Submit article to Bruce H. Jones, Editor-in-Chief
or Michele Ocejo, Executive Editor.
The Secured Lender
225 West 34th Street, Suite 1815
New York, NY 10122
(212) 594-3490 FAX (212) 564-6053
Unsolicited Articles:
All articles are subject to review before publication.
The author will be notified of the editor's acceptance
or rejection of the article within 4 weeks of its
arrival at the magazine's office.
Length:
Articles should be 6 to 12 pages (2,000 word minimum
and 4,000 word maximum). Footnoting should be done
as sparingly as possible. Pages should be letter-sized,
typewritten double-spaced, and numbered, with 1-inch
margins.
Summary:
Include a brief summary of your article. It should
not exceed 30 words.
Form of Submission:
Our first choice is for you to send the copy on
a diskette (if your machine is IBM compatible, be
sure to send a letter-quality hard copy as well).
Please keep formatting to a minimum. Spacing
should be 1.5 lines and text should be justified
to the left. If you don't have a computer, you
may, of course, send us a typewritten copy. Please
be sure the copy is as clean as possible, with unbroken
typefaces (don't use all caps), so that it may be
easily read by our optical scanner.
Editing:
The editors will make no substantive changes in
the copy without the author's permission. But we
do reserve the right to copyedit and impose other
stylistic alterations without notice to the author.
Author Information:
Upon acceptance, a brief biographical sketch,
plus a black and white photo.
Reprints:
Permission required.
Readability and clarity are crucial. Here are
some simple guidelines that can help:
Keep titles short and to the point.
Use subheads to break up copy.
Outline before you write.
Use the right word.
Avoid fancy words.
Keep sentences and paragraphs short. Run-on sentences
are confusing. Readers trip over them and may miss
the point.
Pieces must be written in the third person,with
few exceptions, and "you" (including imperative)
should not be used except in quotations. If you
must refer to yourself, use "the author."
Don't overstate.
Avoid jargon, when possible.
Keep cliches to a minimum.
Don't get adjective-happy.
Stick to the point.
Put statements in positive form. For example:
use "forgot" instead of "did not remember."
Don't be afraid to use contractions.
Use illustrations to make a point, either verbal
or graphic.
This list of guidelines, although far from comprehensive,
will help keep your article clear.
