All Vanderbilt students (undergraduate and graduate), faculty, staff and other community members are encouraged to submit guest editorials and Letters to the Editor for review and possible publication. Please review these guidelines before submitting through our form here: https://airtable.com/shrQzOjngKG1SXDms  

Policies & guidelines

• We welcome op-eds from members of the Vanderbilt community who are not on The Hustler’s staff. We do not allow non-Vanderbilt-related op-eds. 
• We reserve the right to edit submissions, determine whether to publish guest submissions based on our discretion and decide the publication timeline of submissions. The submission of a guest editorial does not guarantee publication. 
• Guest editorials: Guest editorials must focus on making an argument about Vanderbilt in some way. We prefer guest editorials to remain at no more than 1,000 words.
• Letters to the Editor (LTE): Letters to the Editor are more brief responses to a piece of news or opinion that has been recently published in The Hustler. We recommend that these remain under 250 words. They must relate to a particular piece published in The Hustler and must be submitted within a week of the publication of the piece to which they react or respond. At the discretion of the Editorial Director and Editor-in-Chief, letters to the editor may be published in groups. 
• Guest editorials and LTE may be eligible for anonymous/pseudonym publishing, in cases of threats to the author’s safety and/or health privacy. These will follow anonymity guidelines for The Hustler and will be applied at the discretion of the editorial team. 

What to expect after submitting 

• Submitting a guest editorial does not guarantee publication. Timelines of publication may vary and are not guaranteed to follow a guest writer’s request. 
• The Hustler may work with a writer to create graphics, photos, or data visualizations to accompany their piece. 
• Guest editorials will undergo an editing process, just as any other opinion pieces published in The Hustler. Please be patient with the editing process and be open to collaborating with the editorial team on it.