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epsl-cover-letter
Use when writing the cover letter and editor-facing metadata for an Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) submission. EPSL is run by a team of subject editors who screen for frontier significance and letters fit, so the letter must land the process-level advance, steer to the right editor, and supply clean suggested reviewers. It drafts the letter; it does not contact editors.
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# Cover Letter & Editor Pitch (epsl-cover-letter)
EPSL manuscripts are handled by an editor whose own research sits near the paper's sub-field —
geochemistry, geophysics, geodynamics, planetary science (the current editor roster changes;
re-check it on the journal site). Your letter is read by a scientist who can evaluate the claim
directly, so it must be a precise scientific argument for significance, not marketing. Its three
jobs: state the frontier advance, demonstrate letters fit, and make the editor's reviewer search easy.
## When to trigger
- Writing the cover letter for a new EPSL submission
- Choosing the editor whose remit matches the paper (where the system allows a preference)
- Assembling suggested and opposed reviewers with conflict statements
- Re-pitching after a desk decline at another high-bar venue