We will consider simultaneous submissions, but request that you let us know you have submitted your manuscript to other publications. Manuscript preparation Manuscripts must be typed, double spaced, on white paper, and if you have a daisy wheel or dot matrix printer you should use a new ribbon. Authors submitting on speculation please send hardcopy only. Whenever possible, assigned articles should be submitted both on hardcopy and on disk. Disk submissions should be in any version of either MS Word or WordPerfect.
Response can take up to two months.
If your article will include photos, send them with the manuscript. Payment Signs of the Times pays on acceptance. For first North American serial rights we pay 10 to 20 cents a word, half that for reprints. Since some articles are posted on our Web page, we request electronic rights as well. When accepting an article for publication, we send the author a contract specifying the rights we are purchasing and the amount of the payment.