If you don’t write, you can’t get rejected

If you don’t get rejected, you can’t get published



Have you written a "letter to the editor" which has been rejected by  
a newspaper or other publication, but which you believe would enhance  
the quality of public awareness, discussion, and activism? We are  
soliciting letters like these for a unique new publication.  We are  
looking for letters that transcend the systemic amnesia of the daily  
news, and will have ongoing relevance for our readers and potential  
authors. The letter need not be current, but it should still be  
pertinent or of historical interest.



In the press, "Letters to the Editor" pages silently assert that  
journalism includes a place for the voice of the public. But  
inconvenient truths are too often absent. Visionary thoughts are  
rarely heard. Proposals for democratic social change and improvement  
are, for the most part, out of sight.  Rejected Letters to the  
Editor, a new independent online magazine, is designed to provide an  
important, if only partial, corrective.



RLTE can be found at http://www.rejectedletterstotheeditor.com.  It  
is available to readers at no cost.



Our goal at Rejected Letters to the Editor is to expand the visible  
spectrum of ideas.  To publish letters that will broaden public  
discussion beyond the boundaries set by the gatekeepers of our mental  
environment. We hold to the democratic conviction that public opinion  
must be educated by, and conversant with, the course of human events,  
and we will seek to publish letters that allow essential  
perspectives, presently unacknowledged by respected newspapers, to  
see the light of day.



Our purpose is not to provide a dumping ground for every letter sent  
to a "letters page," but to publish letters that editors  
knowledgeable in a variety of fields believe will add to public  
understanding of the pressing—and not so pressing—issues of our time.  
We are uninterested in contributing to the widespread notion of  
"information overload."  Through our editorial choices, we hope to  
add clarity and knowledge that is too often fugitive. Rather than  
adhering to the mind-numbing news cycle, we will be publishing  
fortnightly and maintaining an archive of all letters that appear in  
the publication.



Please address your submissions to  
[log in to unmask]  Your submissions will plant  
the seeds that will grow this publication and advance the goal of  
serious public discussion about the burning issues of our time.  Your  
voice will inspire others, and the long-term results will be to  
enrich the terrain of democracy.  Please let us know which  
publication you sent the letter to, the item (with date) you were  
responding to, and the best way to contact you if necessary.



As you will see when you visit the site, letters are organized under  
the following department categories: PLANET, NATION, NEIGHBORHOOD,  
WAR & PEACE, IMMIGRATION, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, EDUCATION, HEALTH,  
LABOR, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, POLITICS & PROPAGANDA, CULTURE & IDEAS,  
MEMORY & AMNESIA, BELIEFS.



Even if you don't have a letter, please let others know about RLTE.  
If you are in contact with socially concerned people in your  
community, local associations, listservs or organizations committed  
to the principle of an inclusive, informed and engaged public, please  
spread the word and pass on this call.



Democracy is coming.



Stuart Ewen, Editor-in-Chief

Robin Locke Monda, Managing Editor