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Sonoma County author Nicole Zimmerman<\/a>\u2019s \u201cThe Nature of Beginnings\u201d was recently published in Under the Gum Tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Sacramento-based, reader supported, quarterly literary arts magazine publishes creative nonfiction and visual art in the form of a micro-magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the Gum Tree<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does it mean to \u201ctell stories without shame\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cImperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.\u201d \u2014Bren\u00e9 Brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the Gum Tree has been championing the mantra of telling stories without shame since 2011. We see our mission as sharing stories that remind readers of our shared humanity. Too much of the human experience gets hidden behind constructed facades based on what we perceive the world expects from us. Stop hiding. Live a story. Tell it without shame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you write true stories, also called creative nonfiction, (and literary nonfiction, by some) and you\u2019re taking storytelling to a level beyond \u201cI was twelve years old when my mother died,\u201d then you might be ready to submit to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We publish personal essays, memoir, and creative nonfiction stories that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

reveal authentic vulnerability. These are stories that you\u2019re embarrassed or afraid to share because you\u2019re more worried about how people you know will react than what you learned and how it changed you. Those are the most powerful stories because you\u2019re risking something for the sake of helping someone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

provoke conversation. The stories that are the hardest to tell inevitably make at least one person say, \u201cWow. Me too. And I thought I was the only one.\u201d The stories that are the hardest to tell give others permission to tell their hard stories, and it perpetuates a cycle of storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

examine a universal truth. Most people keep the hard stories to themselves out of fear\u2014fear of how others will react or judge them\u2014but once a story gets shared, we finally realize how common the human experience really is. Sure, everyone\u2019s individual experience is unique. (Isn\u2019t that what makes a good story?)  But we can always relate to things like love, forgiveness, perseverance\u2014you know, the stuff that everyone encounters no matter their circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We consider submissions (2,000 words or more) for the following departments:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Features: <\/strong>Longer features may explore a department topic or any other unspecified topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stomping Ground: <\/strong>This department is for stories about family\u2014and we use that term liberally, because isn\u2019t the friend you\u2019ve had since you were eight, almost nine, years old, more like a sister?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sound Track:<\/strong> This department is for stories on interacting with music and how it interacts with us. Is there a specific song, group or artist that has had a significant impact on your life? Have you had a meaningful live-music experience? Are you a musician who also writes about how music affects the human experience?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fork and Spoon<\/strong>: This department is for stories, and even recipes, on how food, cooking, eating and drinking affect life. The dinner table means different things to each of us\u2014it can be a comfortable place that facilitates intimate communion, but to someone else it might be an awkward place of forced conversation. These food interactions shape us more than we know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

24 Frames A Second:<\/strong> This department is for stories on film, perhaps one of the more powerful storytelling mediums. Is there a specific film that has changed you in some way\u2014caused you to think differently or see the world from a new perspective? Are you consistently moved by the work of one particular actor or director?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those Who Wander:<\/strong> Tolkien wrote, \u201cNot all those who wander are lost.\u201d Travels are from one neighborhood to another, one state to another, one country to another; on vacation or a pilgrimage, for family or for work, so many of these changes in our physical locations trigger meaningful reactions in us and the way we view the world around us. This department is for stories about travel and the individual ways moving around this globe affects us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flash:<\/strong> Every issue includes a flash feature, which is a short-short piece of creative nonfiction, under 1,000 words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visual Art:<\/strong> We consider submissions of visual art and photography. Every issue features two artists: a photographer and a visual artist. Art should be recent, no more than 2 years old, and should be previously unpublished in literary magazines or journals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Submission Guidelines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the Gum Tree accepts submissions on an ongoing basis, and all submissions will be considered for one of our quarterly issues. To submit writing, photography or art to be considered for publication, please read and follow the guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please don\u2019t email with questions until you have familiarized yourself with these guidelines and the details on this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Submit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the submission fee, you receive the current issue (digital\u2014a $7.99 value!) FREE. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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