diff --git a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AuthorList/AuthorEditor.js b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AuthorList/AuthorEditor.js
index a229db588ca6dff1839081c6c2d0536b466a613f..558002b41574a2390b54a1b59fec57b464078541 100644
--- a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AuthorList/AuthorEditor.js
+++ b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AuthorList/AuthorEditor.js
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ const TitleContainer = styled.div`
     font-family: Helvetica;
     font-size: 14px;
     font-weight: 600;
-    margin-right: 20px;
     text-align: left;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AuthorList/FormItems.js b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AuthorList/FormItems.js
index 183fcebcf18d6532ee00a0096fd98de30aee3bec..440860bad801b3898b51cc715b9952ac4e3ac107 100644
--- a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AuthorList/FormItems.js
+++ b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AuthorList/FormItems.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const LabelContainer = styled.div`
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   margin: 5px;
-  width: ${({ width }) => `${width || 225}px`};
+  width: ${({ width }) => `${width || 175}px`};
 
   span:first-child {
     font-size: 14px;
diff --git a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AuthorList/FormItems.local.scss b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AuthorList/FormItems.local.scss
index 1a2e5c0fece6c01f212a10b11d0039241e8f6a08..32f8b5a088539b63a97c02402affc2fac1e8d073 100644
--- a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AuthorList/FormItems.local.scss
+++ b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/AuthorList/FormItems.local.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 .validated-text {
   flex: 1;
-  margin-right: 20px;
 }
 
 .label {
diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday/app/config/journal/submit-wizard.js b/packages/xpub-faraday/app/config/journal/submit-wizard.js
index 3a63214bbc415175b315d8bcefd0a597ce6d0717..82d222d3c25abbb53e7fd925da1cf336bdae9095 100644
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday/app/config/journal/submit-wizard.js
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday/app/config/journal/submit-wizard.js
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export default {
           fieldId: 'declarations',
           renderComponent: CheckboxGroup,
           options: declarations.options,
-          validate: [required, declarationsMinSize],
+          // validate: [required, declarationsMinSize],
         },
       ],
     },