As promised earlier, here is a reminder of our contributor guidelines – none of the terms have changed but with so much concern about publishers ripping off their authors, we thought we issue a reminder...

1. We ONLY accept submissions by email - strewth, this is the 21st century.

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. If you are sending a graphic, including haiga, then PDF and JPEG files are fine.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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 (or 'bare licence') to reproduce your work.

10. Unlike many magazines, webzines and competition organizers we don't care if a piece has been previously published elsewhere – providing the author still retains copyright.

11. The one caveat we do make is no simultaneous submission please (and that includes work also being submitted to competitions) if only because it causes us unnecessary aggro when, having accepted a piece, the author then gets it accepted elsewhere in one of those 'previously unpublished' outfits and wants to unsubmit it to us – or else even asks us to delete from the webzine a piece we have already published.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. We currently 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.