Make Your Voice Heard: Write a Letter to the Editor


Vermont enjoys an active debate among its citizens through the "letters to the editor" section of its daily and weekly newspapers.  You don't need to be an expert to take part in the discussion, you just need to have an opinion and be willing to express it.

We encourage you, once you have written a letter, to send it to more than one newspaper (especially your local weekly, Windsor County dailies, and other daily newspapers around the state).  Editors write editorials, and can be influenced by receiving a letter even if it is not published (reading letters is one way they gauge public opinion).

Always include your name, address, and a telephone number that the newspaper can call to verify that you are the sender.



Windsor County Dailies


Eagle-Times
(daily, Claremont, N.H., and Springfield): To send a letter, click here.

The Rutland Herald
: Maintains its own letter submission web page.  Asks that letters be "short and to the point."

The Valley News
: Publishes "virtually all letters."  Length limit: 350 words.  Frequency limit: No more than once every two weeks.  To send a letter, click here.



Windsor County Weeklies


Black River Tribune
(Ludlow): No e-mail address.  Send letters to Black River Tribune, 27 Main Street, Ludlow, VT 05149, or fax to (802) 228-8000.

Connecticut Valley Spectator
(Lebanon, N.H.): To send a letter, click here.

Herald of Randolph:
To send a letter, click here.

Message for the Week
(Chester): To send a letter, click here.

Quechee Times:
 To send a letter, click here.

Springfield Reporter:
 To send a letter, click here.

Vermont Standard
(Woodstock): To send a letter, click here.



Other Vermont Dailies


Barre-Montpelier Times Argus:
 "We endeavor to publish all letters ... short and to the point."  Maintains its own letter submission web page.

Bennington Banner:
  To send a letter, click here.

Brattleboro Reformer:
  To send a letter, click here.

Burlington Free Press:
  Length limit: 250 words.  Frequency limit: One letter every 30 days.  Maintains a letter submission web page, or click here to send a letter.

Caledonian Record
(daily, St. Johnsbury): "We try to publish all letters."  Keep letters "short and to the point." Maintains its own letter submission web page.