We are interested in considering all your poetry, prose and e-poetry contributions - and would aim to provide a very quick response (even if it is to say 'no') however we can all save each other a lot of time and effort if you observe the following submission guidelines...

1. We ONLY accept submissions by email - strewth, this is the 21st century - and anything sent by snail-mail will go straight into the shredder.

2. Send your submissions to charles@legaltechnology.com and include the words IS&T SUBMISSION in the subject line.

3. Please ensure your return email address is clearly indicated.

4. Please include a short biographical note - 15-to-20 words max - about yourself (and yes you can be flippant and include a web URL if you want).

5. Your submissions can be within the body of the email or as a Word or RTF file attachment - but no macros or .EXE files as they will not get thru our anti-virus firewall.

6. Because we use a relatively simple page design, it would help if you could submit your contributions as plain text without too much adornment. HOWEVER if the typographical layout really is an essential part of your submission (because it is concrete poetry or a calligram) please send a PDF (your WP application should include a print to PDF option) or JPEG of the work rather than risk the formatting being lost because our Microsoft Word defaults are not the same as yours.

7. Please note the maximum word length we will publish is 750 words - there again Einstein did write one of his theses in less words than that so there really is no need to be prolix.

8. If you are submitting e-poetry and have any concerns about technical issues, please contact us first. Possible options here include you continuing to host the work on your own webspace and we hyperlink back to it.

9. Contributors must accept full responsibility for the accuracy of their spelling as (a) we can't spell and (b) you may be using terms of art or unusual spelling deliberately.

10. Please DO NOT submit work that includes copyright material (such as pictures) belonging to other people/third parties unless you can supply us with written authorisation by that person/third party.

11. As the author you retain full copyright in your work. By submitting a piece of prose or poetry to us, you are merely granting IS&T a non-exclusive right to reproduce your work.

12. We can only accept contributions in English although there are no geographical constraints on where the contributions come from.

13. We do not offer a critical review service - you'll have to get that from your local writers group or creative writing tutor. On the otherhand if we do reject a piece we will not make any snitty, rude comments about it.

14. While nothing is sacred - and we will consider 'political/current affairs' contributions - we do reserve the right to reject any submission we feel is deliberately offensive or actionable.

15. We do not pay for submissions - we have no money - and, just for the record, we are NOT funded by Arts Council etc grants or any other public funding - we don't believe in having a bureaucratic tail wagging the creative dog.

16. Editor's decision is final and no further correspondence will be entered into.

17. That's it.