diff --git a/submissions/forms.py b/submissions/forms.py
index 4f860387cb58cbb97d8a3ec815e40805043c60b6..c7a02a907e4cebc9969e2f815ed5e9c28b65dcae 100644
--- a/submissions/forms.py
+++ b/submissions/forms.py
@@ -607,9 +607,9 @@ class SubmissionForm(forms.ModelForm):
             'is_resubmission_of', None) or data.get('is_resubmission_of')
         self.metadata = {} # container for possible external server-provided metadata
 
-        print("form args:\n", args)
-        print("form kwargs:\n", kwargs)
-        print("is_resubmission: %s" % self.is_resubmission())
+        # print("form args:\n", args)
+        # print("form kwargs:\n", kwargs)
+        # print("is_resubmission: %s" % self.is_resubmission())
 
         # data = args[0] if len(args) > 1 else kwargs.get('data', {})
         # identifier = kwargs['initial'].get('identifier_w_vn_nr', None) or data.get('identifier_w_vn_nr')
diff --git a/submissions/templates/submissions/submission_form.html b/submissions/templates/submissions/submission_form.html
index d0f543464e4ac88d67d6527d933b2df7fab84851..5126538221511b8cb17869e35504c378f190ee1a 100644
--- a/submissions/templates/submissions/submission_form.html
+++ b/submissions/templates/submissions/submission_form.html
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@
 {% block content %}
   <div class="row">
     <div class="col-12">
-      <h1 class="highlight">Submit a manuscript to SciPost
-        {% if form.identifier_w_vn_nr.value %} <span class="my-1 py-0 text-blue">{{ form.identifier_w_vn_nr.value }}{% if form.submission_is_resubmission %} <small>(resubmission)</small>{% endif %}</span>{% endif %}
-      </h1>
+      <h1 class="highlight">Submit a manuscript to SciPost</h1>
     </div>
 
     <div class="col-12">
diff --git a/submissions/templates/submissions/submit_choose_journal.html b/submissions/templates/submissions/submit_choose_journal.html
index d61f23dfc658641b47afee0f80462a47e92b950d..78716320177fba27dfefaf7e784466d982c64d54 100644
--- a/submissions/templates/submissions/submit_choose_journal.html
+++ b/submissions/templates/submissions/submit_choose_journal.html
@@ -41,22 +41,27 @@
 
     <h2>Which Journal do you wish to {% if thread_hash %}send your resubmission{% else %}submit{% endif %} to?</h2>
     <br>
-    <div class="card-columns">
-      {% for journal in journals %}
-	<div class="card">
-	  <div class="card-header {{ journal.doi_label }}">
-	    <h3 class="m-2"><a href="{{ journal.get_absolute_url }}">{{ journal.name }}</a>
-	      {% if journal.has_DOAJ_Seal %}
-		<a href="https://doaj.org" class="float-right"><img src="{% static 'scipost/images/DOAJ_Seal_logo_big.png' %}" alt="DOAJ Seal" width="20em"></a>
-	      {% endif %}
-	    </h3>
-	  </div>
-	  <div class="card-body">
-	    <a class="btn btn-outline-primary m-2" role="button" href="{{ journal.get_absolute_url }}/about" target="_blank"><em>View Description, Scope, Content and Acceptance Criteria</em></a>
-	    <a class="btn btn-primary m-2" role="button" href="{% url 'submissions:submit_choose_preprint_server' journal_doi_label=journal.doi_label %}{% if thread_hash %}?thread_hash={{ thread_hash }}{% endif %}"><i class="fa fa-arrow-right"></i> Submit to {{ journal.name }}</a>
+
+    <div class="container">
+      <div class="row row-cols-1 row-cols-lg-2 row-cols-xl-3">
+	{% for journal in journals %}
+	  <div class="col col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-2">
+	    <div class="card">
+	      <div class="card-header {{ journal.doi_label }}">
+		<h3 class="m-2"><a href="{{ journal.get_absolute_url }}">{{ journal.name }}</a>
+		  {% if journal.has_DOAJ_Seal %}
+		    <a href="https://doaj.org" class="float-right" data-toggle="tooltip" title="{{ journal.name }} has received the Directory of Open Access Journals Seal"><img src="{% static 'scipost/images/DOAJ_Seal_logo_big.png' %}" alt="DOAJ Seal" width="20em"></a>
+		  {% endif %}
+		</h3>
+	      </div>
+	      <div class="card-body">
+		<a class="btn btn-outline-primary m-2" role="button" href="{{ journal.get_absolute_url }}/about" target="_blank"><em>View Description, Scope, Content and Acceptance Criteria</em></a>
+		<a class="btn btn-primary m-2" role="button" href="{% url 'submissions:submit_choose_preprint_server' journal_doi_label=journal.doi_label %}{% if thread_hash %}?thread_hash={{ thread_hash }}{% endif %}"><i class="fa fa-arrow-right"></i>&emsp;Submit to {{ journal.name }}</a>
+	      </div>
+	    </div>
 	  </div>
-	</div>
-      {% endfor %}
+	{% endfor %}
+      </div>
     </div>
 
