Publish with the Sarnia Journal

Your work belongs here.

If you’re from Sarnia–Lambton, or your work is about this place, we want to help you share it.

Share your work or an idea

We want to publish you.

Writers, photographers, interviewers, filmmakers, podcasters and other creators all have a place here. Whether this is your first contribution or you’ve been making things for years, we’d like to hear from you.

You can be a local creator exploring a subject beyond the region, or someone from elsewhere telling a story about Sarnia and Lambton County. Tell us about your connection.

Many ways to tell a story

Share reporting, essays, opinion, photographs, interviews, video, audio, cartoons or other creative work. A photo essay, a conversation with a neighbour, a local history project or a new series can all begin here.

Send a finished piece, something in progress, or an idea you’d like help developing. You don’t need credentials, a following or a polished pitch.

Start with what you have.

  1. Share your work or idea. Paste text, attach photographs or documents, or send a link to video, audio or larger files.
  2. Tell us a little about it. Include your connection to Sarnia–Lambton and how you’d like to be credited. For photographs and interviews, add names, dates and locations where useful.
  3. We review it together. We look at accuracy, clarity, permissions and how best to present the work. We’ll discuss substantive changes with you before publication.

An open invitation, with care for the work.

We want to make room for local voices and creators. Submissions are reviewed before publication, and we may ask for more information or suggest a different approach. Reporting, opinion and creative work are presented clearly so readers understand what they’re reading.

Submit work you made or have permission to share, and tell us if it has appeared elsewhere. You retain ownership of your work; we agree on permission to publish it and how you’ll be credited. If you’re proposing paid work, tell us at the outset so payment can be discussed before any work is commissioned.

One contribution or an ongoing collaboration.

Have one photograph to share? An interview you’ve already recorded? A column or series you’d like to develop? Start with the same form.

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