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sci-cover-letter
Use when writing the editor-facing cover letter for Science (AAAS) — a tight, significance-forward pitch, not a summary, that lets the editor decide within two minutes whether the paper clears the broad-interest bar and should go out for external review.
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# Cover Letter & Editor Pitch (sci-cover-letter)
## When to trigger
- Ready to submit and need the editor-facing letter.
- The current letter is a formality ("please find enclosed…") with no argument.
- You need to argue *broad significance* explicitly to survive triage.
## What the cover letter is for
Science editors triage fast. The letter must let an editor decide, in **under two minutes**, that the paper is plausibly broad enough to review. It is a **significance argument**, not a summary.
## Structure (≈ 250–400 words, one page)
