Length: 500 words or fewer (250 words or fewer if the topic is not local)
Mailing Address: Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, Attention: Public Viewpoint, P.O. Box 7, Springdale, AR 72765
Submitted by Internet: www.nwaonline.com
Email: [email protected]
with the subject line “Letter to the Editor”
Fax: 479-872-5055.
Topics of local or regional interest get priority.
Length: 750 words or fewer
Mailing Address: Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, Attention: GuestColumn, P.O. Box 7, Springdale, AR 72765
Submitted by Internet: Not accepted
Email: [email protected]
with the subject line “Guest Column”
Fax: Not accepted
Email with the column or letter in the text are preferred. Attachments to email often fail to open.
Handwritten letters are accepted if readable, but handwritten columns are not.
Typewritten submissions must be double-spaced.
Writers must submit columns and letters under their own names. All submissions must include a valid telephone number, mailing address and an email address if available, all for verification. Guest column submissions must also includesome information about the author for a short, biographical footnote.
We prefer to publish the author’s email address but will consider withholding it if specifically requested.
Personal attacks and libelous or defamatory statements will not be published. Neither will personal disputes. Guest columns about political candidates are not published.
Northwest Arkansas Newspapers reserves the right to edit for content, grammar and accuracy. NAN reserves the right to reject any submission and limit the number of published items from each contributor.
Published submissions become the property of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers.
Opinion, Pages 14 on 09/30/2012