With your prospectus, please send us your first chapter and two additional representative chapters of your manuscript. If your manuscript is less than 5,000 words, send the entire manuscript.

Please upload your prospectus in a Word file or PDF file labeled: LASTNAME_BOLDSTORYPRESSPROSPECTUS
Please upload your manuscript in a Word file or PDF file labeled: LASTNAME_BOLDSTORYPRESSSUBMISSION

Please allow up to four weeks for our response.

Prospectus Guidelines

• Book details: Title, Genre, Word Count

• Brief synopsis: What is your book about?

• Table of contents and chapter outline: Give us a brief description of each chapter.

• Your market: Tell us what you know about your market. Name 2-3 of the best-selling books in the market and describe how your book compares. Why are they successful? Why will your book be successful? Will it be unique in the marketplace? Describe your target audience. Who will buy your book?

• Your public platform: We want to know how you will connect with readers. Describe your social media presence. How many followers do you have on the different platforms? Do you have a website? Do you have a mailing list? Are you an active participant in any writing communities? Please be detailed and attach links so we can find you.

• Author biography: Tell us about you. What should we (and your readers) know about you?

Manuscript Guidelines

• Use the following formatting:

• Black, 12 pt, Times New Roman font.

• Use italics as needed within text for emphasis; do not use bold and do not underline text.

• If you have a list in your manuscript, use round “bullets" to set it off. If the list is a sequence, then number your list.

• Double-space your lines, and do not include extra lines between paragraphs.

• Use a single space after periods and all other punctuation marks. if your manuscript has two spaces after a period, use your word processor’s Find and Replace tool. Type two spaces into “Find” and one space into “Replace” then hit “Replace All”.

• Indent all paragraphs by .5 inches, and don’t hit tab or space to indent.

• US standard page size of 8.5×11 inches and set your margins to 1 inch on all sides.

• Set alignment to left-justified.

• Use page breaks at the end of a chapter.

• Number your pages and use a header on each page including your name, and the title of your novel in all caps.

• When you start a new chapter, type your chapter name in a new line and then go to the Styles menu and choose Heading 1. If you have a sub-chapter heading, make that Heading 2. If you have sub-sub heads make them Heading 3, and so on.

• Title page must include: Title, author name, author contact information, document word count.

• Do not insert any artwork into your text manuscript. If you have art that you want to appear in your text, number the artwork, and indicate in the running text “Insert Figure 3 here” roughly where you would like the art to appear. Submit the art separately.

• Do not box or otherwise set off running text.

• Do not insert any boxes into your text manuscript. If you have boxes that you want to appear in your text, number the boxes, and indicate in the running text “Insert Box 3 here” where you want the box to appear. Submit the box manuscript separate from the text.