Editorial Focus
Under the Gum Tree is a reader supported, quarterly literary arts magazine, publishing creative nonfiction and visual art. The editors believe in the power of sharing a story without shame. 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. And by without shame, they mean mean that the authors and contributors featured in our pages own their story, even the ugly parts, and share it with pure, unadulterated, raw, candid vulnerability.
Tips From the Editor
We publish stories that remind us of our shared humanity. Your story is personal and true. The way you put words together, the language you choose, and the layers of meaning you have built create an experience for the reader. You are the narrator of this story (though it needn’t be first person), and the reader knows how you have been affected, how this has become a part of you, without your explicit explanation.