Ransom Notes is published monthly for the benefit of members of the Los Angeles Chapter of Sisters in Crime.

Submissions

The editor welcomes items of interest to the membership. All articles should be submitted in electronic format. Please copy into your email as well as sending an attachment.

Send submissions to SinCLAEditor@gmail.com.

Deadline for submissions is the 10th of the month prior to the date of the issue.

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ADVERTISING POLICY

To assist businesses and professional services to reach our more than 200 members, made up of published and non-published authors, please check out the following information: Ransom Notes Adv.

 

ALL POINTS BULLETINS – MEMBERS ONLY

This covers classes offered, notices of book publication, etc. Author Members receive up to 150 words at no charge; additional text up to 250 words is $5.00, a photo or graphic image is $5.00. Deadline: remains the same, 10th of the month for the upcoming issue. INCLUDE: the name of the event, date, location, contact/website. The printed size of the graphics/pictures is at the sole discretion of Ransom Notes.

 

CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS

Magazines, websites, contests requesting submissions: if there is no charge to author for submission, your info will run Free (see the info that will be included at no charge), if there is a charge, please open the document above titled Ransom Notes Advertising.  INCLUDE: the name of the event, deadline date to enter (if applicable), date of contest/issue/etc, contact info and website. Submission guidelines will not be printed, they must be available on your website.

 

Ransom Notes will not edit info, provide it accurately and completely. Only info above will be printed, no other info will be included. Deadline to submit info via email is 10^th of month for the following month’s issue. Payment must be made via Paypal by the same date.  Paypal address: sistersincrimela@gmail.com  (add a note describing what payment is for).

 

CONFERENCES

Information on upcoming writing conferences is included on our “Criminal Pursuits” page, and will include: name, dates, location and contact. Any conference that wishes to list added info or provide a display advertising rates, see the pdf file above titled Ransom Notes advertising.

 

ARTICLES

This is for members only. SinC/LA will accept articles from its membership, which will be reviewed by the Editor as relevant to our membership. Inclusion in Ransom Notes is based upon word count, relevance, and available space. Articles should cover only writing-related news and must be written by a SinC member. This, too, will be decided by the Editor. We may consider running articles from other SinC chapter members.

 

BOOKSTORES

Announcements must come directly from the bookstore. We will not be charging bookstores, and there will be no separate departments devoted to them at this time. Any signing info they send should apply only to SinC authors.

GENERAL: Submitters are responsible for all text, graphics, and pictures. Submitters are also responsible for accuracy of information, as Ransom Notes doesn’t have fact-checkers. Any item exceeding the appropriate word count will not run.

All questions and clarifications should be addressed to: SinCLAEditor@gmail.com.