Author guidelines

Each annual publication of the How Products Are Made series contains 100 essays covering 100 consumer products. Within each entry is an in-depth discussion of the background, history, design, and manufacturing process of the specific consumer product. Accompanying each entry is an illustration depicting the manufacturing process as a whole or highlighting a specific aspect of the product. Each volume of the series also contains a multi-level, cumulative index and 15 historical and biographical sidebars with accompanying photos.

Each essay is 2,000 words and focuses on one consumer product, providing in-depth information about the product's history, development, and continued use. The entries are geared towards a general audience and written at a high-school level. Compensation is generally around $300 per entry.

If you have a technical writing background and would like to write for a future volume of How Products Are Made feel free to submit your resume.

For those writers who are working on the current volume of HPM, please review the following information:

• Checklist
• Entry compilation guidelines
• General instructions for writing
• MS Word 2000
• Sample Entries
• Sample entry with codes
• Style guidelines
• Submitting manuscript
• Template
• Terms and guidelines

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