Over my 12 years of entering I've made scattered notes, posts, and even a .doc of what the judges have said they prefer in regards to formatting. I finally compiled my notes into a three page pdf and here it is!
I imagine many of you know these things already, but maybe they'll be something new and or helpful. 😊
* Side note - these are not requirements, just stuff I've gleaned throughout my time.
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Do you think it's better to put the story title in the header, or in the footer with the page number? And how do you usually justify the title/page number in the header/footer. My last submission was right justified, only because that's what looked right to me. I think I had my page numbers in the header last time, and didn't have my title in the header or footer at all 😅 So clearly I needed this guidance! Thanks for sharing!
I used my own template for this. Once I had it set up, I would right click, make a copy, open, then change the story, keeping all the formatting.
Thus, bottom right for both things. I found having the title or even the page # on the top distracting. When I went from reading the bottom of a page to the top of the next I saw the title, but when it was in the bottom right I ignored it. Might be one of those the the things (A the at the end of a sentence and a the at the beginning of the next one is most times only seen once by a reader).
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