Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor
You can submit a Letter to the Editor of the local newspapers.
Below are the letters policies of the local press and some guidelines for writing an effective letter.

All of them require your name, address and daytime phone number for verification purposes. The all have a maximum word limit. The smallest is 250 words. So if you make your Letter to the editor less than 250 words you can send it to all the local papers.

If you want to send them individually click on the name of the publication.
Ft. Collins Coloradoan opinion@coloradoan.com
Loveland Reporter Herald news@reporter-herald.com
Longmont Daily Times Call opinion@times-call.com
Greeley Tribune letters@greeleytrib.com

Ft. Collins Coloradoan

Letters to the editor are 250 words maximum; public thank-yous are 100 words maximum; Soapbox opinions are 600 words maximum. You may e-mail your submission to opinion@coloradoan.com or you may mail it to Fort Collins Coloradoan, P.O. Box 1577, Fort Collins, CO 80522 or fax it to 224-7899. A phone number and address are required so the submission can be verified. All submissions are edited. Letters to the editor, soapboxes, opinion and editorial columns and articles submitted to the Coloradoan may be published or distributed in print, electronic or other forms.

Loveland Reporter Herald

The Reporter-Herald invites readers to share their opinions. Letters must be signed. We do not publish anonymous letters, poetry, letters signed with pseudonyms or letters addressed to a third party. For verification, include your address and daytime phone number. (We do not publish them.) Letters longer than 350 words will

be shortened. We reserve the right to edit all letters. Writers are limited to one letter per 30-day period.

Send to: Open Forum, P.O. Box 59, Loveland, 80539, or email us news@reporter-herald.com.

Longmont Daily Times Call
The Daily Times-Call encourages its readers to share their views on matters of importance in our communities, state, nation and world. Short letters, about one typewritten, double-spaced page, on timely topics are given preference. The Times-Call will print as many letters as space allows. They should be addressed to Open Forum, P.O. Box 299, Longmont, CO 80502; or e-mailed to opinion@times-call.com

Letters must be signed. We do not publish anonymous letters, poetry, letters signed with a pseudonym or letters addressed to a third party. For purposes of verification, your address and telephone number where you can be reached during working hours must be furnished, although we do not publish them. Letters longer than 300 words will be shortened.

Greeley Tribune
Submit a Letter to the Editor Online
Before you use the online form below to submit a letter to the editor, please read the guidelines below.
Letters to the editor must be 300 words or fewer and are subject to editing to conform to Tribune style. Limit submissions to one letter every 30 days.
We will not publish letters that do not include attribution of fact, are vague, contain poetry, dominated by secondary sources, open letters to a third party, written to another publication, personal attacks on public or private individuals.
Writers must include daytime phone numbers for verification. Letters will be published within 72 hours of verification, space allowing.
Guest columnists must submit, or have us take, a photograph to run with the column and provide a one-sentence biographical statement. Columns must be 400-600 words. We reserve the right to edit as needed or reject a column entirely if necessary.
Mailing address: Greeley Tribune, P.O. Box 1690, Greeley, CO 80632.
E-mail: letters@greeleytrib.com
Fax: (970) 356-5780

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Guidelines for Letters to the Editor

Writing a letter to the editor is a great opportunity to share your opinion, educate the public about issues, congratulate someone, applaud or criticize policies. A well written, well timed letter to the editor can shift public opinion and influence policy. Here a few tips:

Editors prefer to publish timely letters that respond to an article, editorial, or other letter that appeared in the newspaper. They also prefer to run letters about issues of local importance and interest.
Write and submit your letter as quickly as possible, preferably the same day that the article runs.
Pause! After you have written your letter, take a break and edit it for clarity. Ask someone to review your letter to be sure your writing is clear and you are getting your point across
Make your letter must stand on its own. Many readers will have seen the original story.
Open your letter with a strong statement about the subject.
Be careful about accuracy and avoid personal attacks.
Keep your letter as short as possible by focusing on one, or at most two, major points. Support your position with facts, statistics or other evidence. Aim for no more than 250 words, and be sure to stay under the paper's word limit.
Close with the thought you'd like readers to remember.
You must include your name, street address and phone number. You will be contacted to verify that you actually wrote your letter. Anonymous letters do not get published!