If you photocopy your score, a paper clip or single staple is preferred to a more complicated binding, since we typically spread out pages on the piano desk. A tape is not necessary, however, and one of a single singer with piano accompaniment, or a mere taped performance of your MIDI file is of no use whatever. Submitting You may send as many scores as you wish. If for example, however, you have set all the responsorial psalms in the lectionary, or have written 100 hymns, we recommend that you send five or six of your best for starters. It is not necessary to address them to any one individual.
All submissions go through the same exact process.
For that reason, nothing whatever is gained by delivering your scores to GIA in person. Due to the nature of our review process, we do not invite writers to make a personal presentation of their works. Finally When we receive your submission, we will presume that it has not been simultaneously submitted to other publishers. We will acknowledge receipt of your scores via postcard. First review can take up to 90 days, and occasionally a little longer, but you will hear from us.