Standard manuscript format - Short stories

Good information, well worth following to improve your odds of getting a piece read.

All the good stuff you'd need to know for a standard formatting. Also, you can download blank pre-formatted documents if you don't know/too lazy to set it up yourself.

One thing; underlining for italics is no longer considered mandatory by editors at large. Some may still require it but it has fallen out of style. Research it and always check what the publisher asks.