How to submit

Email letters@usatimes.com.

Guidelines

• 200 words or less is best; longer letters are edited.
• Include your full name, neighborhood, and a phone number we can use to verify your identity (we do not publish the phone number).
• Letters responding to a specific story are more likely to be published — include the headline or link.
• We do not publish letters from anonymous senders.
• We do not publish form letters or campaign-coordinated submissions.

After you submit

We respond within five business days. If we plan to publish, we will send you the edited version for approval. We do not pay for letters.