All files requested on your upload form must be uploaded together in order to submit the form to your chosen industry professional. If you are missing one or more of the documents marked as required, please upload a placeholder document. This could be an otherwise blank document with a short line indicating that you are choosing not to submit the file in question. If you would like support with this, please contact info@jerichowriters.com 

With the exception of picture books, which may be in PDF format, all documents must be Word documents (.doc or .docx). We will not send any additional files (including illustrations) to the agent or book doctor in advance of your session.

We would appreciate you following this format for file names: Author Name, Manuscript Title, Document Type.

(For example, Joe Smith, My Book, Query Letter.)

We recommend following industry standard guidelines when formatting your documents, though we will not reject your submission if you do not follow these:

• Readable, non-decorative font in 11pt or 12pt

• Black text on white background

• Avoid coloured text, highlighting, or excessive text formatting

• Numbered pages for multiple-page documents

• Page breaks between chapters

• Default (1 inch) margins

• Double-spaced lines (1.5 space or even single-spaced lines may be fine for your query letter)

• Check the document is clean from any placeholder text, comments, Tracked Changes, etc.

Please do not worry about formatting – as long as your documents are easily readable and in the correct file format, you don’t need to panic about getting everything right. The guidelines above are just useful tips to keep all of your querying documents neat, professional, and reader-friendly.