Guidelines for publication:

• You must supply your full name and signature, full street address and home phone number. (Addresses are not published in the paper, but each letter is verified before publication.)
• No letters are run anonymously.
• Letters are limited to 250 words.
• Only one letter is allowed per writer every 30 days.
• Guest columns should be 600 words or less.
• All material is subject to editing and cannot be returned to you.
• In order to give our local readers an opportunity to see their ideas printed in the newspaper, The Gazette gives the highest priority to guest columns and letters that originate in our circulation area.

You can submit a letter to the editor in one of three ways:

• EMAIL: editorial@gazettecommunications.com
  Be sure to include your full name, address and phone number. Online names are not sufficient identification.
  
  
• FAX: (319) 398-5846
  
  
• MAIL:
  The Gazette
  Letters to the Editor
  P.O. Box 511
  Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52406