Field Notes
Field Notes is a monthly space for staff, Elders and community members to share writing, artwork, or anything else that speaks to your experience.
First Light Field Notes is our community space where we share our truth.
Each month, we gather stories, doodles, reflections and creations from the people who make up First Light. It’s a newsletter from us: staff, community members, Elders, youth, and everyone who walks through our doors.
Field notes are what you write when you’re paying close attention. That’s what this is: What we’re noticing and feeling, including what matters to us.
We hold this space with care. Contributors choose how much of themselves to share, and we protect that choice. We welcome submissions from people across the province and beyond who hold a connection to St. John’s, our direct community, or the issues our community faces here in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Come back soon to see the first edition!
Contribute to First Light Field Notes
We welcome reflections on joy, culture, resilience, and connection, and we also welcome difficult or touching topics shared in a spirit of coming together. We accept submissions of a political nature, and each one is reviewed with care. We also welcome submissions that speak to lived experiences and harm faced by members of our community.
We do not accept submissions that cause harm to Indigenous communities or their members, that call for violence toward any person or group, or that are intended to bully, harass, or embarrass any individual or group.
Not all submissions will be selected for publication. Please read the guidelines before submitting.
We accept a wide range of contributions, including doodles and drawings, colouring pages, crafting patterns, cooking recipes, cultural teachings and harvesting tips and information, poems, short stories, reflections, short screenplay-style writing, and little games or activities you create yourself, such as crosswords, fill-in-the-blanks, or mazes.
At this time, we’re accepting black and white visual work only (drawings, doodles, comics, colouring pages, games and activities). This can be hand-drawn or digital/graphic work. We are not accepting photography.