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If none of the papers on the list below is convenient to you, your best bet is to find the name of the local "alternative" paper in your area and pester the editor. Alternative papers are generally free weekly free tabloids with arts and entertainment listings, hip local coverage, and the sense to recognize an outstanding syndicated column when they see one.

Last updated: 28-Aug-2006

To find a paper near you, your best bet is to use the 'find' function of your browser to search on a city. If no city near you carries the column, you can search for the postal abbreviation of a state. Hint: surround the state with spaces so you don't find it as a part of another word.

Athens News
Subscriptions:
14 N. Court St.
Athens, OH 45701
Mail Subscriptions: $90 per year, $50 per half year
740-594-8219, fax 740-592-5695
E-Mail: ofcmgr@athensnews.com
Website: www.athensnews.com

Austin Chronicle
Subscriptions:
PO Box 49066
Austin, TX 78765
Mail Subscription: $60 per year, $35 half-year ($135 for 1st Class mail per year/$75 per half-year)
512-454-5766
E-Mail: mail@auschron.com

Boston Phoenix
Subscriptions:
126 Brookline Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Mail Subscription: $75 per year, $40 half-year ($200 yearly 1st class, $110 half-year 1st class)
617-859-3281

Chicago Reader
Subscriptions:
11 E. Illinois
Chicago, IL 60611
Mail Subscriptions: $50 per year
312-828-0350
E-Mail: circulation@chireader.com

City Magazine
P.O. Box 20010
Tuscaloosa, AL 35402
205-750-8141
Fax 205-750-2075
E-Mail: lisa@tuscaloosacity.com
Website: www.tuscaloosacity.com (under construction)

Folio Weekly
Subscriptions:
9456 Phillips Hwy, Suite 11
Jacksonville, FL 32256
Mail Subscription: $189 per year, $96 half-year
904-260-9770
E-Mail: 71632.221@compuserve.com

FFWD
Subscriptions:
Attn. Kari Watson
220, 932 17 Ave. S.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2T OA4
CANADA
Mail Subscription: $40, $20 half-year
403-244-1431
E-mail: ffwd@greatwest.ca

Honolulu Weekly
Subscriptions:
1200 College Walk, Suite 214
Honolulu, HI 96817
Mail subscription: $50 per year, $35 half-year
808-528-1475
E-mail: hwadmin@honoluluweekly.com

Isthmus
Subscriptions:
101 King St.
Madison, WI 53703
Mail subscription: $35 per year, $20 half-year in U.S.; $100 per year outside U.S.
608-251-5627
E-mail: tomd@isthmus.com

Salt Lake City Weekly
Subscriptions:
68 W. 400 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Mail Subscription: $30 per year
801-575-7003
E-mail: comments@slweekly.com

San Luis Obispo New Times
Subscriptions:
197 Santa Rosa St.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
Mail Subscription: $37 per year, $19 for 26 wks, $11 for 13 wks
805-546-8208
E-Mail: newtimes-slo@slo.org

Seven Days
Subscriptions:
PO Box 1164
Burlington, VT 05402
Mail Subscription: $56 per year (50 issues), $28 half-year
802-864-5684
E-Mail: sevenday@together.net

Sun Post
Subscriptions:
1688 Meridian Ave. #200
Miami Beach, Florida  33139
attn: Jessica Henson
305-538-9700
Fax. 305-538-6077
Rate: $150 per year
E-Mail: jessica@miamisunpost.com 
Website: www.miamisunpost.com 

Washington City Paper
Subscriptions:
2390 Champlain St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20009
Mail Subscription: $35 per year (7 to 10 days delivery)
202-332-2100
E-Mail: mail@washcp.com

Weekly Planet Tampa
Subscriptions:
1310 E. Ninth Ave.
Tampa, FL 33605
813-248-8888
Website: http://www.weeklyplanet.com

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