Cover Submission Guidelines

Ambers Waves of Graves Anthology

Anthology Info

• Title: Amber Waves of Graves
• ​Editors: Lillie Evans, Tony Perona and Stephen Terrell
• Theme: Rural settings, country graveyards and small-town life in Indiana can be beautiful. And deadly.
• Number of stories in book will depend on the length of those accepted
• To be released November 2023, self-published by the Chapter 

​Cover Submission Timeline

• April 1, 2023: Submission deadline
• April 30, 2023: Voting by chapter 

Cover Design Submission requirements

​We need three things submitted:

1. The creative artwork separate from cover (so we can create advertising)
2. Fonts files used on cover text
3. Submitted Cover Image should include in one file: back cover, spine, front cover​​

What should be on front cover:

• Text: Title: Ambers Waves of Graves
• Text: Edited by Lillie Evans, Tony Perona and Stephen Terrell 
• Text: A Speed City Writers Anthology
• Text: Space for a tagline to be determined by editors​
• ​Artwork
  

What to include on spine: (width needs to be flexible due to page count)

• Text: Title: Ambers Waves of Graves
• Text: Edited by Lillie Evans, Tony Perona and Stephen Terrell 
• Logo mark in either black or white

What to include on back cover:

• Text: Title: Ambers Waves of Graves
• Text: Speed City Press
• Text: Space for back cover synopsis/book description
• Text: Space for quote from Introduction/Author blurb
• Space for Barcode​

COLOR Requirements: All images in a cover file must be CMYK.
Image Resolution: Images should be greater than 200 ppi (resolutions lower are too low for print quality).