Title Style Guide for Authors – Luminosity Publishing

Chicago Manual of Style

This is for Chicago Manual of styling only, and shouldn’t be confused with Associated Press styling who use different techniques for newspapers, websites etc. We are only focusing on the Chicago styling. ☺

Title to be styled….	Styling
Albums	Italics
Almanacs	None
Apps	Italics
Art	Italics
Articles	Quotes
Awards	None
Ballet	Italics
Bible	None
Blob entries	Quotes
Blogs	Italics
Books	Italics, but book series and editions none.
Cartoons	Italics
Catalogues	None
Chapters (books)	Quotes
Classical Music	True titles given by composer in italics, but other nicknames for classical pieces in quotes. Just like songs
Columns (in periodicals)	None
Comic Strip	Italics
Conferences	None (unless it has ‘status’ then use italics)
Concerts	Quotes
Departments (periodicals)	None
Drawings	Italics
Essays	Quotes
Exhibitions (large)	None
Exhibitions (small)	Italics
Fairs (large)	None
Fairs (small)	Italics
Journals	Italics
Lecture series	None
Lecture (individual)	Quotes
Magazines	Italics
Meetings	None (unless high status; then use quotes)
Messages – whether text, lipstick on a mirror, or phone. This includes text messages.	Quotations marks
Movies	Italics
Newspapers	Italics
Operas	Italics
Online databases	Italics
Paintings	Italics
Pamphlets	Italics
Periodicals	Italics
Photographs	Italics
Plays	Italics
Podcast episodes	Quotes
Podcasts	Italics
Poems	Quotes (unless book length; then use italics)
Political Documents	None
Radio episode (in a series)	Quotes
Radio programs and series	Italics
Reports	Italics
Short stories	Quotes
Songs	Quotes
Speeches	None (unless high status; then use quotes)
Statues	Italics
Television episodes (in a series)	Quotes
Television programs and series	Italics
Text messages	Quotes
Unpublished works	Quotes
Video blogs	Italics
Video blog episodes	Quotes
Web pages and sections	Quotes
Websites	None