Thanks. I was thinking this would work in some cases. We use forms to collect information for sponsored articles and content.  But I was hoping that a form would collect the same information and payment at the same time. 

Still, a post-by-email could work for some customers and some freelancers who are going to freeze up once they see the TownNews dashboard. ; - )

Yes, we would love to have this feature. We are migrating from WordPress to TownNews and use a plug-in called Gravity Forms. It does a great job converting submissions through a public or password-protected form that automatically creates a post or article -- you can set it to publish automatically or hold for review. I must say it's probably the plug-in I will most migrating to TownNews.   

Anyway a TownNews form like Letters to be the Editor be made available to readers without them having become a registered user? The submissions could also be set to "not publish" until review.