3 jpegs into one multi-page document

—Page 1: Identifying information, plus three (3) loglines

—Pages 2-4: Finished illustration jpeg on each page; Up to 3 jpegs permitted

 Digital formatting requirements for your single document is as follows:

—Save image as JPG at 96dpi with the longest dimension (vertically or horizontally) being 1500 pixels maximum.

—Please format each illustration as a jpeg.

—Your identifying information (name & e-mail) must be at the top of Page 1. Optional: you may add a link to your professional website

—Page 2-4: Finished illustration jpeg on each page; Up to 3 jpegs permitted.

—This completes your 4-page Pitch Package.

—Name your file using the following format: LAST_First.pdf.

Submit to the Dropbox link by April 18th

QUESTIONS about online guidelines? Email Pamela Morgan.