University of Virginia Press: MS Checklist

To the Author or Volume Editor:

Please complete this manuscript checklist and return it to the Press when you send us the requested two copies of your final manuscript. Your manuscript can be processed only if 1) all of the stipulations on the Manuscript Format sheet and the Guide to Manuscript Preparation are followed and 2) the manuscript is complete as noted in the checklist.

Mark each item as present or cross out an item if it will not be present in this manuscript.

General

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Two copies of complete unbound manuscript on good-quality, medium-weight, white, 81/2 x 11-inch paper with at least one copy being a laser-printed original

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Everything (title page, table of contents, extracts, notes, bibliography) double-spaced

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Everything in 12-point (10 cpi) New Courier or another nonproportional font

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No italics (use underlining instead); no boldface, all caps, or curly quotation marks (use straight instead)

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At least 1-inch margins all around

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Unjustified right margin

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Consecutive pagination rather than by chapter (this includes multiauthor volumes), page numbers in upper right corner

Manuscript

Note: Items should be arranged in the following sequence.

Front Matter (hand-number all pages consecutively):

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Title page

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Dedication

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Epigraph

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Table of contents

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List of illustrations (without credit lines)

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Foreword

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Preface

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Acknowledgements (if not part of preface)

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Introduction (if not part of text)

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List of text abbreviations

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Notes on translation

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Editorial method

Text (start with page 1 and number consecutively to the end of the MS using word processing page-numbering feature):

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Text [no. of characters (including introduction if not part of the front matter) _________; no of pages _______]

Back Matter (continue pagination):

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Appendixes (no. of pages ______)

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Notes grouped at the back (no. of pages ______)

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Glossary (no. of pages ______)

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Bibliography (no. of pages ______)

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List of contributors

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Tables (hand-number pages consecutively) (no. of tables ______)
Note: All tables must be keyed in the text, and marginal call outs are required.

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Captions, including any necessary credit lines for acknowledging permission (hand-number pages consecutively) (no. of captions for all illustrations ______)

Illustrations

Note: 1) No page numbers.
2) All illustrations must be numbered for identification.
3) All illustrations must be keyed in the text, and marginal call outs are required.

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Camera-ready copy for all line drawings (number on back)

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Black-and-White glossy prints for all halftones (number on back) (number of halftones ______)

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Two sets of photocopies of all illustrations (number on front)

Permissions

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Photocopies of necessary permissions for quoted matter in text (no. of permissions)

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Photocopies of necessary permissions for illustrations (no. of permissions)

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(For multiauthor volumes only) contributors agreements

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Permissions Questionnaire

Computer Diskettes

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Labeled computer diskettes with all manuscript text files, preferably in IBM/PC format

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List of manuscript diskette files

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Labeled computer diskette with graphics files

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List of graphics diskette files

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Last Modified: 6/2/03

General
______	Two copies of complete unbound manuscript on good-quality, medium-weight, white, 81/2 x 11-inch paper with at least one copy being a laser-printed original
______	Everything (title page, table of contents, extracts, notes, bibliography) double-spaced
______	Everything in 12-point (10 cpi) New Courier or another nonproportional font
______	No italics (use underlining instead); no boldface, all caps, or curly quotation marks (use straight instead)
______	At least 1-inch margins all around
______	Unjustified right margin
______	Consecutive pagination rather than by chapter (this includes multiauthor volumes), page numbers in upper right corner

Manuscript
Note: Items should be arranged in the following sequence.
Front Matter (hand-number all pages consecutively):
______	Title page
______	Dedication
______	Epigraph
______	Table of contents
______	List of illustrations (without credit lines)
______	Foreword
______	Preface
______	Acknowledgements (if not part of preface)
______	Introduction (if not part of text)
______	List of text abbreviations
______	Notes on translation
______	Editorial method


Text (start with page 1 and number consecutively to the end of the MS using word processing page-numbering feature):
______	Text [no. of characters (including introduction if not part of the front matter) _________; no of pages _______]


Back Matter (continue pagination):
______	Appendixes (no. of pages ______)
______	Notes grouped at the back (no. of pages ______)
______	Glossary (no. of pages ______)
______	Bibliography (no. of pages ______)
______	List of contributors
______	Tables (hand-number pages consecutively) (no. of tables ______) Note: All tables must be keyed in the text, and marginal call outs are required.
______	Captions, including any necessary credit lines for acknowledging permission (hand-number pages consecutively) (no. of captions for all illustrations ______)

Illustrations
Note: 1) No page numbers. 2) All illustrations must be numbered for identification. 3) All illustrations must be keyed in the text, and marginal call outs are required.
______	Camera-ready copy for all line drawings (number on back)
______	Black-and-White glossy prints for all halftones (number on back) (number of halftones ______)
______	Two sets of photocopies of all illustrations (number on front)

Permissions
______	Photocopies of necessary permissions for quoted matter in text (no. of permissions)
______	Photocopies of necessary permissions for illustrations (no. of permissions)
______	(For multiauthor volumes only) contributors agreements
______	Permissions Questionnaire

Computer Diskettes
______	Labeled computer diskettes with all manuscript text files, preferably in IBM/PC format
______	List of manuscript diskette files
______	Labeled computer diskette with graphics files
______	List of graphics diskette files