Thank you for your interest in submitting for consideration an Exclusive Commentary to Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity.

Please review the following guidelines before drafting and submitting your piece:

•    All commentaries must be sent exclusively to Spotlight.  We will not consider pieces that have already been published in print or online.

•    Pieces run at about op-ed length (no more than 800 words).

•    Authors can write about topics of their choosing as long as American poverty and opportunity is the central focus of the commentary.

•    Our pieces are structured as op-eds that make arguments for specific views, including about polices, programs, and best practices that affect the lives of low-income individuals.

•    Review other commentaries here for examples of what Spotlight posts to this section.

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Submissions and inquiries should be emailed to: commentary@spotlightonpoverty.org. Please include your name, email, phone number, and address in the body of your email, and write “SPOTLIGHT: Commentary Submission” in the subject line.