The University of Arizona Press
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The editors of the University of Arizona Press strive to edit your work to the highest standards of scholarship and literacy. The speed and, to some extent, the quality of our work depend on the condition of your manuscript when it is placed in our hands. By delivering a manuscript prepared according to the standards that follow, you will do much to help us edit your work quickly and well.
For All Manuscripts
1. In questions of editorial style and practice, the Press follows the Chicago Manual of Style , 15th edition. Please follow it or the best professional style manual in your field (that of the Modern Language Association or the American Geophysical Union, for example) in areas such as notes, citations, and bibliographic references. For the mechanics of manuscript preparation, please observe the guidelines below without exception .
2. Manuscripts should be typed double-spaced throughout (including text, extracts, notes, tables, and bibliography). Please do not add extra blank lines between paragraphs, notes, or bibliography entries, or between extracts and text.
3. Submit one copy of your manuscript on 8½" x 11" non-erasable white bond (20-lb.) paper, printed on one side only.
4. Page margins should be at least 1 inch on top and both sides, and 1.5 inches at the bottom, with an unjustified right margin. Paragraphs should be indented from the left margin using the tab key.
5. Please print your manuscript in a 10-point (12 characters per inch) Courier or Courier New font. Standardization is necessary so that we can estimate page count accurately.
6. Number pages consecutively throughout the manuscript, not restarting the page number sequence with each chapter. Do not use running headers.
7. Be sure to include a title page, table of contents, and, if applicable, lists of illustrations and/or tables. Multiauthor volumes do not require lists of illustrations or tables. If the manuscript has illustrations, please include a separate set of captions.
8. Please keep a copy of the manuscript exactly as it is submitted to the Press for your records. The copies you submit to the Press for copyediting and production will not be returned.
9. Use underlining to indicate italics, and do not use boldface type. Please use capital and lowercase letters, not all caps, to indicate chapter titles, subheads, and other display elements.
10. Illustrations, including photographs, charts, diagrams, and maps, must not be embedded in the manuscript or in any word processing file. Artwork created in applications such as Excel or PowerPoint generally cannot be used and should be redrawn in a graphics program such as Adobe Illustrator. The manuscript must be accompanied by a complete illustrations log that lists the format and other relevant details for each figure, map, or photo.
11. The files you submit must correspond exactly to your hard copy. Provide a list of filenames with your disks, keying each filename to the appropriate part of the book.
12. Create separate files for tables and figure captions. Otherwise, the main text may be furnished as one single file.
13. Group and number notes by chapter in one section at the end of the manuscript.
14. If computer-coded footnotes or endnotes have been used, they should be disembedded; that is, the text of the notes for each chapter must be copied into a separate file, and the note numbers in text replaced with regular superscript numbers. Text for notes should be double-spaced.
15. Use hard returns only at the end of paragraphs and lines of poetry.
16. In the bibliography, use your word processor's automatic-indentation feature to create a hanging indent for each entry.
17. Please do not use your word processor's automatic feature for numbered or bulleted lists.
18. Subheads should be formatted as follows: center level 1 on a separate line; set level 2 (flush left) on a separate line; underline and place a period after level 3 flush left, on same line as text.
19. Quotes longer than eight lines or 100 words should appear as indented extracts.
20. In typing extracts, please reset the left margin of the manuscript by means of the appropriate software command. Do not insert extra spaces to set off such text matter. Similarly, in preparing tables, use tabs or your word processor's column-alignment feature to set columns.
21. If the manuscript has accented or foreign-language characters that cannot be created through normal keystrokes or ASCII commands (e.g., ALT+0235 for ë, ALT+0243 for ó), please provide a list of those characters and mark them with colored ink in text. In software lacking extended-character capabilities, do not invent characters by strikeover commands. Write such characters by hand, leaving a blank space in the electronic file. An alternate method is to enclose letters with unusual accents in angle brackets (e.g., <a> = â; <o> = ö). Provide a list of characters coded this way.
22. The Press currently prefers manuscript files created in Microsoft Word. If you have used another application, such as WordPerfect, please save your final ms. in Microsoft Word format (any version).
The final manuscript must be accompanied by:
Captions (on paper and disk) including the title or description of the illustration, the source, and a credit line where needed (such as name of photographer or the collection).
Illustrations: A complete set of photocopies (or printouts) of all illustrations in the book must be furnished with the manuscript, along with a detailed log indicating the format (e.g., photograph, original drawing, or electronic file) of each illustration. Please use the Author Art Inventory form available here.
Copies of permission requests for all illustrations and previously published text, and copies (not the originals) of forms granting permission if already received. Sample letters for requesting permission are available on this Web site. Because this process can take several weeks or months, permission requests should be made well in advance of the deadline for submitting the final manuscript.
About the author (on disk): Approximately 250 words on academic background and affiliation, recent publications, and current research interests.
Book summary (on disk, for in-house use in marketing): About 250-500 words on thesis, significance, conclusions, and intended audience.
Author photo for permanent file; include photo credit information.