.content-column h2 span,
.step h3 span {
    color: #cb982b
}

.submission-guidelines {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    background-color: #000000e6;
    padding: 15pc 0px;
    /* border-bottom-left-radius: 60px;
    border-bottom-right-radius: 60px; */
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
    color: #fff
}

.submission-guidelines::before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    background: url("../bgimage/submission.webp") center/cover no-repeat fixed;
    opacity: .20;
    z-index: 0
}

.submission-guidelines::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    bottom: -40px;
    right: -60px;
    width: 300px;
    height: 300px;
    opacity: .35;
    filter: blur(52px);
    border-radius: 50%;
    pointer-events: none;
    z-index: 0
}

.submission-guidelines * {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 2
}

.submission-guidelines h1 {
    font-family: "Inter", sans-serif;
    font-size: 56px;
    font-weight: 800;
    color: #fff;
    text-align: center;
    z-index: 2
}

.submission-guidelines p {

    padding: 10px 25pc;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: 1.5;
}

.submission-section {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: flex-start;
    padding: 0px 20px 60px;
}

.container {
    display: flex;
    max-width: 1200px;
    gap: 60px
}

.books-column {
    flex: 1;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 40px;
    align-items: center
}

.book-shelf img {
    width: auto;
    height: auto;
    object-fit: cover;
    border-radius: 6px;
    box-shadow: 0 10px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, .1);
    transition: transform .3s
}

.book-shelf img:hover {
    transform: translateY(-5px)
}

.content-column {
    flex: 1.5
}

.content-column h2 {
    font-size: 28px;
    color: #172443;
    margin-bottom: 40px;
    line-height: 1.3
}

.step {
    border-bottom: 2px dotted #ddd;
    padding: 25px 0
}

.step h3 {
    font-size: 20px;
    color: #172443;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    margin-bottom: 10px
}

.step h3 span {
    font-size: 24px;
    border-bottom: 4px solid #cb982b;
    font-weight: 700;
    margin-right: 10px
}

.step p {
    line-height: 1.6;
    color: #444
}

@media (max-width:900px) {
    .container {
        flex-direction: column;
        align-items: center
    }

    .submission-guidelines h1 {
        font-size: 38px;
    }

    .books-column {
        flex-direction: row;
        flex-wrap: wrap;
        justify-content: center
    }

    .book-shelf {
        gap: 20px
    }
}

.intro-text {
    font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;
    font-size: 38px;
    font-weight: 900;
    color: #172443;
    text-align: left;
    margin-left: 22pc;
    margin-top: 70px;
    margin-bottom: -2pc
}

.intro-text h2 {
    font: inherit;
    color: inherit;
    text-align: inherit;
    margin: 0
}

.intro-text h2 span {
    font-style: oblique;
    color: #cb982b
}

.review-points {
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 10px 0 20px
}

.review-points li {
    font-size: 17px;
    margin-bottom: 8px;
    line-height: 1.6;
    color: #333
}

.review-points li strong {
    color: #b08435;
    margin-right: 6px
}

@media (max-width:992px) {
    .intro-text {
        margin-left: 5pc;
        font-size: 24px
    }
}

@media (max-width:600px) {
    .intro-text {
        margin-left: 0;
        text-align: center;
        font-size: 22px
    }
}

.form-container-section {
    margin: 0 0 0pc;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    padding: 14pc 20px 100px;
    background-color: #121f3e
}

.form-group,
.manuscript-form {
    flex-direction: column;
    display: flex
}

.manuscript-section {
    max-width: 850px;
    padding: 0px 0px 7pc;
}

.form-title {
    font-size: 34px;
    font-weight: 800;
    color: #fff;
    text-align: center;
    margin-bottom: 35px
}

.form-row {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
    gap: 25px
}

.manuscript-form {
    gap: 25px
}

.form-group.full {
    grid-column: 1/-1
}

.form-group label {
    color: #bdbdbd;
    font-size: 16px;
    font-weight: 600;
    margin-bottom: 6px
}

