Submission Guidelines

Aqueduct Press publishes works of feminist sf as well as works about feminist sf or of particular interest to readers of feminist sf. We are interested in seeing feminist sf novels of any length; for our Conversation Pieces series, we are interested in original novellas, poetry, and prose work of every kind at lengths ranging from 20,000-35,000 words. Please send a query to the address below before sending us nonfiction or a collection of short fiction.

Ms. Formatting Guidelines for Submissions to Aqueduct

(If you are an unpublished writer, please also see the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America's Manuscript Preparation before sending us your ms.)

1. Line spacing and word spacing: for the entire text and, if possible, all extracts, notes, bibliography, index, and other material should be vertically double-spaced. Block quotes in essays should be 1.5 vertically spaced. A single character space, not two spaces, should be left after periods at the ends of sentences and after colons..
2. Please use Times New Roman as the default font for your ms. Do not use Courier or any sans serif or script font.
3. Anent justification and margins: only the left-hand margin should be justified. Right-hand justification should be turned off, leaving the margin unjustified (ragged right), so that correct word spacing is preserved. Margins of at least one inch (& preferably 1 1/2 inch at the right margin) should appear on all four sides of the hard copy.
4. Anent italics, underlining, and boldface: use italics, not underlining, for words that are to be italicized in the printed version. If you intend underlining rather than italics to appear in the published work, say so in the cover letter to the editor or later, in a note to the copyeditor.
5. Anent dashes: For an em-dash—one that indicates a break in a sentence like this—either use the em-dash character on your word processor or type two hyphens (leave no space on either side). Air will be added on either side of the dash as part of the typesetting process.
6. In general, use the correct character if your software allows rather than a makeshift keyboard substitute—for example, if you want the prime symbol, insert the prime symbol for your word processor's list of symbols rather than using an apostrophe. For non-English characters, use the diacritical marks provided by your word processing program where appropriate.

Send the entire manuscript to

Kathryn Wilham, Managing Editor
Aqueduct Press
P.O. Box 95787
Seattle, WA 98145.

We'd appreciate your indicating whether your ms is disposable; if it isn't, be sure to send return postage. It would also be wise to provide an email address in your cover letter. Reply times vary, but can be very long, depending on how backlogged with submissions we are.