Robert Penn Warren Studies

This document provides details on typesetting and layout requirements pertaining to final manuscript submission to Robert Penn Warren Studies.

Formatting Requirements

• Format: MLA
• Do not include a title page.
• Do not include page numbers, headers, or footers other than any footnotes used. These will be added by the editors.
• Write your article in English (unless the journal expressly permits non-English submissions).
• Submit your manuscript, including tables, figures, appendices, etc., as a single file (Word, RTF, or PDF files are accepted).
• Page size should be 8.5 x 11-inches.
• All margins (left, right, top and bottom) should be one inch, including your tables and figures.
• Double space your text.
• Use a single column layout with unjustified margins.
• Font:
  1. Main Body—12 pt. Times New Roman
  2. Footnotes—10 pt. Times New Roman
• If figures are included, use high-resolution figures, preferably encoded as encapsulated PostScript (eps).
• Copyedit your manuscript.
• When possible, there should be no pages where more than a quarter of the page is empty space.
• On a separate page at the end of your manuscript, after the Works Cited, add a brief, autobiographical contributor’s note.
• See most recent issue for formatting models.