Contributor Guidelines

 

Summary

  • We are looking for unique insights and perspectives.
  • All content must be 100% unique and exclusive to marijuanandthelaw.com.
  • Back up your points with examples, and provide sources where relevant.
  • You must not receive any compensation for mentioning any business/individual in the article. Any relationship you have with any business/individual must be disclosed in the article.

Website goal: Marijuanaandthelaw.com serves as an authoritative resource for legal marijuana information, providing comprehensive coverage of the latest news and laws.

Length: Articles typically range between 400-1000 words. In-depth or complex topics may require an extended word count.

Uniqueness: Content must be unique to our site and may not appear in other websites or publications.

Topics: All topics must be approved by our team prior to submission. We are interested in recent developments or trending topics in the legal cannabis landscape. Consider using your personal experience and any unique perspective that you can offer.

Sources: If you quote someone or provide a statistic, please link to the source. This makes the content more credible and allows readers to learn more about a topic. Ensure your sources are trustworthy and rely on primary sources whenever possible.

Avoid self-promotion: Content should not come across as self-promotional.

All content will be reviewed by our editor prior to publishing. Content that fails to meet our guidelines may be rejected or amended.

Style Guidelines

Please read through the below guidelines before contributing an article.

  • Numbers less than 10 should be written out in letters. 10 or above should be written as a number.
  • Do not include double spaces after periods.
  • Commas and periods should go inside closing quotation marks.
  • Single quotes should only be used for quotes within quotes.
  • Add your own hyperlinks, rather than adding the URL in parenthesis.
  • When using jargon such as abbreviations or acronyms, spell them out in the first instance (followed by the abbreviation in parenthesis), and use only the abbreviation thereafter.
  • Percent should be written as a word, rather than using the symbol (except in diagrams)
  • Capitalize only the first word in subheadings (except proper nouns)
  • Companies and organizations should be referred to as “it”, rather than “they”
  • We encourage writers to stimulate comments by ending the article with a question for the reader.
  • Inclusion of relevant media items is encouraged. Examples include videos, Tweets, Facebook posts, images, chart and diagrams
  • Be consistent with the use of pronouns and tenses.
  • Articles should start with an introductory paragraph of up to three sentences.
  • Paragraphs should not be excessively long. They should be broken up to make them more engaging for the reader.
  • Avoid overuse of one-sentence paragraphs
  • Subheadings are encouraged to break up the content and make it more digestible.
  • Subheadings should have a consistent format
  • Avoid using links in subheadings

Linking Guidelines

  • If a quote or statistic is included in the content, always provide a link to the source.
  • In-article links should generally be inserted as hyperlinks, rather than as a URL inserted in parenthesis after text.
  • In-article links should only be placed where they naturally support the content, should not be promotional or should not be stuffed with overly-optimized anchor text.