Microsoft Word
Minimum 600 words/Maximum 4500 words
Times New Roman, 12-point, black only, no bolding
Left justified margins
Double spaced
Spell-checked/proofread

NO page numbers, headers, footers or illustrations

NO space between paragraphs

Required:

Place your name, address, telephone number, email address and story title at the beginning of your story.

Required:

Place your brief biography (75 words or less) at the end of the story.

Fill out the Submission Questionnaire and attach your story where indicated. You will receive a message advising you that the story has been successfully submitted. NOTE: If you do not have Microsoft Word, please submit your story by copying and pasting it into the provided field.
We appreciate your patience. Since we publish several books per year, it may be some time before you hear from us as to whether your story has been accepted for publication.

LaChance Publishing reserves the right to edit your essay prior to its publication. We may also ask you for additions or clarifications that, in our judgment, are needed to enhance the work. Your essay will also be subject to review for accuracy by our medical consultants.

Please be aware that if you are writing about another person's life or experiences and your story is accepted for publication, you will be asked to provide to us a permission form from that person or from the legal representative of that person, whether alive or deceased.

If you are a health care professional and are writing about a patient's experience and your story is accepted for publication, you may be asked to provide a HIPPA form with your essay.

If your essay contains quotations from any other published or copyrighted work, you are required to obtain written permission to use those quotations from the author or publisher.

You must complete all of the required fields of the questionnaire at the time you submit your essay. The information requested will help us in promoting the book. You will be unable to submit your essay unless all the required fields are completed.

If your essay is accepted, we will deliver to you a Publisher's Agreement, which shall set forth the terms under which your essay will be published. A fee will be paid for stories accepted for publication. Please be advised that the amount to be paid and the terms contained within the Publisher's Agreement are not negotiable. If the terms of the Agreement are not acceptable to you, you must advise us with ten (10) days of its delivery to you. Once you receive the Agreement, you must return a copy, with your original signature, at the address indicated, within 14 days of its delivery to you.

Please email us with any questions at submissions@lachancepublishing.com.