Letters Policy

Letters to the editor policy

Because The Sun News verifies all letters before publication, writers should include their names, addresses and daytime and evening phone numbers. Letters will be edited for clarity and length. Priority will be given to letters that are 150 or fewer words and are typewritten or hand-printed. The Sun News welcomes insightful longer letters about current local or statewide issues.

Writers will be allowed one letter per every 30 days. The Sun News avoids publishing:

Letters that contain questionable or undocumented facts.

Letters published in other publications.

Copies of letters sent to someone else.

Letters that contain inappropriate attacks on individuals or groups.

Letters about disputes between individuals and businesses.

Letters endorsing a business.

Anonymous letters.

The Sun News may not publish letters on subjects that already have received exhaustive discussion in the letters column.

E-mail letters to opinions@thesunnews.com.

Fax them to (843) 626-0356.

Mail them to The Sun News, Letter to the Editor, P.O. Box 406, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578.