   {% else %}
diff --git a/submissions/templates/submissions/submit_choose_preprint_server.html b/submissions/templates/submissions/submit_choose_preprint_server.html
index 2d8e3f1c897e0f28d96d30adeaf4fc0c681d508b..a61ab1eff6ad02db9ed7954e5207a551a18931e7 100644
--- a/submissions/templates/submissions/submit_choose_preprint_server.html
+++ b/submissions/templates/submissions/submit_choose_preprint_server.html
@@ -41,37 +41,41 @@
       <h2>Please proceed with the SciPost preprint server (others are not available)</h2>
     {% endif %}
     <br>
-    <div class="card-columns">
-      {% for server in preprint_servers %}
-	<div class="card">
-	  <div class="card-header">
-	    <h3>{% if thread_hash %}Resubmit{% else %}Submit{% endif %} via {{ server }}</h3>
-	  </div>
-	  <div class="card-body">
-	    {% if server.name == 'SciPost' %}
-	      <form action="{% url 'submissions:submit_manuscript_scipost' journal_doi_label=journal.doi_label %}" method="get">
-		{{ scipost_prefill_form }}
-		{% if thread_hash %}
-		  <input type="hidden" name="thread_hash" value="{{ thread_hash }}"/>
-		{% endif %}
-	        <i class="fa fa-arrow-right"></i>
-		<input type="submit" class="btn btn-success text-white" value="Go to the SciPost submission form"/>
-              </form>
-	    {% elif server.name == 'arXiv' %}
-              <h3>arXiv identifier for your Submission</h3>
-              <p><em>Give the identifier without prefix but with version number, ####.####(#)v#(#)</em></p>
-	      <form action="{% url 'submissions:submit_manuscript_arxiv' journal_doi_label=journal.doi_label %}" method="get">
-		{{ arxiv_prefill_form }}
-		{% if thread_hash %}
-		  <input type="hidden" name="thread_hash" value="{{ thread_hash }}"/>
+    <div class="container">
+      <div class="row row-cols-1 row-cols-lg-2 row-cols-xl-3">
+	{% for server in preprint_servers %}
+	  <div class="col col-sm-12 col-lg-6 mb-2">
+	    <div class="card mb-4">
+	      <div class="card-header bg-dark text-white">
+		<h3 class="p-2 m-0"><em>{% if thread_hash %}Resubmit{% else %}Submit{% endif %} via</em>&emsp;<strong class="text-warning">{{ server }}</strong></h3>
+	      </div>
+	      <div class="card-body text-center">
+		{% if server.name == 'SciPost' %}
+		  <form action="{% url 'submissions:submit_manuscript_scipost' journal_doi_label=journal.doi_label %}" method="get">
+		    {{ scipost_prefill_form }}
+		    {% if thread_hash %}
+		      <input type="hidden" name="thread_hash" value="{{ thread_hash }}"/>
+		    {% endif %}
+		    <input type="submit" class="btn btn-primary text-white" value="Go to the SciPost submission form"/>
+		  </form>
+		{% elif server.name == 'arXiv' %}
+		  <h3>Please provide the arXiv identifier for your Submission</h3>
+		  <p><em>without the website prefix but with version number, e.g.
+		    <br> ####.####(#)v#(#)</em></p>
+		  <form action="{% url 'submissions:submit_manuscript_arxiv' journal_doi_label=journal.doi_label %}" method="get">
+		    {{ arxiv_prefill_form }}
+		    {% if thread_hash %}
+		      <input type="hidden" name="thread_hash" value="{{ thread_hash }}"/>
+		    {% endif %}
+	            <i class="fa fa-arrow-right"></i>
+		    <input type="submit" class="btn btn-primary text-white" value="Query arXiv"/>
+		  </form>
 		{% endif %}
-	        <i class="fa fa-arrow-right"></i>
-		<input type="submit" class="btn btn-success text-white" value="Query arXiv"/>
-              </form>
-	    {% endif %}
+	      </div>
+	    </div>
 	  </div>
-	</div>
-      {% endfor %}
+	{% endfor %}
+      </div>
     </div>
 
