How to Submit Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor

  • If you’d like help planning or placing an op-ed, contact Ann Farnsworth-Alvear (farnsworthalvear AT gmail DOT com)  or Mary Summers (maryelliottsummers AT gmail DOT com).

  • If you publish an op-ed or letter, email us at pennforpilots AT gmail DOT com so that we can publicize it.  And let us know about your submission experience so that we can advise other colleagues.

  • Letters to the editor should respond to an article in the publication you’re addressing.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Submit op-eds to both editors:

Deputy Editor, Opinion: Erica Palan epalan@inquirer.com

Coverage Editor, Opinion: Elena Gooray egooray@inquirer.com

  •  650 words

  • Include links to sourcing

  • Include 1-2 lines of bio for the author(s). And limit it to two authors.

  • Send the whole draft. Please do not send a pitch.

  • Paste it into the body of an email.

  • Don’t send headshots.

  • For more information, visit the Inquirer.

Submit letters to the editor: letters@inquirer.com

  • Up to 150 words

  • Include home address and day and evening phone number

  • Letters run six days a week on the editorial pages. Letters are not published online

Philadelphia Tribune

Submit op-eds

The Tribune doesn’t provide guidance on where to send op-eds, but does publish them. Some options:

  • General email: info@phillytrib.com

  • Managing Editor, Irv Randolph: managingeditor@phillytrib.com

Submit letters to the editor here.

  • Up to 250 words

WHYY

Submit op-eds and commentary: speakeasy@whyy.org

WHYY has a more flexible word count than the Inquirer.  See recent examples.

Jewish Exponent

Submit op-eds: Liz Spikol, lspikol@jewishexponent.com

Submit letters to the editor: letters@jewishexponent.com

  • Up to 200 words

Philadelphia Gay News

Submit op-eds:

Jess Bryant, Editor-in-Chief, jess@epgn.com

 

Daily Pennsylvanian

Submit op-eds to both addresses:

letters@thedp.com

Maria Murad, Summer Opinion Editor: murad@dailypennsylvanian.com

  •  650-750 words

  • Include links to sources for facts and figures mentioned in the essay

Submit letters to the editor: letters@thedp.com

  • Up to 200 words

Inside Higher Ed

Submit op-eds for the Views section: editor@insidehighered.com

  • 1,000-1,500 words

  • Include links to sources, not footnotes

  • “We prefer to receive any submissions in an attachment, with the author’s name, title, organizational affiliation and contact information on that attachment. It usually takes us at least a week and sometimes two to review and discuss a piece or proposal among ourselves, and then get back to let the author know whether we plan to publish it or not.”

  • For more information, visit Inside Higher Ed.

Chronicle of Higher Education

Submit op-eds for the Commentary and Views section: opinion@chronicle.com

  • 1,000-1,200 words

  • Include links to sources for facts and figures mentioned in the essay

Submit letters to the editor:  letters@chronicle.com

  • Up to 350 words

  • Please include a daytime phone number and what institution you are affiliated with or what city or town you are writing from.