Directory
The Alaska Press, Sorted
21 outlets on file. Word limits and inboxes drift — trust the paper’s own guidelines page over this ledger.
Alaska Beacon
≤ 750 words [email protected]VERIFIED 2026-07-02: commentary only (~750 wd max). Email with 'commentary' in subject, text in body; bio + hometown + headshot; 1-5 individual signers; no officeholders/candidates; no open letters or calls to action; ⚠️ NO AI-GENERATED WORK. Guidelines: alaskabeacon.com/commentary-submission-guidelines/
Anchorage Daily News
≤ 200 words [email protected]VERIFIED 2026-07-02. Largest circulation in the state. Letters ~200 wd soft ceiling (under 100 even better); signed + city; disclose connections; one letter/month. Web form at adn.com/submit-letter/. Commentary 500-600 wd to [email protected] (exclusive). Guidelines: adn.com/opinions/2018/07/16/guidelines-for-letters-to-the-editor-and-opinion-columns/
Anchorage Press
⚠️ RELAUNCH LIMBO (verified 2026-07-02): anchoragepress.com is a 'coming soon' page, not publishing. Re-check after relaunch.
Chilkat Valley News
≤ 250 words [email protected]VERIFIED 2026-07-02: letters to editor@ (not cvn@); 250 wd. One letter/person/issue; WRITERS OUTSIDE COVERAGE AREA NOT PUBLISHED; no election letters in the issue before election day; deadline Mon 5pm.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
≤ 350 words [email protected]VERIFIED 2026-07-02. 350 wd max; full name + day AND evening phone + physical address; one letter per 14 days. Online form also available.
Homer News
≤ 250 wordsVERIFIED 2026-07-02: NO letters email — submit via WEB FORM homernews.com/submit-letter/ (250 wd max). Name/email/phone/address required.
Juneau Empire
≤ 250 words [email protected]VERIFIED 2026-07-02: limit is 250 wd (My Turn 700). Name/hometown/phone + credentials sentence; one per month; EXCLUSIVE (no multi-outlet letters); no active candidates. Form: juneauempire.com/submit-letter/
Ketchikan Daily News
[email protected]VERIFIED 2026-07-02: no letters email or guidelines published; news@ is the general newsroom. No stated word limit (paywalled). Confirm by phone 907-225-3157 before submitting.
Kodiak Daily Mirror
≤ 300 words [email protected]VERIFIED 2026-07-02: primary channel is the WEB FORM kodiakdailymirror.com/site/forms/online_services/letter/ (300 wd, full contact + CAPTCHA). info@ is general contact, unverified for letters.
Mat-Su Frontiersman
≤ 400 words [email protected]⚠️ SOLD to Mat-Su Sentinel ~May 2026 — frontiersman.com is a FROZEN ARCHIVE and this email may be dead. See the Mat-Su Sentinel entry for the successor. Old policy: 400 wd, name + daytime phone.
Mat-Su Sentinel
Successor to the Mat-Su Frontiersman (~May 2026). No letters email published yet — contact form at matsusentinel.com/contact-us/. Verify submission path before use.
Peninsula Clarion
≤ 250 wordsVERIFIED 2026-07-02: NO letters email — submit via WEB FORM peninsulaclarion.com/submit-letter/ (form caps 250 wd though guidelines text says 500). Name/phone/address required. Voices of the Peninsula op-eds to 800 wd.
Sitka Sentinel
≤ 300 wordsVERIFIED 2026-07-02: NO letters email — submit via WEB FORM sitkasentinel.com/forms/letters/ (300 wd hard limit; no anonymous; no thank-yous). Newsroom: [email protected]. No RSS; site 403s non-browser clients.
The Arctic Sounder
[email protected]VERIFIED 2026-07-02: now an ADN weekly (editor Carey Restino) — letters to [email protected]. Standalone site abandoned (expired SSL). No working RSS. No stated limit.
The Bristol Bay Times
[email protected]VERIFIED 2026-07-02: now an ADN weekly, same editor as Arctic Sounder — letters to [email protected]. Standalone site abandoned. No working RSS. No stated limit.
The Cordova Times
≤ 300 words [email protected]VERIFIED 2026-07-02: letters to share@ (not editor@); 300 wd (thank-yous 150). Name/address/daytime phone; unsigned not published; must be relevant to Cordova readership.
The Delta Discovery
[email protected]VERIFIED 2026-07-02: contact email is realnews@ (not delta@). No published letters guidelines or word limit. (907) 543-4113.
The Nome Nugget
≤ 500 words [email protected]VERIFIED 2026-07-02: letters to [email protected]; 300-500 wd. NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS ARE PRINTED with the letter. Canonical domain nomenugget.net. Policies: nomenugget.net/nome-nugget-submission-policies
The Seward Folly
Seward's current local paper (launched 2025, after the Seward Journal folded). Submission details unverified — check the site before use.
The Skagway News
[email protected]VERIFIED 2026-07-02: email confirmed; no published letters policy or word limit. No RSS. PO Box 125, Skagway.
Wrangell Sentinel
≤ 400 words [email protected]VERIFIED 2026-07-02: confirmed as seeded. Signed + phone + relevant group affiliation; deadline Fri 5pm for Wednesday print. Oldest continuously published paper in Alaska (1902). No RSS.