To Submit letters:

Requirements

• Length limit: 250 words
• Frequency limit: once every 30 days
• Must include writer’s  full name, address  and day-time telephone number (address and phone number for verification only)
• Author vouches for originality; no form letters
• No petitions
• No poetry
• The Gazette reserves the right to edit letters for length, redundancy, clarity, civility and accuracy.
• Letters should come from individuals, even when they represent a group or organization’s view point.
• Most  important, the point of letters is to opine. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

To submit letters or guest columns:

• Use the online form
• E-mail: editorial@gazcomm.com
• Regular mail: Letters,  The Gazette, 500 Third Ave., Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
• Or fax: (319) 398-5846

Questions?

Call Opinion Page Editor Jeff Tecklenburg at (319) 398-8262 or e-mail jeff.tecklenburg@gazcomm.com