The Bangor Daily News welcomes commentary from readers. Letters should be no more than 250 words, OpEd commentary should not exceed 650 words. Both may be edited or rejected for clarity, taste, libel and space. If a letter or OpEd is published, submissions by the same writer may not be considered for 30 days. We apologize for being unable to respond to queries.

If you’d rather email than fill out a form, send letters to the editor to [email protected] and opinion columns to [email protected]. Word limits still apply.

Opinion Reader Submissions

The Bangor Daily News welcomes commentary from readers. Letters should be no more than 250 words, OpEd commentary should not exceed 650 words. Both may be edited or rejected for clarity, taste, libel and space. If a letter or OpEd is published, submissions by the same writer may not be considered for 30 days. We apologize for being unable to respond to queries. Election notice: The BDN will stop accepting letters and columns related to the Nov. 5 election on Wednesday, Oct 30. Not all submissions can be published.

First, please tell us who you are and how we can reach you.

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Letters should be no more than 250 words. Submissions may be edited for clarity, accuracy, libel and length.
Opinion columns should be no more than 650 words. Submissions may be edited for clarity, accuracy, libel and length.
We may use this to inform how we identify you if we publish an OpEd that you submit.

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