   {% else %}
diff --git a/submissions/templates/submissions/submit_manuscript.html b/submissions/templates/submissions/submit_manuscript.html
index 9e19d9f5e8db7b6d711a31efa129041ead3c7e28..1d4699282212e143075570aa0498a581ed609ce6 100644
--- a/submissions/templates/submissions/submit_manuscript.html
+++ b/submissions/templates/submissions/submit_manuscript.html
@@ -35,79 +35,71 @@
   {% if perms.scipost.can_submit_manuscript %}
 
     <h2 class="mb-4">Please choose one of the following routes:</h2>
-    <div class="card-columns">
-      {% if resubmission_candidates %}
-	<div class="card">
-	  <div class="card-header bg-primary text-white">
-	    <h3 class="p-2 m-0"><em>Resubmit</em></h3>
-	  </div>
-	  <div class="card-body">
-            <p>The system has found {{ resubmission_candidates|length|pluralize:'a Submission,Submissions' }} currently under evaluation, for which you are a verified author. If you wish to submit a new version of {{ resubmission_candidates|length|pluralize:'this Submission,one of these Submissions' }}, please use the associated "Resubmit" buttton below.</p>
-            <ul class="px-3 py-2">
-              {% for submission in resubmission_candidates %}
-		<li>
-		  <a href="{{ submission.get_absolute_url }}">{{ submission.title }}</a>
-		  <br>
-		  {{ submission.author_list }}
-		  <br>
-		  Preprint {{ submission.preprint.identifier_w_vn_nr }}
-		  <br>
+
+    <div class="container">
+      <div class="row row-cols-1 row-cols-lg-2 row-cols-xl-3">
+	{% if resubmission_candidates %}
+          {% for submission in resubmission_candidates %}
+	    <div class="col col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-2">
+	      <div class="card my-4">
+		<div class="card-header bg-dark text-white">
+		  <h3 class="p-2 m-0">
+		    <em>Resubmission of <a href="{{ submission.get_absolute_url }}" class="text-info">{{ submission.preprint.identifier_w_vn_nr }}</a></em>
+		  </h3>
+		</div>
+		<div class="card-body">
+		  <p><a href="{{ submission.get_absolute_url }}"><strong>{{ submission.title }}</strong></a></p>
+		  <p>by {{ submission.author_list }}</p>
 		  {% if not submission.open_for_resubmission %}
-                    <strong class="text-warning">This submission is still undergoing peer refereeing. Please wait until the closing of the previous refereeing round and formulation of the Editorial Recommendation before proceeding with a resubmission.</strong>
+		    <p class="bg-dark border-warning text-warning p-3 mb-0"><strong><i class="fa fa-warning text-danger"></i> This submission is still undergoing peer refereeing. Please wait until the closing of the previous refereeing round and formulation of the Editorial Recommendation before resubmitting.</strong></p>
 		  {% else %}
-		    <a class="btn btn-outline-primary p-1 mt-0" role="button" href="{% url 'submissions:submit_choose_journal' discipline=submission.discipline %}?thread_hash={{ submission.thread_hash }}"><i class="fa fa-arrow-right"></i> Resubmit</a>
+		    <table class="table mb-0">
+		      <tbody>
+			<tr><td class="bg-primary">
+			  <a class="btn text-white" role="button" href="{% url 'submissions:submit_choose_journal' discipline=submission.discipline %}?thread_hash={{ submission.thread_hash }}"><i class="fa fa-arrow-right"></i>&emsp;Resubmit this manuscript</a>
+			</td></tr>
+		      </tbody>
+		    </table>
 		  {% endif %}
-		</li>
-              {% endfor %}
-            </ul>
-	  </div>
-	</div>
-      {% endif %}
-
-
-      <div class="card">
-	<div class="card-header bg-success text-white">
-	  <h3 class="p-2 m-0">New Submission</h3>
-	</div>
-	<div class="card-body">
-	  {% for branch in scipost_disciplines %}
-	    {% with journals|journals_in_branch:branch.0 as journals_branch %}
-	      {% if journals_branch|length > 0%}
-		<h3>{{ branch.0 }}</h3>
-		<ul class="list list-unstyled">
-		  {% for discipline in branch.1 %}
-		    {% with journals_branch|journals_in_discipline:discipline.0 as journals_disc %}
-		      {% if journals_disc|length > 0 %}
-			<li class="list-unstyled-item m-2"><a class="btn btn-success text-white" role="button" href="{% url 'submissions:submit_choose_journal' discipline=discipline.0 %}"><i class="fa fa-arrow-right"></i> New submission in {{ discipline.1 }}</a></li>
-		      {% endif %}
-		    {% endwith %}
-		  {% endfor %}
-		</ul>
-	      {% endif %}
-	    {% endwith %}
+		</div>
+	      </div>
+	    </div>
 	  {% endfor %}
-	</div>
-      </div>
-
-      <!-- <div class="card">
-	   <div class="card-header">
-	   <h3 class="p-2 bg-success text-white"><em>New Submission</em></h3>
-	   <h3>Submit an arXiv preprint</h3>
-	   </div>
-	   <div class="card-body">
-	   </div>
-	   </div>
-	   <div class="card">
-	   <div class="card-header">
-	   <h3 class="p-2 bg-success text-white"><em>New Submission</em></h3>
-	   <h3>Submit directly to SciPost</h3>
-	   </div>
-	   <div class="card-body">
-	   </div>
-	   </div>
-	   </div> -->
+	{% endif %}
 
