Average Words and Pages

The following is a quick run-down of average word and page counts for different forms of manuscripts. This is adapted from the Writer's Digest's Getting Published: What Every Writer Needs to Know. It's a great little handbook that I got for free when I signed up for Writer's Digest.

Manuscript Type	Average Words	Average Pages*
Single Page	250	n/a
Cover letter	n/a	1**
Short-short story	500-2,000	2-8
Children's book	500-2,500	2-10
Short story	2,500-5,000	10-20
Novelette	7,000-25,000	28-100
Novella	7,500-40,000	30-160
Juvenile fiction	15,000-80,000	60-320
Novel (hardcover)	25,000-150,000	100-600
Novel (paperback)	35,000-80,000	140-320

*assumes typewritten (monospaced font) and double spaced
**single spaced