About ZAUM
ZAUM, which will release its 26th print issue this spring 2022, is entirely edited and designed by students. Any student, at either SSU or any other university, may submit their work to ZAUM. Each issue publishes over 100 pages a year of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or visual art, providing students with professional experience in layout, design, and marketing. The magazine is distributed throughout the Bay Area, and also receives national and international distribution, as many contributors are students in other states and countries. ZAUM has received several national student awards from the Associated Writing Programs: for editorial vision (1996), and for graphic design (1998). Student work from issue # 6 and # 7 were nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize, a national prize open to any writer in the country.
Professor and Poet-in-Residence Gillian Conoley (https://www.gillianconoley.com) is the faculty advisor for Zaum and oversees the program. This program has existed at Sonoma State University for over 40 years: first as the Mandala, and since 1996, as ZAUM. The program directly serves about 100 students a year through instruction, publication, or both. The program also serves the entire student body by providing the community a magazine containing the work of their peers, as well as a national magazine, VOLT, which routinely and regularly publishes some of the best-known writers in the country.
This site hosts ZAUMxs, the program's online spring publication, and is created and run through the same process as the print version.
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2021/22 STAFF
ZAUM 26 Core Staff
Senior Editor - Ali Gervacio
Poetry Editor - Audrey Cadena
Prose Editor - Johnny Protiva
Art Editor - Lila Wetherwax
Faculty Advisor - Gillian Conoley
ZAUM 26 Staff
Ian Donohue
Gabe Sheldon
Monica Knox
Natalie Ghamous
Zachary Machgan
Jordan Jolliff
Haley Melancon
Garrett Frohlech
Kayla Beaton
Adam Walker
Kayley Bishop
Harmony Dreven
Submissions Board: Alexandra Alameda, Maureen Bach, Clark Fahrenthold, Julia Garcia, Jamie Grisar, Matthew Grover, Mariah Harvey, Christian Komes, Theresa Kremer, Jaylene Marron, Eloy Ortiz, April Ramos, Nelson Ross, Alonzo Amber, Lukas Blondina, Brady Egbert, Sarah Hunter, Laurie Kelso, Zachary Loney, Sydney Martinez, Sean McDonald, Dana Peterson, Michael Robertson, and Summer Young, as well as all listed above.
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Special Thanks to:
Barbara Moore, Director of Web Services
Gillian Conoley, ZAUM's Faculty Advisor
