The editorial staff of The Flor-Ala has established the following policies concerning Letters to the Editor submitted for publication during this academic year.
The deadline for submitting letters is 10 a.m. Monday, the week of publication.
Letters must not exceed 300 words.
The Flor-Ala reserves the right to edit submissions for punctuation, style, and length.
The publication of any letter is left to the discretion of the Editorial Board.
Only letters accompanied by the writer's legible signature, current address and telephone number will be considered for publication.
A writer who hand-delivers a letter must present photo identification.
The Board prefers that letters be oriented to issues, rather than personalities.
Priority is given to letters critical of The Flor-Ala, or written in direct response to an editorial, a column, or a news story.
When the editors deem it necessary for ease of understanding or to clarify facts, an Editor's Note may accompany a letter.
The editor(s) may exercise the option of responding to a letter, but will do so in the issue following the one in which the letter appears.
If a letter exceeds the 300-word limit, the writer will be notified, if that is possible, and asked to edit it to an acceptable length.
