We also encourage you to write a Letter to the Editor. Here is the contact information and requirements for area papers:

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The Highlander (has merged with the Crossroads Chronicle Newspaper of Cashiers)

Submit to: editor@highlandsnews.com

Letters must include a daytime phone number and address (these will not be published,

they are for verification purposes). Letters must be signed and no longer than 500 words.

Writers are limited to one letter every 30 days.

 

Highlands Newspaper (free paper)

Submit to: 828-200-1371 / HighlandsEditor@aol.com

 

The Franklin Press

Online form to submit letters (published at the discretion of the newspaper staff in the order they are received) at www.thefranklinpress.com/letter to the editor

 

Smoky Mountain Times (Bryson City)

Submit to: editor@thesmokymountaintimes.com

Include a daytime phone number, name, and the community you live in (phone #will not be published, for verification purposes only). Letters must be signed and no longer than 500 words. One letter every 30 days.

 

The Cherokee One Feather

Submit to: cherokeeonefeather1966@gmail.com or robejump@ebci-nsn.gov

Letters should not be longer than 250 words; must include name, address, email, and phone #. Deadline is Friday at noon.

 

The Sylva Herald

Submit to: news@thesylvaherald.com

500 words; provide address and phone number. Web form for submission is out of orderfor some time. Deadline Monday at noon.

 

Smoky Mountain Times News (Bryson City)

Submit to: sara@thesmokymountaintimes.com 

Include a daytime phone number, name, and the community you live in (phone #will not be published; for verification purposes) Letters must be signed and no longer than 500 words. One letter every 30 days.

 

Smoky Mountain News (regional free paper, Waynesville and surrounding areas)

Submit to: info@smokymountainnews.com

 

Asheville Citizen Times

Online submission form can be found at  

https://static.citizen-times.com/submit-letter-editor/

250 word limit