The Uproar literary blog showcases quality writing, both from Sarnia/Lambton and beyond.

With each of our published editions, we welcome original submissions – poetry, short or long prose, fiction or non-fiction, with the following criteria:

o Poems – up to 50 lines (separate submission for each poem)

o Prose – up to 2000 words (separate submission for each piece).

Uproar does accept works that have been previously published, as well as simultaneous submissions. Please notify us on the form if your work has been submitted elsewhere for publication. Please also include the source of publication and confirm that the copyright has remained with the author.

The copyright of Uproar as a collection of works belongs to The Lawrence House. The copyright of individual works remains with the authors.

Selected works in Uproar are curated by The Lawrence House’s Literary Arts Committee: Ryan Gibbs, Rhonda Melanson, and Lois Nantais. 

Ryan Gibbs is a Communications professor at Lambton College. His works of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction have appeared in The Turning Point (Australia), Paper Lanterns (Ireland), Short Circuit (France), Eyelands 10 (Greece), and Haiku Pond (Thailand). His children’s poetry has been included in the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness. 

Rhonda Melanson is a retired teacher with the Lambton Kent District School Board who graduated from Queen’s University’s Artist in The Community Education program. She has had many poems published in print and online journals and is the author of two chapbooks: Gracenotes (Beret Days Press) and My Name Is Mary (Alien Buddha Press). 

Lois Nantais is a former psychology professor of Lambton College who is now a full-time lavender farmer. She often used poetry in her courses as insight-based tools for personal development, but more than anything, she just loves how words express life so powerfully. Her poems are published in Lummox, Tamaracks, Ascent Aspirations, and Room of One’s Own Magazine.