.manuscript-form input,
.manuscript-form textarea {
    width: auto;
    padding: 12px 15px;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    border-radius: 8px;
    font-size: 15px;
    outline: 0
}

textarea {
    height: 130px;
    resize: none
}

.checkbox-group {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 8px
}

.helper-text {
    font-size: 13px;
    color: #666;
    margin-top: 5px
}

.submit-btnn {
    background: linear-gradient(to right, #b57e10, #f5d56f);
    border: none;
    padding: 12px 28px;
    border-radius: 30px;
    width: 50%;
    font-family: "Inter", sans-serif;
    font-size: 21px;
    font-weight: 500;
    color: var(--primary);
    cursor: pointer;
}

.submit-btnn:hover {
    /* background: linear-gradient(to right, #f5d56f, #b57e10); */
    background: transparent;
    border: 1px solid #b57e10;
    color: #fff;
}

.confidential-note {
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 14px;
    color: #777;
    margin-top: -5px
}

@media (min-width:1600px) {
    .submission-guidelines {
        padding: 15pc 260px;
    }

    .container {
        max-width: 1300px
    }

    .intro-text {
        margin-left: 26pc;
        font-size: 40px
    }
        .submission-guidelines p {
        text-align: center;
        font-size: 15px;
        padding: 0px 9pc;

    }
}

@media (max-width:1599px) {
    .submission-guidelines {
        padding: 9pc 180px
    }

    .intro-text {
        margin-left: 18pc;
        font-size: 34px
    }

    .container {
        gap: 50px
    }
       .submission-guidelines p {
        text-align: center;
        font-size: 15px;
        padding: 0px 14pc;

    }
    
}

@media (max-width:1199px) {
    .submission-guidelines {
        padding: 8pc 120px
    }

    .intro-text {
        margin-left: 8pc;
        font-size: 30px
    }

    .container {
        gap: 40px
    }

    .submit-btnn {
        width: 60%
    }
       .submission-guidelines p {
        text-align: center;
        font-size: 15px;
        padding: 0px 9pc;

    }

}

@media (max-width:991px) {
    .submission-guidelines {
        flex-direction: column;
        height: auto;
        padding: 12pc 20px;
        border-radius: 0
    }

    .intro-text {
        margin-left: 0;
        text-align: center;
        font-size: 26px
    }

    .submission-guidelines p {
        text-align: center;
        font-size: 15px;
        padding: 0px 9pc;

    }


    .container {
        flex-direction: column;
        align-items: center;
        gap: 40px
    }

    .books-column {
        flex-direction: row;
        flex-wrap: wrap;
        justify-content: center
    }

    .content-column {
        width: 100%
    }

    .submit-btnn {
        width: 70%
    }
}

@media (max-width:767px) {
    .submission-guidelines {
        flex-direction: column;
        height: auto;
        padding: 12pc 20px;
        border-radius: 0
    }

    .submission-guidelines p {
        text-align: center;
        font-size: 15px;
        padding: 0px;
    }

    .submission-guidelines h2 {
        font-size: 32px;
        text-align: center
    }

    .intro-text {
        font-size: 24px;
        text-align: center
    }

    .container {
        padding: 0;
        gap: 30px
    }

    .book-shelf img {
        max-width: 260px
    }

    .form-row {
        grid-template-columns: 1fr
    }

    .submit-btnn {
        width: 100%;
        font-size: 16px
    }
}

@media (max-width:575px) {
    .submission-guidelines {
        flex-direction: column;
        height: auto;
        padding: 12pc 20px;
        border-radius: 0
    }

    .submission-guidelines p {
        text-align: center;
        font-size: 15px;
        padding: 0px;
    }

    .submission-guidelines h2 {
        font-size: 32px;
        text-align: center
    }

    .intro-text {
        font-size: 22px
    }

    .step h3 {
        font-size: 18px
    }

    .manuscript-form input,
    .manuscript-form textarea,
    .step p {
        font-size: 14px
    }

    .form-title {
        font-size: 26px
    }

}

@media (max-width:374px) {
    .submission-guidelines {
        flex-direction: column;
        height: auto;
        padding: 12pc 20px;
        border-radius: 0
    }

    .submission-guidelines p {
        text-align: center;
        font-size: 15px;
        padding: 0px;
    }

    .submission-guidelines h2 {
        font-size: 32px;
        text-align: center
    }

    .intro-text {
        font-size: 20px
    }

    .step h3 {
        font-size: 16px
    }

    .submit-btnn {
        font-size: 14px;
        padding: 12px
    }
}