+	{% for branch in scipost_disciplines %}
+	  {% with journals|journals_in_branch:branch.0 as journals_branch %}
+	    {% if journals_branch|length > 0%}
+	      <div class="col col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-2">
+		<div class="card my-4">
+		  <div class="card-header bg-dark text-white">
+		    <h3 class="p-2 m-0"><em>New Submission</em> <small class="text-info"><em>({{ branch.0 }})</em></small></h3>
+		  </div>
+		  <div class="card-body">
+		    <table class="table table-borderless mb-0">
+		      <tbody>
+			<tr><td></td></tr>
+			{% for discipline in branch.1 %}
+			  {% with journals_branch|journals_in_discipline:discipline.0 as journals_disc %}
+			    {% if journals_disc|length > 0 %}
+			      <tr>
+				<td class="bg-primary"><a class="btn text-white" role="button" href="{% url 'submissions:submit_choose_journal' discipline=discipline.0 %}"><i class="fa fa-arrow-right"></i>&emsp;New submission in <strong>{{ discipline.1 }}</strong></a></td>
+			      </tr>
+			      <tr><td></td></tr>
+			    {% endif %}
+			  {% endwith %}
+			{% endfor %}
+		      </tbody>
+		    </table>
+		  </div>
+		</div>
+	      </div>
+	    {% endif %}
+	  {% endwith %}
+	{% endfor %}
+      </div>
+    </div>
   {% else %}
-      <h3>You are currently not allowed to submit a manuscript.</h3>
+    <h3>You are currently not allowed to submit a manuscript.</h3>
   {% endif %}
 {% endblock content %}