Registered Rep. welcomes article queries and submissions. If you wish to contribute, please spend some time familiarizing yourself with Registered Rep.'s various sections and features. Practice and investing stories typically run at between 700 and 1,000 words, while features can run to between 1,000 and 1,900 words. The best way to submit articles and story pitches is via e-mail to kristen.french@penton.com and david.geracioti@penton.com , with EDITORIAL SUBMISSION in the subject line.

If you are sending a query, please tell us briefly what the story you want to write is about, why it would be of particular interest to our readers, financial advisors, and why it needs to be written about now. Also, please tell us a little about yourself -- your experience and background as a writer and qualifications for writing a particular story. If you have clips you can send us via e-mail, or Web addresses of pages that contain your work, please send us a representative sampling (no more than three or four, please).

We ask that you please send the text of your query or submission in plain text in the body of your e-mail, rather than as an attached file, as we may not be able to read the format of your file. We do our best to respond to all inquiries, but we are sometimes inundated. If you have not heard back from us after three weeks, please assume that we will not be able to use your idea or submission.