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Tendrils trauma and the body issue 1
Tendrils trauma and the Body art publication
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Tendrils issue 1 cover
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Tendrils trauma and the body issue 1
Tendrils trauma and the Body art publication
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Trauma and the Body, Issue 1

$25.00

An annual art and literary journal that explores how trauma manifests, transforms, and is held inside us.

Tendrils: Trauma & the Body, Issue 1, is an independent art and literary journal that brings together contemporary visual art and short-form literature, exploring how trauma manifests, transforms, and is held inside us.

This first edition features over 60 works selected from more than 1,500 submissions. The artists and writers included here approach trauma from many angles: bold and quiet, surreal and humorous, personal and ancestral. Instead of offering resolution, these pages invite you to pause, witness, and stay with what is present.

This is a printed journal meant to be held. To be returned to. To sit beside you.

What you’ll find inside:

  • 66+ pages of curated visual art, poetry, and short‑form prose

  • Work by artists and writers creating from lived experience

  • A trauma‑informed editorial approach rooted in care and respect

  • Guidance and creative reflection prompts from a licensed therapist

  • Full‑color, perfect‑bound print edition

Each piece was chosen not for clarity or ease, but for what lingered.

Featuring work by:

  • Leah King

  • Bruce Morrow

  • Naila Francis

  • Shelby Hubbard

  • M. Lopes da Silva

  • Megan Mosholder & David Clifton-Strawn

  • Sasha Kelly Jackson

  • Juanita Cox

  • Bolu Adeniran

  • thái lu

  • nat raum

  • Annika Klein

  • Amanda Quaid

  • Marie McCarty

  • Leslie Holt

  • Sandra Kluge

  • Nia “Newt” Pipkin-Glover

  • Ira Joel Haber 

  • Jan Freeman

  • Lisa Wilde 

  • Rama AlFarkh

  • Carol D Guerrero-Murphy

  • Joanna Hoge

  • Kristy Snedden

  • Erick Alejandro Hernández

  • izzy bulling

  • Livia Garofalo

  • S Maxfield

  • Sarah Bachinger

  • Teresa Camozzi

  • Estelle Lewis

  • Federico Muelas 

  • Chanika Svetvilas

  • Victoria Barnes

  • Sheldon Wong

  • Theda Sandiford

  • Pauline Chu 

  • Bo (Boram) Kim

  • Peppa

  • Sam Grabowska

  • Hazel Yan

  • Diana Raab

  • Aiyana Sha’niel

  • Olivia Laura

  • Sarah E. Brook

  • Richard LeBlond

  • Shelby Fleming

  • Regina Berg 

  • Daun Daemon

  • Maudie Bryant

  • Heather Beardsley & Alexandra Carter

  • Angie Meche Kilcullen

  • Dana Donaty

  • Neha Misra

  • ocean

  • Jacqueline Yvonne Tull

  • Oriada Dajko

  • Nakemiah “Kiki” Williams

  • Annette Gagliardi

  • Alex Younger

  • Elijah Angelo Chavez

An annual art and literary journal that explores how trauma manifests, transforms, and is held inside us.

Tendrils: Trauma & the Body, Issue 1, is an independent art and literary journal that brings together contemporary visual art and short-form literature, exploring how trauma manifests, transforms, and is held inside us.

This first edition features over 60 works selected from more than 1,500 submissions. The artists and writers included here approach trauma from many angles: bold and quiet, surreal and humorous, personal and ancestral. Instead of offering resolution, these pages invite you to pause, witness, and stay with what is present.

This is a printed journal meant to be held. To be returned to. To sit beside you.

What you’ll find inside:

  • 66+ pages of curated visual art, poetry, and short‑form prose

  • Work by artists and writers creating from lived experience

  • A trauma‑informed editorial approach rooted in care and respect

  • Guidance and creative reflection prompts from a licensed therapist

  • Full‑color, perfect‑bound print edition

Each piece was chosen not for clarity or ease, but for what lingered.

Featuring work by:

  • Leah King

  • Bruce Morrow

  • Naila Francis

  • Shelby Hubbard

  • M. Lopes da Silva

  • Megan Mosholder & David Clifton-Strawn

  • Sasha Kelly Jackson

  • Juanita Cox

  • Bolu Adeniran

  • thái lu

  • nat raum

  • Annika Klein

  • Amanda Quaid

  • Marie McCarty

  • Leslie Holt

  • Sandra Kluge

  • Nia “Newt” Pipkin-Glover

  • Ira Joel Haber 

  • Jan Freeman

  • Lisa Wilde 

  • Rama AlFarkh

  • Carol D Guerrero-Murphy

  • Joanna Hoge

  • Kristy Snedden

  • Erick Alejandro Hernández

  • izzy bulling

  • Livia Garofalo

  • S Maxfield

  • Sarah Bachinger

  • Teresa Camozzi

  • Estelle Lewis

  • Federico Muelas 

  • Chanika Svetvilas

  • Victoria Barnes

  • Sheldon Wong

  • Theda Sandiford

  • Pauline Chu 

  • Bo (Boram) Kim

  • Peppa

  • Sam Grabowska

  • Hazel Yan

  • Diana Raab

  • Aiyana Sha’niel

  • Olivia Laura

  • Sarah E. Brook

  • Richard LeBlond

  • Shelby Fleming

  • Regina Berg 

  • Daun Daemon

  • Maudie Bryant

  • Heather Beardsley & Alexandra Carter

  • Angie Meche Kilcullen

  • Dana Donaty

  • Neha Misra

  • ocean

  • Jacqueline Yvonne Tull

  • Oriada Dajko

  • Nakemiah “Kiki” Williams

  • Annette Gagliardi

  • Alex Younger

  • Elijah Angelo Chavez

About Tendrils

Tendrils is a trauma‑informed, independent art and literary journal publishing visual art and short‑form literature exploring trauma and healing. We are committed to publishing practices that honor artists, writers, and trauma‑shaped voices through compensation, thoughtful curation, and care‑centered collaboration.

Each annual issue explores a single theme at the intersection of art, trauma, and experience.