SUN is dedicated to fostering fraternal and open political debate. These notes are designed to help you understand what we are looking for, and are likely to publish. Please read them carefully, thank you.
We may choose not to print your piece for the following reasons
If we have a number of submissions on the same topic, or have covered a topic thoroughly already, we may not print them all.
If the topic you have submitted on would not be of interest to our readers.
If there is a good deal of clearly inaccurate information in your submission we may reject, or ask you to resubmit a corrected version.
SUN hopes to foster a fraternal debate on the left that gets to the political issues rather than indulges in political point scoring. We will not print articles that we consider to be sectarian or unhelpful.
Obscure
SUN believes that there are millions of people out there that are interested in the ideas and contribution that the left has to make. However, we also understand that parts of the left are wedded to expressing themselves in academic or Marxist jargon.
Our policy is that this can obscure the message rather than facilitate it.
We advise that contributions are made in everyday and accessible language rather than relying on outdated algebra. We may ask contributors to rework submissions to bring them closer to the everyday speech of our readers.
SUN hopes to engage in the political issues of debate rather than a tit for tat ping pong match. We may ask you to resubmit your piece if we feel the contents is designed to advertise a particular organisation rather than advocate a course of action.
We will not print right wing, homophobic or otherwise politically undesirable material.
Sections you might like to contribute to;
News items will generally be written by our SUN editorial team, but feel free to submit news reports of not more than 350 words.
Sport
SUN has launched a new subsection on sport - please feel free to contribute to this. We recommend no more than 800 words.
Reports
All reports on local or national events are welcome. We recommend 100 - 300 words.
We print articles on key issues for our movement. We recommend not more than 800 words.
CounterBlasts
Our regular arts and culture section is open to all our readers to contribute to. We recommend no more than 800 words.
We print responses to our articles in every edition. We recommend not more than 400 words.
We welcome as many submissions as possible to our links and diary pages. Also feel free to draw our attention to news stories in the mainstream or left press.
An open invitation to contribute
We'd like to encourage our readers to become writers. We are not affiliated to any specific left group welcome contributions from both independent and affiliated leftists. If you're unsure about the topic or need advise feel free to contact us first and we'll be happy to let you know what we think of your ideas.
Also; spelling corrections and pedantic proofing more than welcome!
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