A few weeks ago, the staff of The Tennessee Magazine sequestered ourselves in a corner of our Nashville office to focus on editorial planning and take stock of all that the magazine has accomplished through three quarters of 2025. In preparation, I reviewed my production notes on the magazines we’ve published, and I couldn’t shake a feeling that something was missing.
Sure, we’d filled the pages of those issues with compelling, captivating, entertaining stories about all sorts of cool things happening across Tennessee. We provided recipes and cooking tips as well as interesting anecdotes from Tennessee history. Most importantly, we remembered to hide the flag in each edition.
It finally clicked: We were missing you! Sure, there were our always-popular contests for art, poetry and photography. But we hadn’t included letters to the editor. And as that editor, it’s my responsibility to build the campfire, so to speak, around which we can gather to visit and swap stories.
I’m making an effort to save space to share reader feedback in future issues — I hope we can begin in January. I’m also excited to feature a reader-submitted photo as space allows.
There will be some months when we have just too much cool stuff planned to fit it all. But know that I, the magazine staff and our contributors enjoy hearing from you. And I do want to share your thoughts in the magazine.
To make that easier, you can fill out the form at tnmagazine.org/editormail. Use the same form to attach a photo you’d like to show us (but not to be entered in a Shutterbug Photography Contest).
Forging bonds through interaction and building community are important to Tennessee’s electric cooperatives and The Tennessee Magazine. Alongside and thanks to our readers, we’re all celebrating the extraordinary nature of everyday life in each edition of the magazine.
Thanks for reading, and we can’t wait to hear from you!
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